Eimear Farrell and her 8 year old daughter Hannah with a budget of €20,000 (our smallest budget in the series) need the entire downstairs of the 2 bedroomed home in Killiney completely re-modelled.

Killiney, County Dublin

This week Dermot is in Glasnevin with Terry and Peadar Clarke and their two children Marie Bernadette and Luke. The entire downstairs of their home needs to be made accessible for Peadar who will soon end up in a wheelchair.

Glasnevin, Dublin

Irene and Anthony Zambra live with their four children in Castleknock. They bought their semi-detached home 11 years ago. It came with an extension which the Zambras use as a kitchen and dining area.

Castleknock, County Dublin

This week, Dermot Bannon helps a couple in Enniscorthy renovate an old cottage and prepare their home for a new baby. For John and Anna Kinsella it is important to get their home in order.

Enniscorthy, County Wexford

In this week's programme, the penultimate of the series, Dermot finds himself the dream job. Liz and Malcolm Currie live in a large four-bedroomed house in Dalkey, on Dublin's southside.

Dalkey, County Dublin

This week, Podge and Jo Ussher want to turn their Wexford cottage from a holiday home into their permanent home without sacrificing any of its 1930s charm. Their house needs a lot of work.

Ballygarrett, County Wexford

Room to Improve starts with Martina Mullin and Padraig Whelton, recently married and are living in a dark, dreary ex-council house in Donnycarney.

Donnycarney, County Dublin

In programme two of the brand new series of Room to Improve Dermot is in Timahoe, Portlaoise with Dolores and Donal O'Connell.

Timahoe, Portlaoise

This week, Dermot comes to the rescue of Cathy and Michael Keane who bought their house when it was being used as a cowshed.

Ennis, County Clare

Declan and Judy Cadwell from Clontarf share a small terraced home with their three sons, Christopher 19, Ross 17 and Jake 13. But only just.

Clontarf, County Dublin

Marie Duffy moved into her Victorian townhouse off the South Circular Road four years ago. Her friends all thought she was mad to buy it because there was so much work to be done.

South Circular Road, County Dublin

There's only one thing wrong with the Declan and Anne Conlon's bungalow in Edenderry, Co Offaly and that's the entire ground-floor layout.

Edenderry, County Offaly

Peter, Lisa and their twins Grace and Louise (9) live in a four-bed house in Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.

Rathfarnham, County Dublin

Ailish and Patrick Bates are a young couple running out of space - fast! They live in a small 3 bedroomed bungalow in Ballinteer, Dublin 16.

Ballinteer, County Dublin

Room to Improve starts with Jennifer Burke and Quenton McGrath, Dermot knows exactly how to solve their problem but it means destroying a lot of the work the couple have already done.

Artane, Dublin 5

In programme two of the brand new series of Room to Improve Dermot is in Enniskerry, with Eimear Lynott and Niall Quinn.

Enniskerry, County Wicklow

Dermot needs to create "a bungalow downstairs" incorporating a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living and dining room.

Dermot is normally confident about presenting a plan. But with a couple as design-literate as Greg and Siobhan, the stakes are that bit higher.

Whitehall, Dublin 9

Dermot is in Rathcoole with Mary Moore, the design solution Dermot offers Mary is one of the most unusual and interesting he has ever conceived.

Rathcoole, County Dublin

Dermot is in Kilkenny with the Kirwan family where everything that can go wrong has gone wrong.

Knocktopher, County Kilkenny

Dermot wants to turn the house completely on it's head, putting the bedrooms to the front and extending the back to include a kitchen, living and dining that leads into the garden.

Stoneybatter, Dublin 7

Dermot is in Templetuohy, Co. Tipperary with Joanne and Sean Cleere who believe they need a substantial extension but Dermot doesn't actually concur. "Their existing space needs to be made more useful".

Templetouhy, County Tipperary

Dermot helps Nora Sommerfield to turn her Ratoath house into a home.

Ratoath

Room to Improve starts with Margaret and Jodie Burke who plan to renovate the family home in Foxrock.

Foxrock

Pádraig Whooley and Lorraine Dufficey spent €265 thousand on their remote cottage at Rossmore in West Cork, they knew that - while the hilltop location was ideal - the house was far from it.

Clonakilty

Dermot is in Laytown, co.Meath, with a budget of €60,000, Dermot's worry "is even if you took away the shoddy workmanship you'd spend the 60k, this is a really difficult one..."

Laytown

Dermot is in Dalkey, with a budget of €180,000, he must come up with an innovative design to match their exacting requirements within the confines of an incredibly tight site.

Dalkey

Dermot is in Clontarf, with Denise and Ben who desperately want a second bathroom for their family home, but their budget is limited

Clontarf

Dermot is in Tullow, with Tom and Lisa who want to renovate their 19th century farmhouse.

Tullow, Co. Carlow

Yvonne and John live in a housing estate in Dundalk with their two children. Four years ago, they decided to buy their next-door neighbours house. The house has been unoccupied since they bought it. Going against the norm, they have decided to knock two houses into one.

