Clutter-busters, designer and builder renovate another home on TV series

JESSIE and Peter Kelly fell in love and married more than 40 years ago in Kenya before finally returning to live in Ireland.

In 1992, they moved to a three-bed semi in Cabinteely, Co. Dublin, and have seven children and seven grandchildren.

Even though their four eldest have flown the nest, the Kelly household just doesn’t function properly as a family home. Their property features on Home Rescue: The Big Fix on RTÉ2 on Thursday, May 9, at 10.10pm.

The family have no space to gather for meals because the cluttered living/dining space is effectively a museum, hemmed in by Jessie’s huge collection of African artefacts collected on trips back to her native Kenya.

Enter Dee Coleman, Peter Finn and the team with a challenge to give the Kellys back their home without compromising the precious balance of Irish and Kenyan culture.

Helped by a support team of friends and family at a local community centre, the clutter-busters soon discover that Peter, not Jessie, is the main collector of the household, and he is less than thrilled to declutter his extensive stash of bags, briefcases and camera boxes.