Suburban semi in Limerick has wow factor in Home of the Year 

'Our four-bed semi-detached house is one of a kind and I love that,' says this week's finalist Mike McLoughlin from Limerick

The real wow factor in a home is evident when you step beyond the front door of a regular house in a neighbourhood that's probably just like your own  — and you see imagination has been given complete free rein.

The McLoughlin family.