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Room to Improve (v2)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,301 ✭✭✭obi604


    Yeah, at this stage I just want her to shut the Fook up 🤪😜



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Summer2020


    Did Dermot lean against some wet paint , sleeve covered in white paint 😂



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,730 ✭✭✭touts


    There would be a queue of outraged women (who have a business giving diversity talks in schools) looking to tell Claire Byrne that initially they didn't want to make a fuss but on reflection they decided to post about it, (on the Instagram page for their business giving diversity talks to schools), and after the immense public support (from all the people on Instagram following their business giving diversity talks to schools) calling for Dermot to publicly apologise (Oh and did I mention my business giving diversity talks to schools).



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,783 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    250k was good value for that house given the roof and high end windows



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭UsBus


    Corrugated roof again, Christ...



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭appledrop


    Yep must have been during the visit because it appears and disappears at different times🤣



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,298 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    They seem to be in now with Dermot. People are going to look back on this era and view a lot of design/styles choice are like how we feel about avocado bathrooms!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,730 ✭✭✭touts


    I don't mind the Corrugated roofs. I think they are far easier to maintain and keep clean and they look modern. I think I'd go for one if I was building again.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭straight


    That's marriage. 🤣 He's happy once he gets a space to himself



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Citizen  Six




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭straight


    It's a cheap prefabricated trussed roof. With corrugated sheeting that wouldn't be good enough for an agricultural shed. 250k is a rob.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Citizen  Six


    People need to get over complaining about the use of corrugated sheeting.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭meep


    I'd say Hugh will be very happily fecking off to his den with Alexa and his ice maker, and locking the door.

    'isnt that right Hugh?'

    'nows your chance to ask Dermot your questions, Hugh.'

    'You don't need a green door after all, Hugh, isn't that right?'



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭straight


    People need to educate themselves about it maybe. I have it on most of my farm buildings and I know all the drawbacks and issues of which there are many. I wouldn't even put it on the milking parlour.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 951 ✭✭✭Duvet Day


    I loved it and think that they are a lovely couple, they seem to be very united after a long marriage , that's an achievement imo.

    The wife was very gracious in the end, it really must have been a long project and stressful plus she probably wanted it finished before her surgery. I enjoyed watching an older couple for a change...have to say I'm now worried that my bathroom wont be suitable when I'm older.😁



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,902 ✭✭✭thomas 123


    Hard to see where the cash went on that small house. A shell with stud walls... It does look great though and hopefully they have many happy years there.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,495 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    Yeah I loved it too.

    I could happily walk in and have my clutter destroying it in 2 seconds flat and live a peaceful life.

    I hope they've many happy years together in it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,451 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    She wasn’t a salesperson. She was an occupational therapist, an expert in advising people on the kind of facilities they need to be able to live independently and safely, as they get older. They really should have listened to her more.

    She would have advised Dermot not to have two steps at the entrance, even with a token ramp at the side.

    And no solar panels, bit of a missed opportunity.

    Multi taskers I thought, not grafters.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 951 ✭✭✭Duvet Day


    I definitely thought she said multitaskers.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,902 ✭✭✭thomas 123




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,122 ✭✭✭Deeec


    The kitchen she wanted would have fitted in perfectly in the new house. It was beautiful - neutral and inoffensive.

    Instead she got a tiny painted plywood kitchen shoe horned into the corner, as per usual Dermot designs. A tiny hob, a tiny sink - completely impractical for a lady who likes cooking. Also after complaining about overhead units he gave her.... short overhead units.

    Its clear Dermot does not cook or he wouldnt skimp so much on the kitchens. I never like his kitchen designs. I think he thinks kitchens are just for putting cereal in a bowl every morning.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭mykrodot


    to be fair there is only so much you need as you get older for cooking, you don't need a big range, a big sink. They are just 2 people. If there is any entertaining for them I am sure it will be down in the bigger house as most events will probably be family events. They also probably have a dishwasher (most modern kitchens do) so they don't need a huge sink. Likewise hob, a lot of us use Airfryers these days. You really don't need a huge kitchen apart from stogage once your family is reared and gone.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,122 ✭✭✭Deeec


    I dont agree. She said she enjoys cooking and retired people actually spend more time cooking because they have more free time. She also will have grandchildren up and down to her which Im sure she will be cooking for and baking with etc. Of course she has a dishwasher but not everything can be washed in a dishwasher - a large sink is very useful for cleaning large pots and pans etc. She wont have much room for storing an air fryer once she fills them presses with food, glassware, crockery, utensils, cookware etc.

    She would struggle even to cook a roast dinner for the family in that kitchen and on that little hob. Its always the same with Dermot - he gives cheap lousy impractical kitchens. He should have listened to the woman and gave her a decent kitchen which she was hoping for. She will be ripping Dermots kitchen out before long because its not practical. He must think nobody cooks!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,058 ✭✭✭gooner99


    My Bungalow bliss was 50% fees covered. Fees were calculated based on percentage of budget as per RIAI. So big fees I'd imagine, as I remember those projects being pretty expensive.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,902 ✭✭✭thomas 123


    That's an absolute joke. Make a television episode about your life and house and not even pay the full fees.

    I wonder how much the z listers are getting on dancing with the stars... RTE honestly.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭appledrop


    Eh we don't all use Airfryers! We certainly don't and my parents who are are a similar age to this couple wouldn't even know what they are.

    I don't agree with them not wanting to host get together in their house, we have a much bigger house then my parents but we always have Christmas Dinner in my parents because my mother loves hosting it( and is a much better cook then me!)

    In a lot of families the parents house will always be central hub for family events even if smaller.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭mykrodot


    I suppose I was basing it on the fact both the older parents and the younger parents with the kids share the same site so its not like travelling over to the parents so maybe the bigger house would be the house to host. Also judging by the lady's upcoming knee replacement and the fact that Hugh seemed a lot older and a bit more frail, since the initial episode, I felt the younger generation might do more of the hosting. It becomes more of a chore to people if they start to have health and joint problems, even arthritis makes food prep harder. But its only my opinion, it doesn't mean I am right.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭appledrop


    Oh I know what you mean mykrodot, none of us know what that family will do, I've just seen with other families when say one sibling builds on family land next door but everyone still prefers going to parents house even if it's old and falling apart!

    Maybe people just feel more comfortable in parents house rather than their sibling🤣



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,634 ✭✭✭frash


    Amazed nobody has mentioned the poor newborn baby's head flopping all over the place when they sat down for the staged cup of tea



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 809 ✭✭✭Flowergirl201


    I did say it to my husband about the poor babies head



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