Home Rescue

In Dundalk, County Louth, Granny Doreen Kelly, her three grandchildren, her daughter Claire and Claire's unflappable stay-at-home husband Pierce share a bungalow-originally built by Doreen's husband, former firefighter Pat. Three generations of the one family sharing space in a house that should be big enough for all of them, but just isn't.

Near to the train station in Kildare town, Gaeilgeoir and primary school teacher Shónagh struggles with the rising tide of clutter at the railway cottage she shares with her four young children. Both Shónagh and her brother Ciarán, who contacted the Home Rescue team on her behalf, are still mourning the loss of their beloved Mum.

The last decade has been difficult for Monica, who lost both her husband Dick and her son Richie to cancer in that time. Since the loss of her husband, Monica hasn't slept in her own bedroom for ten years, instead bedding down on the sofa every night. Over the years, the house has become hopelessly cluttered with charity shop bargains and legacy furniture.

In the rural heartland of Tulla in County Clare, Josephine and her husband Ger live with their grown-up son Johnny and their daughter Bridget in the house where they raised six kids. But - despite the space freed up since four of the children moved out - the house is less functional as a family home than it ever was.

Sweethearts Peter and Jessie Kelly, fell in love and married over 40 years ago in Kenya before finally returning to live in Ireland. In 1992, they moved to a three-bed semi in Cabinteely. The couple have seven kids and seven grandkids - but even though their four eldest have flown the nest - the Kelly household just doesn't function properly as a family home.

Peter Cowell and Jane Dalton and their kids Alice (13) and Peter Jr (10) moved into a semi-d in Lucan, Co. Dublin after the couple spent two decades moving between England, Scotland, and Ireland. Their bedroom, a real source of stress, has inaccessible storage and clutter that heightens Jane's knee issues and exacerbates Peter's daily struggles with only one arm.