Dundalk

Jim and Siobhan Doyle live in a beautiful old house over looking Dublin Bay in Sutton. See Dermot Bannon transform the rambling old house into a beautiful new space.

Sutton

The series begins in Cork City with our youngest and most ambitious couple yet, Meadhbh and Niall, both 27-years-old. The couple trying to completely restore a 1920s cottage.

Cork

Architect Dermot Bannon visits Legan in Co. Longford to help Elaine and Hughie create their ideal home

Longford

After a series of delays and an ongoing failure to see eye-to-eye with the clients Dermot comes close to walking off a project in Wicklow

Wicklow

Dermot helps a couple in Dundrum to extend their cottage that has been home to three generations of the McDonnell clan

Dundrum

Dermot sets about redesigning a dream home in Dalkey but there are plenty of setbacks along the way.

Dermot tells a couple, who have bought a villa style cottage in their dream location of Blackrock, that they've essentially bought themselves a "mud hut"!

Blackrock

Dermot Bannon helps a family to transform their 70s bungalow outside Tipperary into a modern family home.

Tipperary

This week Dermot goes to Cork to work with a family spanning three generations - who all have different ideas on how to improve their home.

Architect Dermot Bannon goes to work transforming a dilapidated, woodworm-infested 1930s cottage into a starter home for a Finglas family. Joe and Geraldine Mooney hope to bequeath their former family home to their daughter Lisa and her fiance, Gavin, to help them begin married life. Plans are complicated when builder Ian suggests some snazzy designs.

Finglas

This week Dermot tackles a large Victorian terraced house in the highly sought-after Dublin suburb of Donnybrook.

Donnybrook

Catherine Bennett and her youngest daughter Sarah Jane are keen to downsize from their huge 13-bedroomed house in Mullingar. Dermot helps design their dream home on the site of a 3-bed bungalow that’s been uninhabited for the last nine years.

Mullingar

When Dublin born Eilin O' Carroll her South African husband David Pansegrouw and returned from the UK to live in Ireland, they couldn't have picked a better time. However, Dermot faces a unique challenge with this property in Clane.

Clane

Dermot is commissioned by National Children's Hospital, Tallaght to rescue a forlorn and run-down balcony space on the first floor and create an outdoor garden and recreation area for children and their families.

National Children's Hospital

Architect Dermot Bannon helps Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan renovate a dilapidated hunting lodge in Brittas, Dublin.

Brittas

Desperate for more space, a couple with two young daughters, who have long since outgrown their tiny cottage in Killawalla outside Westport, engage Dermot to help

Killawalla

New Yorker Ursula and accountant Jimmy from Ennis enlist Dermot's help with their colossal house in Firhouse, Dublin.

Firhouse

A young couple enlist architect Dermot Bannon's help to renovate their small Dublin bungalow, with their wish list including a brand new bespoke kitchen.

Stillorgan

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.

Dun Laoghaire

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.

Kilternan

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?

Baltinglass

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

Malahide

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.

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

Portmarnock

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.

Nenagh

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.

Architect Dermot Bannon returns with a brand new series of Room To Improve featuring more of his innovative and contemporary design projects. In the first episode Dermot travels to the village of Puckaun in north Tipperary, to meet teachers Darragh Egan, his partner Sarah Lovett and their three month old son Donagh.

Puckaun, Co. Tipperary

In Drogheda, Dermot attempts an architectural flight of fancy at the 1930s home of long-haul airline Pilot Ian and his girlfriend Claire.

Drogheda, Co. Louth

Dermot travels to Baldoyle, north Dublin, where he flips the upstairs and downstairs of Mel and Aoife's bayside home to make the most of a spectacular view.

Baldoyle, North Dublin

In Maynooth, Dermot redesigns George and Sinead's 1850s coach house only to discover the entire building has been compromised by a parasitic fungus.

Maynooth, Co. Dublin

Dermot Bannon concludes the series three of his favourite properties from earlier shows. He is reunited with pub owners in Longford whom he persuaded to make use of empty space, a couple who moved from California to Bishoptown and a semi-detached home in Malahide designed to be completely wheelchair-accessible.

Revisited

In North Dublin Dermot doubles the size of a 1940's Malahide cottage to create the dream home Robbie and Julie have spent 20 years saving for.

At the seaside village of Rush, Dermot does his best to keep up with sprout farmer Enda and his extraordinary self-build project.

Rush

Dermot Bannon helps two teachers to renovate a cottage in Moate, Co Westmeath. Ther property is hemmed in on all sides, but the owners hope to come up with a design that gives them their privacy. The building contractor suggests it may be simpler to tear it down and start from scratch, and Dermot is soon proposing some unusual designs that have never been seen in the village before.

Moate

Architect Dermot Bannon takes on more design projects. At Sutton in Dublin, Dermot extends a beloved childhood home into a sumptuous new one for Hannah, James and their sons.

A teacher plans to move into her grandparents' old 19th-century farmhouse in Co Meath before her wedding. Dermot Bannon discovers the property is outdated, cold and cramped, and begins making plans for a single storey extension. However, costs soon escalate as major problems are discovered with the drains and septic tank.

