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