Room to Improve

Creating design solutions to make an existing home better suit the needs of the family living there.

Dermot Bannon revamps a home for mother Lisa O'Shea, whose needs significantly changed at her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis; the installation of her elevator proves far from straightforward.

Irene and Anthony Zambra live with their four children in Castleknock; they bought their semi-detached home 11 years ago and it came with an extension which the Zambras use as a kitchen and dining area.

Architect Dermot Bannon sets out to transform people's living spaces. With a baby on the way, John and Anna Kinsella need to modernise their tumbledown 1850s cottage.

In this week's programme, the penultimate of the series, Dermot finds himself the dream job; Liz and Malcolm Currie live in a large four-bedroomed house in Dalkey, on Dublin's southside.

Jo want to turn their Wexford cottage from a holiday home into their permanent home without sacrificing any of its 1930s charm; their house needs a lot of work; when their grandchildren visit it gets really cramped so they also need another bedroom.