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Home of the Year Season 12 Episode 2
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00:00What makes a house a home?
00:04Homes full of style and character
00:05are competing for the title of Home of the Year.
00:09Making the tough decisions are
00:11design legend Hugh Wallace.
00:14I have a fabulous space for the dogs.
00:16I'd fit in there.
00:18You could put me in there.
00:20Award winning architect Amanda Bone.
00:22It feels overly cluttered
00:24and it's taking away from that sense of calmness.
00:27It's gone too far here.
00:29And award winning design consultant Siobhan Lahm.
00:32I completely disagree with basically everything you've said.
00:36And this year it's not just their scores
00:39that they'll have to decide.
00:41The golden key is an opportunity for the judges
00:43to put a home straight through to the final.
00:46I think it's brilliant. I love it.
00:49The search continues for Ireland's Home of the Year.
00:58After meeting on a yacht and working and travelling the world together,
01:02Tony and Fanon decided to settle in Cary
01:04after some life-altering news.
01:06We were on the yachts working.
01:09That was our career path set.
01:10And I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
01:12And that's when we made the commitment
01:14to kind of leave the sea life
01:16and settle into a more relaxed country way of living.
01:19So to come through that and now just wake up and be healthy
01:23and be in our home, I think it's such a gift.
01:27The home was kind of, it was a good fusion
01:29of my South African roots
01:31and then the Irish living and the lifestyle.
01:34So we've designed the house
01:35so that you can come in, park in the carport
01:37and keep your hair dry, your in-wature shopping
01:40into the next room and unpack.
01:42So it's very functional for the Irish weather.
01:44So we've taken what we liked from across the world
01:46and made it Irish proof.
01:49Our favourite spot is here in the lounge.
01:51It's just the place where we come
01:53when we're really finished with our jobs
01:55and we can relax.
01:56We get a beautiful view of the home
01:58and the open plan living, so we love it.
02:01If I think of Fanon's family coming to help
02:03organising things for us and my parents
02:05and even, you know, my dad,
02:07he's built these beautiful things in our home for us.
02:09The door's always open
02:10because they've put as much love in as we have.
02:13The judges must now assess the home
02:15armed with only the basic facts
02:17about the property and its owners.
02:19This new build is modern, it's striking,
02:22but my eyes are brought to this entrance
02:24in that stone wall detail.
02:26It's such an interesting mix of old and new
02:28and I wonder, is that mix continued on the inside?
02:32Well, let's find out.
02:36And there's the visual connection.
02:38Oh, wow, look at that.
02:40I think the homeowners have intentionally
02:43kept the palette very restrained.
02:45It's because the homeowners have put the focus
02:47on that beautiful landscape.
02:49The success of that window
02:51is actually the fact it's a square
02:52and it's like a painting on the wall
02:55and I'm looking out through the window
02:57to the painting.
02:59Yeah, there's just an overriding sense of calm
03:01standing here and I think that's because
03:02of the choice of materials and finishes
03:05and I'd say a lot of that has got to do
03:07with what you can see from where I'm standing.
03:14Oh, I like it.
03:15Wow.
03:17Look at that view.
03:19This room is just so special
03:21and it just feels right.
03:25You know, the location of the dining table,
03:28the sitting area and the kitchen,
03:30but from everywhere in the room,
03:32you get those views.
03:33It feels calm, it feels beautifully balanced.
03:38I love the seating area.
03:39I like that little pop of denim, actually.
03:41I think it makes a difference in a room
03:43which is quite muted.
03:45I'm just going to go back to where we came in
03:47because standing here looking at this
03:52was unexpected and a beautiful surprise.
03:54And I actually think I said the word wow.
03:56That's how much an impact it had on me.
03:59But when I come further into the room,
04:02there's a couple of things that for me
04:05take away again from that overriding sense of calm.
04:09And that is the kitchen.
04:10Look at the design of the kitchen.
04:12The finish of the tiles.
04:14I love those tiles.
04:15And the finish of the countertop.
04:16I'm quite happy, sorry.
04:18Do you know why it's jarring
04:19with the overall sense of calm?
04:20A little bit of bling, lift.
04:21I think it's much more important in this home
04:25is would I like to live here?
04:27So, yeah, I'll move in.
04:31Wow.
04:32This is stunning.
04:35Look at the playground.
04:35Isn't this fantastic?
04:37I mean, it's just such an amazing outside space.
