Building Ireland

The Final Countown
The Irish scenery often takes my breath away. We are desensitised to nature in Dubai. Magnificent sky scrapers, enormous shopping malls, theme parks, opera houses, yes we have it all...
The Final Countown
The Irish scenery often takes my breath away. We are desensitised to nature in Dubai. Magnificent sky scrapers, enormous shopping malls, theme parks, opera houses, yes we have it all...

Decision Overload
Who knew how many decisions it takes to build a house! On Grand Designs, Kevin Macloud visits the site and over an hour watches the structure emerge, and through his...
Decision Overload
Who knew how many decisions it takes to build a house! On Grand Designs, Kevin Macloud visits the site and over an hour watches the structure emerge, and through his...

A Roof Before it Rains
It's March 2022 and the difference from walking the chalk when the site was set out and walking the same footprint with walls is enormous. We are starting to...
A Roof Before it Rains
It's March 2022 and the difference from walking the chalk when the site was set out and walking the same footprint with walls is enormous. We are starting to...

Stone Vs Render
Its back to the Stone and the last 20 years melt away as I remember the agony of deciding on the exact colour and cut we wanted for the retaining...
Stone Vs Render
Its back to the Stone and the last 20 years melt away as I remember the agony of deciding on the exact colour and cut we wanted for the retaining...

Let The Build Begin
It's October 2021 and driving into Lisfannon and seeing the steel structures going up was a sock on a number of fronts.Firstly we didn't know we needed a steel frame!...
Let The Build Begin
It's October 2021 and driving into Lisfannon and seeing the steel structures going up was a sock on a number of fronts.Firstly we didn't know we needed a steel frame!...

White Chalk
It's June 2021. A year and a month since the site started being cleared. No one knew that when the diggers rolled in to flatten and build up the site...
White Chalk
It's June 2021. A year and a month since the site started being cleared. No one knew that when the diggers rolled in to flatten and build up the site...