Room to Improve (v2)

To be fair he grew up on a farm. You're not going to get that in Dublin.

That was a typical size garden in Dublin. Their extension also took up space.

If they wanted the same upbringing for their kids they could have stayed in / moved back to Sligo, they are both from there. He's working from home, so doesn't matter where he lives and I'm sure she can practice law just as easily in Sligo as in Dublin.

Yeah I agree gardens developments in Dublin are poor and in newer developments all over the country garden sizes are getting even smaller which I think is huge step backwards.

Their kids are small at the moment so I dont think they see problem with the garden just yet. When they cant fit in the trampoline, swing, slide etc and have to drag the bikes through the house they will see the problem. House suits them at the moment but I dont think that it will be their forever home.

I didn't mean happy with the bubbly although put a glass in my hand and I'll smile for the camera too 😊🥂

I meant they seemed to have got the house they wanted.

I have, in houses and apartments, you are right there are compromises.

What will suit you at one stage of life may not work when circumstances change.

They are pleased with the house anyway.

I liked that they went with the idea of bringing a bit of the old into the new.

Thanks, Learned more from the builders Instagram post than from the actual programe.

A perfectly reasonable discussion is interrupted by yet more conspiracy theories to try and validate last weeks conspiracy theory.

They are seen in winter coats during the build therefore your detective work is dodgy no matter how many agree with you.

Because her husband said "she's the main breadwinner in the house"

100% agree. It would be a very inexpensive programme to make. It makes you wonder why it was not done, not just for this house, but for loads of other R to I houses too. Also would love to see a warts 'n all programme say a year later, to see how heating / running costs etc worked out, what the occupiers really like and what they may have changed with the benefit of hindsight etc.

The real problem is its a reality tv masquerading as a home improvement show.

Imo it succeeds at neither, I'm obviously wrong on that considering how long it's been going

A few things.

Someone stated earlier that the garden size was normal for that era and that there was open green areas in most estates that kids tended to use to play in. That might have been the case many years ago but newer estates tend to have smaller gardens and worse still, less useable green space. It was a considerable thing we looked for when buying our own house (useable green space) as a lot of estates had rocks/trees/patches/ schrubbery in whatever green space there was, making it pointless for kids playing in a lot of cases. The reduction of sizes in outside spaces for housing is a serious retrograde step as is the reduction in green space requirements for estates.

I am not sure whether they ended up with an outdoor shed storage for bikes, they may have beside the home office. Very important for families to have some shed storage for these types of things.

As for the fake grass, I think it makes sense when the kids are young, same as trying to keep the garden relatively maintenance free. Couples with kids tend not to have the time to do much in relation to this type of thing. Dropping the riduculous planter was the best thing they did!

Thought the window seats were good and generally they made great use of what space they had. I wasn't too sure about the whole outdoor office. I would have put in a foundation/services and worried about getting an external company put in a proper garden room or something similiar a few years down the line - althought I think there was no access to the back garden without going through the front, which in fairness may have forced their hand to get something done with the shed.

A good watch but I agree with others, more info needed on the specifics, insulation/heating/upgrades that happened, costs of same and perhaps, as others have said a return in a years time to see running costs and things they might have changed.

People dont seem to understand this is what it is. Its easy watching at 21:30 on a Sunday before everyone goes back to work on Monday mornings. Its a bit controversial so people will talk about it. It has a lovely house (usually) at the end so we can all start planning our own improvements, either ourselves or get someone in. It has a presenter who is a little bit smug and up himself who plays up to the panto villian. It has bits that we think we could do cheaper, that look silly, that have notions etc.

Some here seem to think its a step by step guide on how to get a grant approved, or it wont be cleverly edited, or it should list out the make and model of every device they use in the build.

Lads on about filming bits in the last week to get around the controversy (what controversy??) are away with the fairies.

Its an RTE tv show, what were you expecting?

Uh-huh 😂

The kitchen lad had no idea why he was an extra in their soap opera down the café!

Majority of people couldn't care less though.

Some Instagram stuff....

....also probably tiktok and YouTube....that ok? Lol