Room to Improve

Dermot Bannon helps Nora Sommerfield, whose property has never felt like home despite living there for 27 years in which time she raised six children. Among the problems he finds is an oversized, cold main room and a set of converted sheds that formerly housed the printing business she managed with her ex-husband, but which now block out the light at the back of her bungalow.

In a special edition of Room To Improve, Dermot Bannon reflects on some of the most memorable, challenging and spectacular builds and reveals of the eleven series so far.

Dermot Bannon comes face to face with his most challenging client yet... himself! As he embarks on the big move he reunites with no-nonsense quantity surveyor Patricia Power who tries to keep him in check but can he separate head from heart to create his own ultimate dream home?

Architect Dermot Bannon moves to a run-down 1930s home in Drumcondra. He has grandiose ambitions for the garden, a wild jungle whose design he hands to landscaper Dermot Gavin.