It’s been a rollercoaster of a series.
A week ago, for example, Twitter blew up with as dairy farmer Padraig and his wife, Katie, renovated their 100-year-old farmhouse in Tipperary.
(*PS afterwards Katie – who was much scorned online – said the RTI footage was “highly edited”).
However, last night Lorna and Rory made sure the show went out on a high – being roundly praised as “sound” and with a “dream home” to boot… Which when it comes to Twitter is about as complimentary as any of the featured home-owners could hope for.
‘Tis Dermo time, *Stretches Twitter fingers*. #RoomToImpove
— Carole (Ducky) (@IrPsych) April 1, 2018
The duo were also massively tolerant of presenter Dermot Bannon – who, while very much a legend, is also well-known for forcefully pushing his own tastes on the renovations.
@MiriamAhern are you watching? What a contrast to last week! Such an amenable couple! #RoomToImpove
— Fiona Ní Eochaigh (@Fiona_Gough) April 1, 2018
The man himself even admitted on camera:
“Most of the time I give out about clients who won’t let me do what I need to do. These guys are letting me do my job.
“They are letting me do what I need to do and that makes me incredibly nervous. Maybe that’s what makes me nervous… Not that they trust me, that’s wrong isn’t it? Maybe I want them to have a little bit of ownership and to have an opinion.”
With Lorna and Rory’s home in Stillorgan, Dublin undergoing the overhaul, the result in fairness was absolutely stunning – with many viewers reckoning it was Bannon’s best work of the series.
Still, the episode was bittersweet: viewers were also sorry to say goodbye to Dermot (*aside: there have been nine incarnations of the show since 2007 so we’re hopefully it’ll be back on screens soon).
Sunday evenings just won’t be the same without you @DermotBannon. #RoomToImpove #rollonthenextseries
— Anna Murphy (@Anna___Murphy) April 1, 2018
Bannon furthermore reminded us that RTE will air a ‘best of’ next Sunday. And otherwise there’s always the RTE Player to watch reruns…
There’s still a best of next week https://t.co/ea93gcATs8
— Dermot Bannon (@DermotBannon) April 1, 2018
