Presenter Hugh Wallace defends modifications to older homes saying residents would ‘freeze to death’ without improvements

Award-winning architect Hugh Wallace who presents 'The Great House Revival'

Award-winning architect Hugh Wallace who presents ‘The Great House Revival’

A war of words has erupted between the chief executive of the Dublin Civic Trust and RTÉ presenter Hugh Wallace over TV shows on renovating traditional buildings.

Speaking to the Sunday Independent, Graham Hickey, CEO of the Dublin Civic Trust, hit out at RTÉ shows Heat My Home and The Great House Revival, saying they are “setting us back decades” in how they advise viewers to renovate traditional homes.