04:40Imagine sitting out here with your family,
04:42having a barbecue
04:42and looking at that incredible view.
04:44It's amazing.
04:45I'm usually against the good grass,
04:47but for me here it works
04:49because I have this yummy green perfect grass
04:52and then I have the wilderness of wonder.
04:55It's just spectacular.
05:04I see the favourite spot.
05:11Sitting here, I think you actually get to appreciate everything
05:14that this home is giving you.
05:16But also, it's my favourite move in the home so far
05:19is that cranked wall.
05:20And it provides a great separation from the open plan.
05:23This room, the colour tones are just wonderful
05:25and very much related to the colour tones
05:29from the landscape outside.
05:31And, you know, here we have, look.
05:35Ah, back out to the hall.
05:37So I'm back out here.
05:39And all of a sudden, I have a fantastic connection
05:42and just great circulation.
05:45Yeah.
05:46And balance.
05:47This is the same rug as the one in the hall.
05:49The colour palette is bringing it together.
05:51And every room in the home,
05:53you're looking out to that incredible view.
05:55You should come and sit on this couch.
05:57Oh, we have to move on, Amanda.
05:59We've got to go.
06:00Come on.
06:01Come on.
06:08Wow.
06:09It's like walking into a luxury hotel.
06:13Oh, this is gorgeous.
06:16I love the different layers.
06:18I love the textures.
06:19Again, the colours are spot on.
06:22In fact, they've brought in a bit more warmth
06:24with this throw.
06:25The tactility in this room is beautiful.
06:28It's very safari, I would say.
06:31I love it.
06:32For the first time in this home,
06:34it feels overly cluttered
06:36and it's taking away from that sense of calmness.
06:39It's gone too far here.
06:41This, to me, isn't what the home is about.
06:43It's cluttered.
06:44There's a mix of styles.
06:45It's just too much for this room.
06:47I completely disagree
06:49with basically everything you've said.
06:51But look, look, everything just about fits where it is.
06:54Look at that piece.
06:54Look at the bed.
06:55Look at the table.
06:56Look at the sofa.
06:56Yeah, that's perfect.
06:57Just about fits is perfect.
06:59There was a sense everything could breathe
07:01and you could move around.
07:02This is a bedroom.
07:03It's supposed to be cozy.
07:04It's supposed to be tactile.
07:05It's too much to be comfortable.
07:07And it's taking away from that.
07:08You get none of that because it's too much.
07:10I think in this home,
07:11they've understood the different functions
07:14of the different rooms
07:15and played to their skill and talent
07:18in terms of interior design.
07:21Well, I just love it.
07:23Hugh, do you love it?
07:24I love it.
07:25Amanda, do you love it?
07:26No, but I love you.
07:27Well, sometimes you.
07:29But I love you.
07:32The home will now be marked out of ten.
07:35One score will be held back
07:36until the judges have seen all three homes
07:38when their combined scores will be revealed.
07:41What stood out to me
07:42was the homeowner's considered use of materials.
07:45The combination of wood, rattan and natural linens
07:48creates a warm, cozy, layered environment.
07:51I'm giving this home a nine.
07:55This home truly has it all.
07:56There's a sense of simplicity, calm
07:59and the personality of the people who live here.
08:04I'm giving it a nine.
08:08Walking into this home was a lovely surprise.
08:11There's an overriding sense of calm
08:12and a great visual connection to the outside.
08:17Robin and Esther renovated
08:19this late 1800s house in Dublin
08:21to create a wonderful family home
08:23for their young son and their dogs,
08:25Ruby and Florence.
08:26It's an ode to traditional and the front of the house.
08:30Then, at the back of the house,
08:32we've kind of gone for more modern
08:33because that was really the big new extension
08:36that we put onto the house.
08:38Even though the front of the house is traditional,
08:41we've really thought about everything
08:43that comes into the house.
08:44So I definitely think it has the design element.
08:47We love hosting.
08:49We're a really social house,
08:50and so we wanted a kitchen that would be able to support that.
08:53And then just to have a bit of fun with some of the designs.
08:56So there's arches in the roof.
08:58There's fun sort of angles as well.
09:00So it was the practicality first,
09:02and then it was how can we make it look cool
09:05and a house that we're going to be really proud of.
09:07This is our favorite spot.
09:09Sitting at the island,
09:11you can see the old house and the new house,
09:13and there's usually our son, Finn,
09:15and our dogs playing somewhere in the middle,
09:17and it's definitely the most social seat in the house.
