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Room to Improve (v2)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 720 ✭✭✭houseyhouse


    I think they mentioned something similar about how it would affect their kids inheriting in the show.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,765 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    The special guests are Nuala Carey and Majella O'Donnell!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,304 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Not really sure what Nuala Carey will be doing on the show, perhaps some insight in to the damage the weather can do to a fancy house.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,765 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I think she's a super fan and will critique Dermot!



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,817 ✭✭✭Addle


    Patrick Freyne has written great reviews over the years.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,304 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Hopefully they feature the farmer lad who nearly build the whole house himself.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,685 ✭✭✭appledrop


    Wtf is this, a load of crap.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,304 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Seems like a pilot for a new show "After The Build", a discussion show they could have directly after each episide of 'Room To Improve', could work.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Samsgirl


    Daniel's face...



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,304 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    This was the massive house they wanted the interior hot tub I think.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Samsgirl


    She came across as a bit mad if I remember



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,669 ✭✭✭touts


    Oh yea. The cork former "masseuse" who wanted to spend a million on national TV to show all those bitches from school that she landed a millionaire. 🤣



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,411 ✭✭✭Princess Calla




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Samsgirl


    Aw, love Joe and Mary



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    Dermot is so loathsome.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,643 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    only in ireland



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,902 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Majella reminds everyone that it was effectively her house, with Daniel away for 46 weeks of the year.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,669 ✭✭✭touts


    Poor Joe. He was happy out in a house by himself and then he fell in love and next thing he knew Dermot Bannon was in on top of him telling him he needed fancy things like one of those Armchair yokes. 🤣

    They were one of the nicest couples on the show though.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,817 ✭✭✭Addle


    Great episode and fantastic house.

    Really lovely couple.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭chalkitdown1


    Was surprised to see this retrospective panel-show thing when I turned in last night. Are we really only getting 4 episodes this series?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,134 ✭✭✭GAAcailin


    What a load of rubbish. 1 hour of prime time TV on that. Typical RTÉ, would have preferred another episode!!

    patrick F hardly opened his mouth, wasn’t really the right setting for his sarcasm. Loved the previous reviews he did



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭Sunny Dayz


    What was that episode?? Have they run out of houses already??

    I wish they would do a series of proper revisited houses - go back to houses done in previous series', meet with the owners and see how they've gotten on with the house since, what they've changed (if anything), would they have done anything differently, how life has changed etc. I would find that interesting.

    Sunday night episode smacks of having no content to air so the editing room in RTE cut and pasted a few previous episodes together.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭Deeec


    I only watched 5 minutes of Sunday nights show - it was scraping the barrell to fill up a TV slot.

    I agree I would love to see a revisit show aswell. It would be good to see how the houses stand up to everyday life and if they have aged well.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,574 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    Not a bad programme, brought up some memories.

    At the intro, Nuala comes into the room, he goes to shake her hand, she decides to give the 'elbow touch', she sits down, he folds his arms and crosses his legs away from her in a very defensive posture. 😂

    Is this your sitting room? Yeah! - Eh, no it most definitely is not his sitting room.

    Nice to see the two blonde ladies from Portrane, I enjoyed that show a lot, loved the way they got stuck in, but having worked on sites I probably would have had words with them. I also think Dermot is being a bit economical with the truth when he says they had a great view of Lambay. They had a view, but not the one they showed on TV.

    QS Lisa was such a stunner and so no-nonsense. Majella's body language cooled towards Dermot, especially when she called him out for being a liar. Also Dermot complaining when she speaks over him. It's one of his most annoying traits in how he talks over and shouts down and belittles clients.

    Majella not afraid to show his negatives; not listening, terrible timekeeping, picking stuff and changing stuff without discussion. Not sure she thinks she got full value for their money, even though she loves the house. She takes no crap off him anyway.

    I didn't like that outside of the Fermoy house, thought it was too bare and took away from the old house.

    I would have liked to have seen how the garden in Athgarvan turned out, Google Earth is still the old pic.

    Joe and Mary still the best couple ever on it.

    I enjoyed it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,574 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    I think the issue with a revisit is that they'd pick someone who was fawning over Dermot. They need a show where they people are not afraid to criticise them; maybe Majella would be the best one.

    They did a house in Newport Co. Mayo. It was supposed to be a renovation for the family and kids, and above all the Granny who wasn't the best on her feet. Dermot put in steps and bends all over the house. I'd love to see them interviewed. There wasn't a single railing or grip that she had to hold onto in the whole house. I'd like to see if they changed anything around.

    The house in Portrane; the mother had a tiny room with no space between the bed and the wall. Madness really.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,723 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Crinklewood


    Dog!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭Sunny Dayz


    Did anyone watch Dermot Bannon's Incredible Homes on RTE1 last night?

    It fell a little flat for me. I didn't really like most of the homes except for the apartment in Barcelona. I think they could have maybe hired an interpreter but perhaps covid restrictions might not have allowed for that. The visit to the Michelin starred chef's home with her teenage daughters seemed a bit disorganised - running about the house to find switches, the daughters trying to interpret, them leaving Dermot to try and navigate his way around a very minimalistic house while they went to work.

    Looking forward to next week's though in Scotland.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,304 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Seen a promo today for new series, starts 8th January



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,134 ✭✭✭GAAcailin


    Article in the indo today, he is claiming that he wanted to reinvent RTI but he ‘can’t’ as the viewers don’t want him to !! 😂



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