Kildalkey

In Templeogue, Dermot revamps a 1970s suburban house for Rosie and firefighter Keith with a radical geometric extension.

Templeogue

Dermot Bannon returns for a new series, as the urbane architect accepts a challenge from singer Daniel O'Donnell and his wife Majella to reconfigure their beloved Kincasslagh home.

Daniel O'Donnell and his wife Majella's house in Kincasslagh

In Fermoy, Dermot Bannon attempts a challenging combination of old and new for his clients Dave and Susie as he merges a high-end, luxurious extension complete with swim spa, gym and sauna with the 170-year-old mansion that Susie fell in love with as a teenager.

Fermoy

Architect Dermot Bannon takes on one of his trickiest builds to date - a client with a wish list 25 pages long but a budget that definitely doesn't match her aspirations.

Dermot Bannon takes on the difficult challenge of transforming a beloved family home in Portrane, north Dublin, to accommodate three generations of the one family.

Portrane

Dermot Bannon tries to complete the transformation of a semidetached house for a couple in Killester, North Dublin.

Killester

Completely renovating a 100 year old farmhouse in Tipperary, Dermot designs a dream home in the country for dairy farmer Padraig and schoolteacher Katie. Every man in the world appreciates his wife just a little more after seeing this one.

At first glance, there’s not much wrong with Lorna and Rory’s home in the south Dublin suburb of Stillorgan. Well appointed and tastefully decorated with a large sloping back garden, it is – as their architect observes – ‘perfect for the 1960s’ but not the contemporary dream home his clients want.

In the first episode of the twelfth series architect Dermot Bannon and garden designer Diarmuid Gavin combine forces to create a dream home and garden for a couple in Athgarvan in Co. Kildare.

Athgarvan, Co. Kildare

Dermot Bannon heads to Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary. Joe has lived the bachelor life up until now and his house shows it. Dermot sees exactly why bride-to-be Mary wants a redesign.

Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary

Dermot Bannon heads to Rathfarnham, Dublin, where Yvonne and Adrian's house is a detached 1950s two-bedroom property, in need of massive transformation.

Rathfarnham, Dublin

Dermot Bannon is challenged to transform a typical 1990s bungalow into a dream home for Frances and Nigel Coffey in Ashford Co. Wicklow.

Ashford Co. Wicklow.

Claudia and Tom's 1920s bungalow with panoramic views of Tramore Bay pushes architect Dermot Bannon to the limit as he tries to deliver the perfect home with the perfect view.

Tramore, Co. Waterford

Dermot Bannon meets Glenn Keating and Gustav van der Westhuizen who live in Grace Park, Drumcondra, with their 5-year-old son Noah and two pet Weimaraner dogs.

Drumcondra, Dublin

Room to Improve is back after nearly two years absent from our screens. First stop for Dermot Bannon is Kilmacud in Dublin where the homeowners want to extend their home for them and their three boys.

Kilmacud

Architect Dermot Bannon has to work on a tight budget as he helps transforms the drab bungalow of Kenny and Laura Brown from Howth in North Co Dublin.

Howth

Architect Dermot Bannon heads to Blessington, Co Wicklow, to help Hilary and Paul Fairbrother with the massive renovation needed on Hilary's old family home.

Blessington

Architect Dermot Bannon travels to Thurles in Co Tipperary to transform the home of Jim and Mary Moloney, but has a challenge as the budget is restrictive.

Thurles

Dermot Bannon invites three people to judge some of the most memorable builds from 2018 and 2019 - including a previous client and a superfan of the series.

Constructive Criticism

Architect Dermot Bannon is back and building again! In this series of Room To Improve Dermot and Claire help a young couple in Tullamore renovate an old dwelling with special significance.

Tullamore

First stop for Dermot and Claire is Urlingford, Kilkenny, where Gráinne Murphy and Ivan Williams have been dreaming about renovating Ivan’s forefather’s old farmhouse for many years. With the help of the vacant homes grant and the SEAI grant, Ivan and Gráinne aim to bring the personality and character of this old house back to its former glory. Their total budget is particularly tight for this ambitious project, the grants have really helped them, as well as their mortgage.

Urlingford, Kilkenny

In episode 2, Brian Carrigg and Kate Molony attempt to renovate a bungalow with a view of the Rock of Cashel that Kate has dreamed of owning all her life

Cashel

Sandra and Daniel Davey bought their dream home in Knocklyon, Dublin over four years ago. However, the house is so cold that their main aim is to make their home more liveable.

Knocklyon

Ann Brannigan and her husband David are attempting to give Ann’s former family home in Santry, Dublin a complete renovation. This project is very ambitious and will be a huge transformation.

Santry

Irish architectural renovation TV series in which architect Dermot Bannon helps clients renovating their homes.

All Episodes of Room to Improve

Browse all episodes of Room to Improve

Season 1

Killiney, County Dublin

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/20/2007

Glasnevin, Dublin

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/27/2007

Castleknock, County Dublin

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/4/2007

Enniscorthy, County Wexford

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/11/2007

Dalkey, County Dublin

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/18/2007

Ballygarrett, County Wexford

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/25/2007