09:20Definitely a bit nervous because we love our house,
09:22and we want everybody to love our house.
09:24I mean, we're proud of the house,
09:26so it's lovely to show it off,
09:27and, like, obviously, an honor to be involved in the show.
09:31Well, the homeowners have certainly thought
09:33about the details on the outside.
09:34That letterbox looks like it's been painted
09:36to match the railings and the entrance gate,
09:38but that pink door tells me
09:40that it mightn't be as restrained on the inside.
09:43Do I hope so?
09:50Wow, look at this.
09:52I love a dark, moody hall.
09:55It's so evocative, and this is just stunning,
09:58and the art is brilliant.
10:00Outside, it was quite restrained,
10:02so what I expected was that we were going to slowly
10:05come through kind of a buildup of colors
10:07or patterns or textures.
10:09It's very abrupt.
10:10It's very sudden.
10:11It's dramatic, but I think it works.
10:14Yeah.
10:14This is about shock,
10:16but I think that's great in this house.
10:23Oh, look at this.
10:26Oh, it's open plan.
10:28I love it.
10:29These homeowners have a really fantastic eye for design.
10:33The lighting is great.
10:34The grays on the wall are fantastic.
10:36They've kept that white on the ceiling,
10:37so there's consistency from the hall, which I love.
10:40In terms of the homeowners' bits and pieces,
10:42I think everything is just over-scaled or too large for space.
10:45However, I'm looking at the overall design and the layout,
10:48and it's very successful.
10:49What I want to do is just keep going.
10:54Into what would have been the rear room of the original house.
10:59These rooms can be very difficult as to what you do with them,
11:02but because you've got the big opening into the living area
11:06and the big opening down to the kitchen,
11:09this room is perfect as the dining room.
11:12Wow.
11:13Now, isn't that floor just terrific?
11:16Look at this.
11:17I have a fabulous aubergine sort of utility room,
11:21plus a space for the dogs.
11:23I'd fit in there.
11:25Go on.
11:25You could put me in there.
11:26Go on.
11:27I'd like to.
11:27You'd put me in there, wouldn't you?
11:28And look at this.
11:30Standing back, to me, it looks like a tree.
11:33It's great.
11:33It's beautiful.
11:36And look, it's the favorite spot.
11:40Sitting here, you can see all through the house,
11:43you can see the stunning art and the walls.
11:46The colors are beautiful.
11:48I think it's fascinating looking back to the original house.
11:52Beautiful sunlight coming in and lovely color tones.
11:56When you're standing here, I can get a clear understanding
12:00of the design intent of this home.
12:03And the overall layout has been thought about, and it works.
12:05But, and it is with a heavy heart that I say this, there's just too many materials.
12:10And I think the homeowners are interested in design.
12:12To me, I think they've just, they've just gone too far and they just need to reign it back.
12:17There's no relief.
12:18That's it.
12:19There's no relief.
12:20I do understand there's relief in the marble, but again, it's quite busy and dark.
12:26And it's amazing.
12:27Can I just tell you, this is just yummy.
12:31And the detailing.
12:33The home thus far has been so successful, but there is a totally different style.
12:40I feel like there's an Asian influence in here, the dark wood, the table, I really do.
12:45Now, what have we got?
12:48Look.
12:48Yeah.
12:49Does this do the blinds?
12:53Oh.
12:54It's James Bond.
12:56That is so fun.
12:57I've never seen anything like that before.
12:58I want one.
13:06Wow, what a terrific bedroom.
13:10Look at the scale of it.
13:11I love these rooms because the full width of the house and you have the two windows.
13:16So these rooms get tons of light and fantastic wardrobe space on both sides of the room.
13:24It's a really spacious room.
13:25The light pouring through the windows is great.
13:27I would question the colour choice and I think if anything, I would have gone for a darker
13:33colour because it just feels a little disjointed when you come from a hall from that really rich,
13:37inky navy into this bright blue.
13:41It's the main bedroom.
13:42I think the layout is good, but when I'm looking at it, the design of the wardrobes has a cornice
13:47detailing, but it doesn't go up to the ceiling.
13:50There's a gap there.
13:51So you have a ceiling cornice that doesn't meet the ceiling.
13:54I think that the joinery is such an important element of this room and it's really well
13:59made.
14:00I find myself torn, almost heartbroken because of its overall good design layout.
