Agenda

9.15am

Registration & networking

9.50am

Welcome and opening remarks from the chair

  • Carol Tallon, CEO, Property District & Host, iProperty Radio

10am

Rural Housing: Getting Started

Panel explores the minefield of planning, financing & design of one off housing in rural Ireland. The experts are here to share their knowledge to aid you through a daunting mass of information by cutting out the BS and getting straight to the essential need-to knows for your project.

  • Sarah Mc Nulty, Director & RIAI Conservation Architect, McNulty Smyth Associates

  • Derek Whyte, Planning Consultant

  • Stephen Hudson, Territory Manager, PTSB

  • Colm Farrell, Auctioneer and Valuer, Galway

10.45am

Financial mindset to get on the property ladder

Kel Galavan, MrsMoneySmart

Kel is an author and media commentator on money and financial management. She has harnessed her experience, science and financial background to help get your income working for you to take the stress out of money. At the Irish Rural Home Summit, she will talk and answer questions on getting more for your income, fixing a financial mindset and removing financial stress as you embark on the journey of getting on the property ladder.

11.15am

Break

11.25am

Home At Last - Alternative and Modular options

Brian Keane, Director, Gleoite Homes

If you are struggling to see how you can get on the property ladder then this is a panel discussion to broaden the mind. Here, the talk is all about alternative, affordable and sustainable housing options. Maybe there are options you haven’t considered yet as modern technology and quality solutions now mean there are new housing solutions available.

11.40am

Sustainable building - Will it work for you?

With modern technology and methods now means there are new sustainable housing solutions available for you. This could mean short and long term cost saving, greater return on investment, greater comfort, easier maintenance and lower environmental impact/footprint. This panel allows attendees to ask the hard questions on how recent advancements might work for you?

  • Dr. Barry McCarron, Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies, South West College

  • Brian Crowley, Technical Support Officer, Irish Green Building Council

12.10pm

Supports: From the Ground Up

Building, restoring, extending or upgrading: what are the supports available to you? The panel will discuss grants, SEAI, local authorities and specialist finance options available.

  • Sarah-Jane Halpin, National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Department of Housing

  • Dr. Rosanne Walker, Conservation, Repair and Energy Efficiency Expert Consultant

  • Damien Condon, Vernacular Builder, Managing Director, Calx Restoration

  • Imogen Bertin, Technologist and Administrator, Cottageology

1pm

Lunch break

1.45pm

Building for life

A panel discussion on thinking through and planning the needs and demands of your home. As you build your forever home, what should you focus on for your futuristic quality of life, community, sustainable living, opportunities of rural work enhancement and future proofing your dwelling. A focus also on how rural living nurtures success, enhances quality of life and fosters holistic well-being.

  • John Evoy, General Manager, Grow Remote

  • Caroline Hofman, Director of The CUBE, Low Carbon Centre of Excellence

  • Maria Hall, Hub Planning

2.20pm

Irish Rural Houses - Opportunities and Solutions

Keynote Speaker - Hugh Wallace

Hugh Wallace is one of Irelands leading Architect and TV presenters. He is well known from his work on RTE’s Great House Revival, Home of the Year and My Bungalow Bliss TV shows. Hugh will use this keynote address to give great examples of what people can and have done in Irish rural houses. Through his experience and knowledge, he will bring his own ideas on the opportunities and solutions for a sustainable and enjoyable rural Irish housing strategy. This will have a focus on grants, policy, incentives, planning directives among others.

3.00pm

Restoring or Buying to Renovate - The How-to Guide

Lisa Carolan, Architect & Micro-Builder, Original Irish Home

Lisa is a hands-on architect with a passion for Irelands cottages and vernacular buildings and specialises in renovations, conservation and new builds in rural Ireland. The talk and questions will help anyone looking at buying or renovating a vacant or derelict property. Lisa will go through the checklist for building surveys, planning, designing and practical nuggets of information for anyone about to embark on this type of rural home journey.

3.30pm

Restoring old rural properties, the practical journey

  • Patti O’Neill, Architect with Conservation Accreditation, Home of the Year 2015 (Presentation followed by panel)

Our panelists take us on a practical journey through their builds as they plan and build their forever homes utilising derelict or vacant properties. You might know some of their stories through social media or TV, but now we get help as we get behind the glamor shots and the slow-mo panning screens to get the ‘warts and all’ tales to help attendees avoid mistakes, know the must-haves and be aware of the pitfalls on the building journey.

  • Caroline Keane, Business Owner/Presenter and Mayo 'Cheap Irish House' Restoration

  • Conaill Moran, ‘MyIrishChateau’ Longford Large Manor Farmhouse Restoration

  • Caitlin Kerrane, Social Media Creator/Mobile Home to Mayo Dream Family Home

4.30pm

Summit ends