‘Soundest couple’ and’ house goals…’ Room To Improve went out on a high last night

It's been a rollercoaster of a series.

A week ago, for example, Twitter blew up with as dairy farmer Padraig and his wife, Katie, renovated their 100-year-old farmhouse in Tipperary. (*PS afterwards Katie - who was much scorned online - said the RTI footage was "highly edited"). However, last night Lorna and Rory made sure the show went out on a high - being roundly praised as "sound" and with a "dream home" to boot... Which when it comes to Twitter is about as complimentary as any of the featured home-owners could hope for.

'Tis Dermo time, *Stretches Twitter fingers*. #RoomToImpove

— Carole (Ducky) (@IrPsych) April 1, 2018

The duo were also massively tolerant of presenter Dermot Bannon - who, while very much a legend, is also well-known for forcefully pushing his own tastes on the renovations.

@MiriamAhern are you watching? What a contrast to last week! Such an amenable couple! #RoomToImpove

— Fiona Ní Eochaigh (@Fiona_Gough) April 1, 2018

The man himself even admitted on camera:

"Most of the time I give out about clients who won’t let me do what I need to do. These guys are letting me do my job. "They are letting me do what I need to do and that makes me incredibly nervous. Maybe that’s what makes me nervous... Not that they trust me, that’s wrong isn’t it?  Maybe I want them to have a little bit of ownership and to have an opinion."

With Lorna and Rory's home in Stillorgan, Dublin undergoing the overhaul, the result in fairness was absolutely stunning - with many viewers reckoning it was Bannon's best work of the series. Still, the episode was bittersweet: viewers were also sorry to say goodbye to Dermot (*aside: there have been nine incarnations of the show since 2007 so we're hopefully it'll be back on screens soon). https://twitter.com/Anna___Murphy/status/980571421624750086 Bannon furthermore reminded us that RTE will air a 'best of' next Sunday. And otherwise there's always the RTE Player to watch reruns... https://twitter.com/DermotBannon/status/980561323443609605