Episode TWO, KILCOCK | PHOTOGRAPHY & SUPPLIER LIST

 
 

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.

The last ten years have been tough for the family. 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.

Downstairs, the house simply doesn’t work, especially the dark and cluttered kitchen with two ovens on their last legs and no room to cook. Elsewhere, a bright yellow sunroom is more utility than family space and what should be the living room is now Dan’s bedroom, hemmed in with furniture including a heavy unused piano.

Architect Róisín hatches a plan to rescue the house by rejigging the layout – swapping the kitchen and sun room but, with a tangled legacy of wires and pipework to relocate, Builder Peter and the crew are faced with a huge challenge.

With a whole new kitchen and living room to create from scratch, a new home to be found for the old piano and a massive sorting job for Dan, Marie and the clutterbusters camped out on the green, it starts to look like five days won’t be enough time to rescue this home for Róisín, Peter and the team.

Then again, it’s amazing what you can achieve when you work together…


SupplierS list

ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER:

Róisín Murphy

All queries to romurd9@gmail.com 

Instagram; roisin_murphy_design

CONSTRUCTION WORKS:

MDS Construction

C/O Peter Finn

Unit 13 Inis House

Old Quarry Campus

Blanchardstown, Dublin 15

(01) 861 2218

www.mdsconstruction.ie

Instagram; pete_thebuilder

PAINTERS:

Michael Phillips & Sons

26 Kilakee Court

Firhouse

Dublin 24

Phone: 01 452 1300

ELECTRICIANS:

Epicus Electrical Services

Andy McCann

16 Esker Manor,

Lucan,

Co. Dublin

Phone: 086 394 7755


WASTE DISPOSAL:

Advanced Waste Recycling Ltd.

Glenowlen,

Church Road,

Saggart,

Co. Dublin

Phone: 01 401 1928

www.advancedwaste.ie

CHARITY SHOP DONATIONS:

Irish Cancer Society,

3, Estuary Centre,

Airside Retail Park,

Swords,

Co. Dublin

FURNITURE AND FITTINGS:

IKEA

St. Margarets Road,

Ballymun,

Dublin 11

01 541 3300