Home Rescue

At an end of terrace house in the Cork suburb of Ballyphehane, Róisín and Peter face a real challenge as they come to the rescue of Carmel and Konrad – a former Mr. Gay Cork and the sixth of Carmel’s eight sons! Known locally as the Kork Kardashians! Emptying two rooms filled with wool, craft materials and elaborate drag queen costumes is one thing, but the real challenge for Róisín is designing two multifunctional rooms with extremely limited space.

Róisín, Peter and the crew come to the rescue of Latvian mum Maria at the small apartment she shares with young sons Armands and Lukas and her mum Gita. With two year old Lukas and granny Gita in one of two bedrooms and Armands in the other, Maria has relegated herself to a corner of the living room which also houses the dining area and the kitchen. To add to the problem, an adjacent closet is packed to the ceiling with clutter.

In Dublin’s East Wall, Róisín, Peter and the crew are about to attempt their biggest home rescue to date. The small terraced house shared by Austin (83) and his flatmate Muhammad (24) is in utter chaos. Abandoned by rogue builders midway through a renovation job, the house is a mess of broken plaster, unfinished walls, building debris and dangerous exposed wiring! Before Róisín can even make any plans, Peter must assemble a double-sized crew to make the building safe and clear a mountain of rubble. But that’s only half the challenge.

In Ballyfermot in West Dublin, Róisín, Peter and the crew come to the rescue of deli worker, Linda. Her home is so cluttered, she and her two sons can barely get around and she never invites guests in. With a tiny cramped kitchen, a dining space dominated by two huge sofas and a rear extension room that’s become a dumping ground for clothes and old furniture, there’s no room left for family life.

Emily and Dave grew up a few doors from each other on the same street in the Curragh of Kildare. They still live on the same street, but the home they share with their six kids is so filled with clutter, they barely have space to move. In this house, the chaos begins right inside the front door and Róisín arrives with an ambitious plan to solve the family’s two biggest problems.

In Laytown, County Meath, Róisín and the team come to the rescue of avid upcyclers, Trudie, Dan and their sons Ciarán and Connor. The family’s three bed house is filled with the fruit of Mum and Dad’s labour, leaving everyone struggling for space, surrounded by clutter with a kitchen that’s more like a workshop! Róisín hatches a plan to redesign the entire kitchen area from moving the direction of the dishwasher to removing Dan’s beloved computer desk – part communications hub, part entertainment system. The real challenge for Róisín however is upstairs where eldest son Ciarán’s bedroom requires something more than a simple declutter.