Widely believed to be one of the most stressful things we can do in life, searching for a new home is never easy, except if you’re lucky enough to enlist the expert help of the House Hunters dream team!
New presenter, Dermot Bannon, an architect, joins property locator Liz O’Kane for the sixth series of the popular show.
Each week our presenters research and find the best that’s on the market to satisfy our house hunters requirements and budgets. For house hunters who are interested in looking at those properties ‘in need of modernisation’ Dermot is on hand to help them use their imagination! As well as encouraging our house hunters to come up with their own designs, he taps into his vast contact book to show similar houses which have already been transformed.
This year’s house hunters are a very diverse bunch. ‘Usually people contact the programme because they have either tricky requirements or are exhausted from searching on their own,’ says producer Hilary O’Donovan.
This series of House Hunters features a Dubliner who decided to sell his suburban three-bed for a city centre dwelling, a Corkwoman who decides to downsize and a young couple who impulsively bought their first home in Citywest in Dublin 24. Liz and Dermot help them to find a new home in Wicklow and give them advice as to whether they should sell or rent out their existing property.
There are also some great investment stories in this new series. One couple who have sold in Dublin use the money from the sale to buy a home and an investment property outside Dublin. Another couple, who have had their thatch cottage in Galway on the market for a long time, re-evaluate their position and find a new home in Listowel and an investment property. And a young couple in Dublin, both in the hotel business, who have sold in Inchicore, Dublin 8 and are relocating to Cork are in need of a lot of advice.
So if you’re interested in the property market or simply fancy peeping into other people’s houses there are plenty of insights and advice in the new series of House Hunters. And all from the comfort of your arm chair!
Episode One
Ronnie is a single man in his early 40s. He has been living in Kingswood near Tallaght for the last five years. He paid €222,000 for his house, but was delighted when he had it valued two years ago for €400.000. Prior to moving to Kingswood he lived in Cork Street, but left to move to the leafy suburbs.
However, he misses city life. And as a single man, he would like to live a bit closer to the action, so to speak!
Ronnie expects to have a budget of between €500,000 and €550,000. He says he would like a two-bedroom, small house with a front and back garden and he does not mind if he has to do a bit of work on the new property. His ideal location would be Ranelagh, which he believes is out of his price range or Portobello or the South Circular Road area. However he is open to suggestions.
Tune in and see if Ronnie finds his dream house!