The Great House Revival

He hasn't a clue about a budget.

I'd say the Bank of Mam and Dad will be called on.

like l said, this lad ain’t living in the real world

He was a nice lad, I thought early doors he wouldn't have a clue on doing some of the work himself, when I seen him and his parents peeling off tiny strips of wallpaper. That was probably just for the cameras. He had previous experience in hard landscaping, so he shouldn't have been lost.

The end result wasn't amazing, it's far from finished in many regards. The plastering was meh, the extension still has to be finished, plumbing, I can't where exactly. The roof has to be done at some point, as do the chimneys.

He's come in under budget, fair play, he scrimped and scraped, up-cycled, had a huge amount of help from family and friends.

As I said, there's still a lot to be done. You know, they touched on the issue of insulation at the end about the walls. That's another thing that will probably have to be done, he said he'll see how he gets on living in it first. And insulating the attic will come when he tackles the roof.

Fair play to him, buying at 37 on his own, especially in this present climate is not easy, and he was in within a year of the renovation and extension(that Hugh advised to tackle at a future date).

He certainly is, the house wouldn’t be to my taste but it’s what he wanted and could afford so the best of luck to him.

Lovely house tonight and the couple seem sound enough. He seems a hard worker but seems to have taken on a lot of work himself because of a tiny budget for a house this size. It’s a daunting task.

Lovely programme, they did a great job on the Bank. Great to see these houses being renovated. Though shocking how much they paid for such a derelict building

Colm is a legend. Amazing work he put into that building. What a result.

I know its a reality tv production and its supposed to be home owners in their natural working environment and homes but do they all have make up applied aswell for the tv cameras, obviously hugh wallace does, so surely even the participants also have it done by the production company

I may be wrong but I don’t think there was any mention of heating.

There was a brief mention of air to water and the pump was visible in the back garden near the end of the show.

Wonderful house. Huge bravery from that lady to take on such a rebuild. She was very honest about the mental and emotional price of these restorations.

I'm not a huge fan of taxpayers money going into "dream home" renovations and extensions but given the historic importance of the house and the attention to detail shown, it was well worth the grants given.

Can't warm to this series knowing that Hugh Wallace passed away so soon afterwards. He was a brilliant presenter.