DIY: SOS review: Adam's house gets turned into a home again 

Baz Ashmawy and his team revamped the house on Cork's northside to make it suitable for the 23-year-old who'd suffered a terrible accident 
DIY: SOS review: Adam's house gets turned into a home again 

Baz Ashmawy with Adam, Brian and Mar Drummond on DIY SOS in Cork. Picture: Julien Behal Photography.

Making a home wheelchair-accessible is tricky by any stretch. But when this home is on one of Cork city’s northside hills – accessed by steep steps to the front and a sharp decline to the back – the challenges seem insurmountable.

This is the daunting task facing the team as the new season of DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland kicks off on RTÉ. The story of the almost impossible rebuild runs alongside the story of a devastating, profoundly life-changing accident and the heroic young man at the centre of this accident.

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