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Dermot Bannon: "Having the perfect-looking house became irrelevant." Photograph Moya Nolan

Dermot Bannon has been giving a sneak peak of the houses that feature on the new series of Room to Improve on his Instagram account. I’m glued to them, imagining how extra stressed everyone must have been trying to design and build during a pandemic.

As thrilled as I am to be getting a look at the new houses, I do wonder if he’s supposed to be doing it.