Let's just put this into perspective - €180,000 would get you a decent-sized house down the country, and this was spent on basically one room in a single house in Killester.
If ever you wondered whether or not the boom was back, folks, last night's episode of Room To Improve was your sign. Michael and Cliona bought their '50s home in Killester for €591,000 and spent a further €30,000 installing sliding doors and making improvements, and then wheeled in Dermot Bannon with a further €150,000 budget to improve... one room?
By all accounts, Dermot was taken by the house already - he was mystified by a set of wooden shelves - and set to work on the whole thing, traipsing around Dublin looking for vintage bricks (#boomisback) and joking with builders about the utter stress of trying to deal with people who don't really know what they want.
Ah, 'tis a grand 'oul life all the same. Here's some of the Twitter reaction.
Things more likely to happen than Dermot sticking to the budget:
- Being struck by lightning after winning the lotto
- Finding Shergar
- Mayo winning Sam #roomtoimprove— Siobhán Doyle (@thekickart) March 18, 2018
#roomtoimprove I’m glad he plugged his company so much so now I can ensure I never use them
— Messer (@A_Right_Messer) March 18, 2018
€591,000 + €183,000 = No need for a lawn mower! Good work to all involved. #roomtoimprove
— Alan Chambers (@chambersmode) March 19, 2018
Where on earth did they get the money €?€?€?€ 591k for a house and then an improvement?? #roomtoimprove pic.twitter.com/pwP93peD3n
— ian kelly (@ianedkelly) March 18, 2018
Via Twitter