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HOME OF THE YEAR ***NEW SERIES***

Home Of The Year & Celebrity Home Of The Year Judges, 2018. Photography by Ruth Medjber www.ruthlessimagery.com Image Name: Home Of The Year & Celebrity Home Of The Year Judges, 2018. Photography by Ruth Medjber www.ruthlessimagery.com
Episode One Season 5 HOTY Dee Noone (30) Image Name: Episode One Season 5 HOTY Dee Noone (30)
Episode One Season 5 HOTY Dee Noone (5) Image Name: Episode One Season 5 HOTY Dee Noone (5)
Episode One Season 5 HOTY Dee Noone (26) Image Name: Episode One Season 5 HOTY Dee Noone (26)
Episode One Season 5 HOTY Chara Nagle (6) Image Name: Episode One Season 5 HOTY Chara Nagle (6)
Episode One Season 5 HOTY Chara Nagle Image Name: Episode One Season 5 HOTY Chara Nagle
Episode one season 5 HOTY Chara Nagle (5) Image Name: Episode one season 5 HOTY Chara Nagle (5)
Episode One Season 5 HOTY Robin Wilson (10) Image Name: Episode One Season 5 HOTY Robin Wilson (10)
Episode One Season 5 HOTY Robin Wilson Image Name: Episode One Season 5 HOTY Robin Wilson
Home of the Year judge Peter Crowley Image Name: Home of the Year judge Peter Crowley
Home of the Year judge Hugh Image Name: Home of the Year judge Hugh
Home Of The Year & Celebrity Home Of The Year Judges, 2018. Photography by Ruth Medjber www.ruthlessimagery.com Image Name: Home Of The Year & Celebrity Home Of The Year Judges, 2018. Photography by Ruth Medjber www.ruthlessimagery.com
Home Of The Year Judges, 2018. Photography by Ruth Medjber www.ruthlessimagery.com Image Name: Home Of The Year Judges, 2018. Photography by Ruth Medjber www.ruthlessimagery.com
Chara Nagle (1) Image Name: Chara Nagle (1)

Episode one

House 1

Robin Wilson lives with his wife Julie and their daughter Zara in this architectural self-built home in Down. The home is locally known as the ‘Goldeneye’ house.

When Robin and Julie found the sloping site on which this home is built in 2007, they knew it would be a challenge to create a home there. They fell in love with the idea of the views out over Belfast Lough and how private the road was. Their architect designed an upside-down home to capitalise on the view creating a loft style living area above the bedrooms. The contemporary concept is carried through to the interior with an open plan living, dining and kitchen situated at the top of the house and a viewing platform above it. The home is an excellent example of striking modern contemporary design.

House 2

Chára Nagle lives with her partner Alan Crosbie in a horse shoe shaped converted stable in Dublin with their family.  

Chara, an artist from Wicklow has owned this home since 2006 and has been living here with Alan for the past four years.  The building dates back to 1674 and was originally part of an estate. Chara and Alan renovated the home to make it more conducive to modern family living. Their aim was to make it a modern-day ginger bread cottage (hence the pink exterior). The building is curved so all of the furniture had to be specially made to fit the space. They converted the downstairs conservatory into a master bedroom and added the round window. She had brass finished wardrobes and storage areas made throughout the house to maximise the space. Her own arts hang on the walls and there are quirky collectibles throughout the home. Chara likes to create ‘stories’ and ‘moments’ throughout the house.

House 3

Dee Noone and her husband Evan live in an 1800’s cottage with extension in Co. Galway with their two dogs.

Dee works as a window display merchandiser and is originally from Galway City.  She had been living in Dublin for eight years when she and her husband decided to move back to Galway. They bought a small cottage in 2012 and lived there for four years before renovating and extending in 2016. The old cottage was modernised and they wanted to build a new extension that had a completely different feel to the existing cottage. Storage, an extra bathroom and an open plan kitchen/dining area were at the top of their agenda. Dee wanted to keep the front of the home ‘traditional’ while the extension is contemporary and modern. The cottage still holds its original charm and has quirky features throughout. An Art & Design graduate from GMIT, Deirdre has spent her career working for companies such as H&M, Topshop and Brown Thomas creating seasonal visual displays. In recent years, Deirdre has turned her focus to Interior Design, with her own home featuring in popular Irish an UK Interior Magazines. Deirdre also publishes an interiors blog on Instagram (behind.theyellowgate) as well as co-hosting the popular Irish Interiors page #mygorgeousgaff.

 

Series synopsis

Popular series Home of the Year is back for a fifth series. Over 8 weeks, 21 homes will compete for the Home of the Year title in 2019, with three very different properties featured each week. From restoration, new builds, renovations and re-design Home of the Year features people who have created their dream home. The series showcases homes from all across Ireland including a converted church building, a restored 1800’s manor and a restored Georgian farmhouse, inspiring architectural new builds, restored cottages and period homes with creative interiors.  Making the tough decisions on which homes go through to the final are our three expert judges; design legend Hugh Wallace, renowned interior designer Deirdre Whelan and award-winning architect Peter Crowley.

Looking for individuality, functionality and clever design, the judges will individually score each of the homes out of 10, the home with the highest combined score in each programme will go through to the final, where the ultimate winner will be crowned.

Home of the Year is produced by ShinAwiL for RTÉ ONE.