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21 of the harshest reactions to last night's Room To Improve

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Jan 26th 2015, 8:43 AM 15,213 Views 2 Comments

FORGET LOVE/HATE, forget Charlie, last night Room to Improve became the nation’s Sunday night fear accompaniment.

And boy oh boy were you gunning for it.

Avril and Andrew Wilson-Rankin had bought a disused commercial building in Dun Laoghaire, and were planning on turning it into their dream home.

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At the start of the show they were living in a.. er… cosy space in a shed at the bottom of Andrew’s parent’s garden. So understandably they were eager to get a space of their own after managing to save €90k.

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They dropped €105k on the property in total, and then called in architect Dermot Bannon to attempt to turn this into a home.

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Here’s what you made of the whole rigmarole…

Not very optimistic from the get go

This will be 'interesting. 😂 #RoomToImprove
— Carole (Ducky) (@IrPsych) January 25, 2015

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This might be the first time I feel sorry for Dermot Bannon. #roomtoimprove
— Baz (@bazlyons) January 25, 2015

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Ouch :(

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Double ouch :(

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Triple ouch :(

So, Bosco's grown up and wants a box apartment. #RoomtoImprove
— Jack Hammer (@JackHammerDD) January 25, 2015

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The bean tin lampshades didn’t go down very well

Suprise suprise.. #RoomtoImprove kicks off with a pair of hipsters! Would ye feck off with your lampshades from bean tins!
— D Clerkin (@clerkin_d) January 25, 2015

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The drains are blocked? All those fecking beans down the toilet for two lampshades? #RoomtoImprove
— Diarmuid C (@Al_Boreland) January 25, 2015

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While the plan for a ‘craft room’ raised some eyebrows

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What the flock is a craft room #roomtoimprove looks good though in fairness to her
— Fionnuala Glynn (@FionnualaG) January 25, 2015

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Avril now lives alone and makes voodoo dolls of Dublin City Council plumbers in her craft room #roomtoimprove
— Siobhán Doyle (@thekickart) January 25, 2015

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The ceiling came in for flack

Rusty corrugated iron sheeting as a erm, feature ceiling. Loverly. #RoomToImprove Is #Avril trending yet? 😂😂😂
— Carole (Ducky) (@IrPsych) January 25, 2015

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Yes folks that's authentic KilKenny rusty corrigated iron specially imported from a field #roomtoimprove
— Tom Stamp (@thomasjstamp) January 25, 2015

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And Dermot didn’t escape the harsh tongues

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Dermot said "atrium" again. Twice. I can't refill the shot glass this quickly. #RoomToImprove #Bingo
— Philip Nolan (@philipnolan1) January 25, 2015

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Neither did the drains, or the council

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Can't beat the council and the lack of responsibility #RoomtoImprove
— Bill Sweetnam (@billsweetnam) January 25, 2015

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The Council!! Making pipes into your property your responsibility and Billing you for it since 1923!!! #roomtoimprove
— Paddy Cullivan (@paddycullivan) January 25, 2015

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In the end though, it looked lovely and you were satisfied. Kind of

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Fair play to them, that's lovely and a house in Dun Laoghaire for beans. Pure jealous #roomtoimprove
— Gareth Naughton (@Garrison29) January 25, 2015

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€370k. For a house in Dun Laoghaire. In fairness, like.

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21 of the harshest reactions to last night's Room To Improve