James and Annmarie Sowray live in an 1860's fisherman’s cottage on the seafront in Laytown Co. Meath. Local girl Annmarie was raised only 200 metres down the road and she knows how special it is to have the sea at her front door.
From the minute they walked into their house in 2005, they loved it. Five years later with their three children older and bigger they've realised that they need a bit more space.
Up Next in Season 1
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Dalkey
Thirteen years ago Brian and Julie Keane found a location that suited them perfectly, but a house that didn’t.
Brian and Julie live in Dalkey, South County Dublin. Julie is an airhostess who has a passion for fashion. In their three-bedroom house she has run out of space for all her clothes, ha...
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Clontarf
In 2003, Denise and Ben bought their 1940's house in Clontarf, North Dublin. When they bought the house it was in bedsits and they spent €50,000 converting it back into a 3 bedroom family home.
"We put in a kind of make shift kitchen that was thrown together because we had no money left". Now f...
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Dundalk
Yvonne and John live in a housing estate in Dundalk with their two children. Four years ago, they decided to buy their next-door neighbours house.
The house has been unoccupied since they bought it. Going against the norm, they have decided to knock two houses into one - a challenge Dermot's nev...
