{"id":676696,"date":"2026-01-06T02:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676696\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T02:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:05:12","slug":"house-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676696\/","title":{"rendered":"House Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Design expert Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen returns to screens this January, leading the search to find Northern Ireland\u2019s next House Of The Year.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this six-part series 15 homes are competing for one of five places in the grand final where they could be crowned House Of Year.<\/p>\n<p>Laurence is once again joined by a team of expert judges &#8211; award-winning architect Jane Larmour, interior designer James Fairley, and interiors business owner Patricia McGinnis &#8211; who are tasked with deciding which five homes make the final shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>In episode one the judges must choose between a 1970s bungalow given a dramatic new lease of life, a semi-detached home reimagined with flair for a young family, and a penthouse apartment overlooking a golf course, which has been tailored to meet the needs of its owners.<\/p>\n<p>From Belfast to rural county Tyrone and the coastal Ballycastle, Laurence and the judges visit a variety of properties, including carefully crafted new builds, a terraced home bursting with colour, a cottage built using traditional craftmanship, an \u2018upside-down\u2019 property designed around spectacular sea views and an \u2018eco\u2019 house.<\/p>\n<p>It is down to the three judges to decide which five homes deserve a place in the grand final.<\/p>\n<p>House Of The Year starts Monday 5 January on BBC One Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer. The first five episodes are available to watch on BBC iPlayer after episode one airs on Monday 5 January. The grand final will broadcast Monday 9 February on BBC One Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Publicity contact: ML <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Design expert Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen returns to screens this January, leading the search to find Northern Ireland\u2019s next House&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-676696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-northern-ireland","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115845708410692377","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}