Room to Improve.

HeidiHeidi

Lisha wrote: »

I've seen amazing photo's taken of old abandoned houses. unreal stuff do moving to see everything.think it was an exhibition lately

I remember as a kid visiting Gola Island off Donegal.... it was almost creepy, exactly like that house except a whole community of them. Like they all just walked away one day :eek:

gammygils

Lovely wallpaper!

meeeeh

I'm gagging listening to engagement story.

The house is interesting though.

mrsdewinter

That's their 'journey'? That they had a long-haul holiday & he proposed?

freshpopcorn

Whenever theirs demolition I can see my fathers heat rate increasing!

Thargor

The Princess Bride wrote: »

Such an advantage to be gifted a house or a site.

You really are completely screwed in Ireland if you dont have someone to give you a house or the money for one these days, its a complete 2 tier society of haves and have-nots. Funnily enough this time around a recession will make it worse, continued economic growth will make it worse and staying as we are will make it worse! Screwed 3 ways with no end in sight. But this isnt the thread for that I suppose.

Red Kev

Samsgirl wrote: »

Utility room at the opposite side to the kitchen??

Clueless. Put it behind the kitchen in the shed and put the boot room in with it.

40 years of running through the sitting room and hallway to do anything.

Also no contingency for rot or other problems associated with older houses, which is mad.

RobertKK

Her grandfather is a butterfly...

meeeeh

Thargor wrote: »

You really are completely screwed in Ireland if you dont have someone to give you a house or the money for one these days, its a complete 2 tier society of haves and have-nots. Funnily enough this time around a recession will make it worse, continued economic growth will make it worse and staying as we are will make it worse! Screwed 3 ways with no end in sight. But this isnt the thread for that I suppose.

It would be probably cheaper to do a new built. Getting land is handy though.

mrsdewinter

Oh, now there's a boot room to the rear. Hm, somebody must have had a word...

honeybear

Dermot "assumed"

mrsdewinter

Jesus. There's Grandad again. Keeping a close eye on things. I don't blame you, Grandad-butterfly...

RobertKK

If I won the lottery I would knock my very very old house down and rebuild it back up new, would be much cheaper.

HeidiHeidi

Are we meant to think that Dermot thought the chimney breast would just magically disappear?

I think the production team are starting to take the viewers for fools here, tbh.

Atlantic Dawn

€2 a text to enter that competition with a prize of just €5k, hard times in RTÉ.

Red Kev

OMG!! Looks like we're going to have some drama about a window!!!!!

We've never had that on Room to Improve before...... This could be good, I'm on the edge of my seat...or maybe none of the above is true.

Samsgirl

Red Kev wrote: »

Clueless. Put it behind the kitchen in the shed and put the boot room in with it.

40 years of running through the sitting room and hallway to do anything.

Also no contingency for rot or other problems associated with older houses, which is mad.

Imagine going to put washing on and it milling down rain outside.
Also would you not hear the washing machine / dryer in the bedroom if you put them on at night?

freshpopcorn

Next weeks spoiler and also final in the series!

Dermot Bannon helps a Dublin couple transform a 1970s house that has remained largely unchanged since it was built. Dermot proposes adding a steep-roofed extension, but his plans upset the neighbours, who fear their garden will be overshadowed, while surveyor Lisa O'Brien struggles to incorporate it into her budget. Last in the series.

sunbabe08

Another increase in the budget lol

honeybear

Builder ha ha ha!

HeidiHeidi

I'm now thoroughly confused.... they wanted the fireplace, then they didn't want the chimney breast, they decided and negotiated to keep it, and now they've demolished it?

WTF?

RobertKK

Talking Sh1t.

honeybear

New fav builder!

Lisha

Let's all laugh at poo jokes!! Ffs are they 7yrs old

Red Kev

I can't believe he missed the septic tank. Amateurish. Or just for TV?

freshpopcorn

**** goes down hill!

Boards and their ****!

dazberry

RobertKK wrote: »

Talking Sh1t.

It's going downhill...

BabysCoffee

I like this builder.

HeidiHeidi

Dat's riiight!

meeeeh

sunbabe08 wrote: »

Another increase in the budget lol

I am sure they have some contingency. It would be insane not to have it for old house.