Dermot Bannon is set to return to our tv screens this Sunday with his series Room To Improve back for another season.
The Dubliner has become a household name over the last decade thanks to the cult-like success of the RTE home improvements show.
Bannon was born in Malahide in north county Dublin on May 2, 1972 which makes him 49 years old.
However, he didn't spend his whole childhood in Dublin with some years being spent in Egypt.
At age 18 Bannon attended the Hull School of Architecture in the UK but has since moved home to Dublin where he lives with his wife and three kids.
Here's everything you need to know about Dermot Bannon before Room to Improve airs this Sunday February 20.
Dermot is happily married to his wife Louise who he married all the way back in 2002.
The pair grew up together in Malahide with Louise and Dermot now working together to run the business Dermot Bannon Architects.
Dermot says he sees Louise as a calming influence in the office environment.
Speaking to RSVP magazine, Dermot said: "I was always a bit of a workaholic and when she started to work in the business she understood a bit more."
"So she runs the business and I get to do all the fun stuff – the drawings and the meetings! She really gets the raw end of the deal."
The pair have three kids together. They are Sarah (16), James (13) and Tom (9).
The success of Room to Improve has garnered Dermot a lot of media attention.
Because of this, Dermot and Louise have done their utmost to keep their children out of the public gaze.
"One of the ways we try to protect them is by keeping them out of the limelight and nobody knows who they are. They lead a very regular kids life," Bannon told RSVP magazine.
His RTE show Room to Improve has been running since 2007 and has over 60 episodes. It has gone on to become must-watch TV viewing on a Sunday evening.
When asked why the RTE series has become such a hit, Bannon said: "I don’t think there’s anything else on the telly on a Sunday maybe that’s why it’s such a success. If I could bottle the formula I would, but it is nosiness on the part of the viewer."
With such a hectic work schedule, Dermot often feels guilty that he works too much. He told RSVP magazine: "When you get married it’s not about you but it still is because you can go out on a Friday night. Once kids are involved you’re there to service them and that’s what you want to do too."
"My biggest guilt in life is just not having enough time with them."