14:06And there's so many good ideas, but sometimes you can have too much of a good thing.
14:12The home owners clearly love bold colours.
14:16Personally, I think if they had a more consistent style, the overall design would have been much
14:22more cohesive.
14:23I'm giving this home an eight.
14:27This period home has clever design details and beautiful finishes throughout.
14:31However, the homeowner's use of multiple different colour tones and materials creates abrupt transitions
14:36from room to room.
14:38I'm giving this home a seven.
14:41This period family home is a lesson in considered design, balance, exquisite colour selection and beautiful furniture.
14:49It's a fun, fearless and refreshing family home.
14:55I feel like I can't speak too loudly in here.
14:58It's very tranquil.
14:59Let's snuggle.
15:03Mark and Kate and their three daughters moved into this new-built home in Cork in 2024 and set
15:10about making it their own.
15:11We bought it from the plans, so it was a blank canvas.
15:15We picked everything from the floor, to the kitchen units, to the bathroomware, paint colours.
15:20Everything was our decision, which is really nice because we got to put our own stamp on it.
15:23My wife looks after the interiors of the house, so she has free rein to kind of do whatever she
15:29wants there.
15:29We may argue about certain things, but to be fair, at the end of the day, Kate's nearly always right,
15:35so...
15:36This is my favourite spot.
15:37Sitting on the couch in the living room after a busy evening, you can close the door away from all
15:41the busyness
15:42and look out at the garden and the playhouse and over the fields.
15:44It's just really pretty, and it's nice to come in here and relax and have some quiet time.
15:49It's lovely.
15:50We're so happy with the way it's finished off now.
15:53We can really just enjoy the girls growing up and for them to have a lovely space to live in
15:58and enjoy and play.
16:00It's everything we ever wanted, I suppose, to have a family and a nice home.
16:03And we have it now, and we're delighted, and we're very lucky.
16:07Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof!
16:11This is a recently built home on a new housing development in Cork.
16:15So what I'm hoping to find is a modern interior style that aligns with the home.
16:19Shall we go in?
16:26This is beautiful.
16:28It's such a large hallway.
16:30And straight away, I love this slatted wall detail.
16:33And this gorgeous rug.
16:35So we've got texture, we've got colour.
16:37It's a great start.
16:38They've even used the porch, I think, in a great way, where they've got the chair out there and a
16:43reading light.
16:45And...
16:47Oh, look, there you go.
16:49Isn't that wonderful to have that off the hall?
16:51That is a super boot room.
16:53There's a strong sense of continuity because I'm looking at the colour tones, the vertical timber cladding on the black,
17:00which I can see picked up in the kitchen and coming to the same material in front of me,
17:04but also on the half-landing of the stairs where they reversed it.
17:08Yeah, it's really interesting.
17:09And actually, standing here, and I can look out to the back garden, they have slatted timber fencing.
17:14We've got a great sense of connection in this home, and we're only in the hallway.
17:22Oh, look at this.
17:24This is beautiful.
17:26The scale and the size of the kitchen is just terrific.
17:29I have a bank of tall units, and what do we have in here?
17:32Look at that.
17:33Coffee station, tea, toaster, everything that you want in there.
17:38What I think is really smart is the homeowners have kind of used colour to define the different areas.
17:43We've got orange and black in the lounge area.
17:45We've got green in the kitchen.
17:46So they've really put their own stamp on it.
17:48The tone of the green, for me, actually works well.
17:51The one thing that's jarring, and I can't ignore it, is the colour on the end wall.
17:55I personally love the orange wall, but what was throwing me off were the green cushions, so perhaps that's part
18:01of it.
18:01Think back to when we walked into this home and the entrance hall.
18:04Think of the colours there.
18:06That's the colour palette that I understood that this home was about.
18:09And standing here, looking back, the greens that work with that colour palette, which is why I find that so
18:14jarring.
18:15It should have been more of an earthy tone, a stronger tone, if that's what they were going and trying
18:19to do.
18:20I think the wall unit is just wonderful. I love the black timber and the walnut finish.
18:26You don't really see the telly. It sort of disappears into it.
18:34Ah, another living room.
18:37What a great room. And the homeowner's favourite spot.
18:43What has struck me walking through this home is that it's very much a family home. It's about family.
18:48Homeowners sitting there, looking out, and think, watch their kids play.
18:52Beautiful room. Love the colour tones. Yummy big couch. I love it.
