It's that time of year, Room To Improve fans! The home renovation series is back and better than ever, with Ireland's favourite architect, Dermot Bannon, setting out to create a diverse range of beautifully designed and cleverly built homes.
This year, Dermot will be taking on an array of properties, some with quirkier challenges than others. From pebble dash to plywood, from steep embankments to faux Georgian pillars, this year’s clients will need to be trusting, with an architect who is known to be persistent.
Our homeowners are more informed, more opinionated and more demanding than ever before - but will any of them talk Dermot out of his beloved floor-to-ceiling windows?
Ladies if he:
— Luke Carroll (@LukeCarroll0) November 25, 2018
- doesn't answer your calls
- doesn't snap you back
- encourages you to borrow more from the credit union
- uses high, sweeping windows to allow natural light in
He's not your man. He's Room to Improve's Dermot Bannon.
Dermot Bannon has me obsessed with big windows 😂 #latelate #LateLateShow
— Aine Mc Manus (@ainemm91) February 1, 2019
If Dermot Bannon owned the biggest window company in the world, it couldn't produce enough windows for a 3-bed semi. #roomtoimprove
— Sinead Ryan (@sinead_ryan) October 17, 2016
Find someone who looks at you the way Dermot Bannon looks at windows. #RoomToImprove
— Eithne Shortall (@eithneshortall) March 5, 2017
This year, Dermot has three quantity surveyors to work with, all determined to keep his designs on budget (a mighty task by anyone's standards). Claire Irwin, Divashni Mathura and Alan Morrissey will be the trio keeping the architect in check.
Our homeowners come from all over Ireland. Mary and Joe live in Borrisoleigh and are due to tie the knot, mid-build. In the sunny south-east, Claudia, a Feng Shui consultant and Tom, a pilot, bring Dermot down to Tramore, to create a home that will make the most of their stunning sea views.
And in Kildare, Dermot enlists garden supremo Diarmuid Gavin, to take on one of the most challenging gardens ever on Room To Improve.
Ahead of the twelfth series, we caught up with Dermot at RTÉ's New Season Launch to discuss the show - watch the video above.
Watch Room to Improve on Sunday 8th September at 9.30pm on RTÉ One.
