Reality / Documentary
Build Your Own Home follows the trials and tribulations of homeowners from across Ireland, as they take on the mammoth challenge of building their own home – under the watchful eye of master builder and building teacher, Harrison Gardner. From a brand new build in West Cork, a…
In this first episode, young Dublin couple Grace, Robbie and their young family go against all the odds as they attempt to renovate and extend their Dublin 2 bedroomed house in Dublin city centre – with their own hands! We follow them over 18 months as they attempt to renovate and build their dream home. Under Harrison's tutelage and encouragement we follow their adventure and the ups and downs that comes with building your own house. With paying rent, juggling full time jobs, small children and managing a dwindling budget it was never going to be easy.
Part- time teacher and mum of 3 teenagers, Esther Foreman has €230k to build the house of her dreams. However that's not going to get her forever home – so she decides the only way to do this is to build it herself. With no building experience at all Harrison starts to teach Esther basic skills – and she takes to it like a duck to water! With her partner Damien also helping out the project starts to move along well but as the seasons change it’s becomes clear this is no ordinary build. The sheer scale would be enough to scare off most people. We follow Harrison, Esther and her nearest and dearest as they battle the harsh climate, a dwindling pot of money and a lot of labour to get this house on the hill built.
In episode 3 of this series we meet young couple Aoife and Tony who are self employed circus performers. Like a lot of self-employed workers they were unable to secure a mortgage. After some years of scrimping and saving they finally bought a 'doer upper' in rural Co. Westmeath. However it’s in no shape to live in requiring a total upgrade inside and out. However with only €50k to spend to upgrade and extend their new home they have no choice but to take on the project themselves – with Harrison by their side every step of the way. We follow them over 18 months as they learn the skills to make this cottage the house of their dreams.
In the final episode of this series couple Architect Padraig & his wife Laura are renovating and extending an old country house in Padraig's home village of Kilcornan Limerick. With businesses, young kids and a building site to manage things are far from easy. We follow them and Harrison every step of the way as they spend a tough year learning new skills and building their new home – and with Padraig’s architectural experience and high standards this may just be the most ambitious build yet.
Harrison Gardner
An ambitious group of eight amateur home remodelers team up to renovate an amazing old house one room at a time. For the next eight weeks, these creative competitors will live in and work together on the house, one room at a time. Each week, they'll compete and collaborate on a different room. When it's all over, one of them will win the keys to the house!
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an American reality television series providing home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. The show is hosted by carpenter and veteran television personality Ty Pennington. Each episode features a family that has faced some sort of recent or ongoing hardship such as a natural disaster or a family member with a life-threatening illness, in need of new hope. The show's producers coordinate with a local construction contractor, which then coordinates with various companies in the building trades for a makeover of the family's home. This includes interior, exterior and landscaping, performed in seven days while the family is on vacation and documented in the episode. If the house is beyond repair, they replace it entirely.
Real estate broker Ryan Serhant and his wife, Emilia Bechrakis, gut their newly acquired 7,900-square-foot townhouse, located in Brooklyn, N.Y., to create the home of their dreams with enough room for everyone in their large Greek family. In each episode, viewers will see the transformation of the constantly evolving townhouse, with more than a few hiccups along the way. Ryan and Emilia deal with unforeseen setbacks, including construction delays, familial drama and cost overruns, as they experience making a house into a home.
HGTV renovation stars face off against one another - they have just weeks and a limited budget to renovate four identical blank-slate homes on the same block with their signature styles. The designers who add the most property value netting the highest appraisal get bragging rights and the street named in their honor.
