Room to Improve — Season 8

Aired 25 January 2015 • 60 min

In the ten years since they first met Avril and Andrew Wilson-Rankin have been dreaming of owning their own home. Now they've bought a property in Dun Laoghaire south county Dublin but it's as far from being a home, or even a house, as you could imagine.

Aired 1 February 2015 • 60 min

Jean Robinson and Daithi Elliffe have bought themselves what they hope will be an ideal family home in a unique location - a listed 19th century former schoolhouse at Kilternan with spectacular views of the Dublin mountains, but all is not as it appears.

Aired 8 February 2015 • 60 min

Struggling with a tight schedule, a limited budget and the traditionalist taste of his clients, can Dermot balance their love of classic farmhouse design with his own vision of clean urban functionality?

Aired 15 February 2015 • 60 min

This week, Dermot wants to create a wheelchair friendly house in Malahide that's also a welcoming family home

Aired 22 February 2015 • 60 min

Sally-Ann, her husband Trevor, and their four children live in Sally-Ann's childhood home - a huge, distinctive 1970s architect-designed home outside Mullingar in Westmeath that they've dreamed of rennovating for years.

Aired 1 March 2015 • 60 min

Architect Dermot Bannon is challenged to blend a 1970s chic theme with a modern design in a house near Mullingar, Co Westmeath.

Aired 8 March 2015 • 60 min

Pat and Marita plan to renovate and extend the 1950s 3-bed bungalow where Pat grew up - a tiny, dark house currently occupied by Pat's 93-year-old mother Mary. But with three generations of the family to accommodate - each needing their own personal space - architect Dermot Bannon has his work cut out.

Aired 15 March 2015 • 60 min

Leonard and Caroline live in house once owned by Leonard's grandparents in the south Dublin suburb of Dundrum - a 1960s three-bed semi that hasn't changed at all since the couple bought it two years ago.