Home Rescue

Home Rescue team are in Co. Kildare. Rose Cottage, just outside Kilcullen in county Kildare, is home to eight-year-old Elanor, her mum, Celine Garvey, three chickens, two cats and Terry the terrapin. Designer Róisín plans to make sense of Rose Cottage by removing an internal wall raising a ceiling to the full height of the roof, creating a secret hatch to the kitchen and installing a roof light.

In the village of Kilcock on the Royal Canal in north Kildare, Marie and Dan live with their twin sons Max and Cuinn, both of whom are autistic. Serious health problems have put Dan out of work, leaving Marie the sole breadwinner as a part time instructor for young adults with special needs.

Siobhan and her three children Ben, Ella and Faye live in a large house in Kilmeague in County Kildare, built by Siobhan's late husband Vin. It's been eight years since Vin passed away from leukaemia and wife Siobhan has never quite recovered from the grief of losing her beloved husband.

Mary O'Brien lives in the tight knit community of Bridgetown in County Wexford. Perky, welcoming and beloved by her colleagues at Wexford Garda Station, she loves where she lives, but the family home she inherited from her parents is not suited to her needs. As a little person, Mary's had to adapt herself to a house that was never designed for her.

In Carlow, Ann 'Sis' Shannon, her son Matthew and her daughter Kayleigh live together in a house filled with clutter - from multiple appliances, kitchenware and utensils to the raw materials of Sis's ongoing craft projects. Architect Róisín arrives with a plan to make sense of the chaos and reclaim the space the family has lost, creating storage space outside.

Since they moved to Tallaght from the Liberties decades ago, Brigid and Chris have raised two sons but never had the time or the resources to make the most of their family home. As their youngest son Adam prepares to move out, the soon to be empty nesters are keen to enjoy a little space, but with three cramped ground floor rooms and a garden shed filled to the rafters, they need help.