18:57I love all the different textures that the homeowners have introduced us with the cushions.
19:02It seems very tranquil in here. It seems cosy. And then you have that incredible view.
19:17Oh, we have a child's bedroom. This is so lovely.
19:21I feel like I can't speak too loudly in here. It's very calm. It's very tranquil.
19:26Let's snuggle.
19:27I think this room is very well considered. The homeowners, they've kept the background neutral.
19:32White walls and ceiling and a neutral coloured carpet. Even the way they've done the hearts on the wall.
19:37And look, they then turn onto the horizontal, onto the unit. It's a lovely room.
19:46The bathroom. There's a lot going on, isn't there? There's a lot of finishes.
19:51The tile they've used, it's like the vertical timber planning we've seen in the rest of the house.
19:56I then have a floor which is different to the wall tiles.
20:00And even looking at the bath, where it's a black finish. So there's a lot of finishes going on.
20:06You know, downstairs in that hallway, I really felt like I knew who the homeowners were, what their style was.
20:11But in this room, it just feels off.
20:18Ah, look at this.
20:20Lovely, light-filled bedroom. Look at the cows outside. They may as well be in the house. Isn't that fantastic?
20:27The great thing about having a suite like this is you have the walk-in wardrobe.
20:31And in here, we have a really brilliant en suite. Strong colours. It's just fabulous.
20:39I actually adore this wallpaper. I find it a bit luxurious.
20:43If anything, I would like the homeowners to have wrapped the whole room in that wallpaper.
20:48It would have been fab.
20:51There's been a slight change of style in this room. For me, there was a confidence in the entrance hall
20:55and the open-plan living.
20:57When we come in here, those curtains, they don't make sense. And there's just the introduction here of glitz.
21:03It's steadily diluting away from that purity that I experienced on the ground floor.
21:08It's a beautiful room. There are just a couple of things I would have tweaked.
21:15These homeowners have created a functional and spacious family home.
21:19The soft green cabinetry in the kitchen is beautiful.
21:22However, the main bathroom feels disjointed and it's at odds with the rest of the home.
21:27There are too many different tiles and the colour palette doesn't work.
21:31I give this home an 8.
21:34This is a bright, comfortable and generous family home.
21:37The entrance hall makes a good first impression. However, I feel the design intent in the main bedroom didn't match
21:44that of the ground floor open plan or entrance hall.
21:47I'm giving this home a 7.
21:51The homeowners have a wonderful design eye.
21:54And that's clear in the choice of the colour of the kitchen, the charming cloakroom downstairs and that media wall
22:01in the open living area.
22:03This home feels calm, comfortable and beautifully considered.
22:10Now that the judges have visited all three homes, it's time to see how they measure up against each other.
22:16First, Amanda reveals her score for the light-filled home in Kerry.
22:20When we walked into this home, there was an immediate sense of warmth and comfort.
22:24But for me, some of the choice of finishes took away from that sense of calm.
22:30And particularly in the main bedroom, I found there was too many different styles.
22:33I gave this home a 7.
22:34Gosh, Amanda.
22:36Amanda.
22:37Two nines and a 7 is 25.
22:42Next, Siobhan gives her score for the red brick home in Dublin.
22:46This is a beautiful period home.
22:48Moody, elegant, sophisticated.
22:50And then we walked into the kitchen, which was super slick.
22:53I thought I'd walked into a Bond movie.
22:55There was a bit of a disconnect between the kitchen and the living dining.
22:59And for that reason, I gave this home an 8.
23:01Two 8s and a 7.
23:0323.
23:05Finally, Hugh reveals his score for the new-built home in Cork.
23:09Walking into the hall, it was really fresh and open.
23:12Very nice colour scheme downstairs with amazing views over the landscape.
23:16However, walking upstairs has all got a bit confused.
23:21Particularly in the main bathroom.
23:22But for me, I thought this was a great family home.
23:25And I gave it an 8.
23:26Super score, Hugh.
23:27Two 8s and a 7 is 23.
23:31Which means that our Kerry home is through.
23:34And this home really deserves to get through.
23:35I'm delighted.
23:37Last week, Amanda used her golden key.
23:39So now, Hugh and Siobhan have a decision to make.
23:42These are two great homes.
23:44What do you think?
23:45I'm not going to use mine.
23:46I'm going to hold on to mine.
23:48So, we have our winner through to the final.
23:51The home going through is the light-filled home in Kerry.
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