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The project involved the construction of a new extension to accommodate 2 new classrooms, a library, principal’s office, staff toilets, disabled WC and a new linking corridor with 2 platform lifts.

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A Multi-Level Victorian Style

The school consists of a Victorian style redbrick school and a later two storey extension ...

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We are proud to present our latest project in Clontarf - a extension to the rear of an existing house.


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Make Better Use Of The Rear Of Your Property

While windows were replaced and a concrete slab patio had been laid, the client wanted to make better use of the ...

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The project, designed by award winning architects, ODOS architects, was to completely renovate and add a large two-storey extension to the rear.


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House Extension

The house, an old, two-storey council house had a number of small, poor quality extensions /outbuildings added over the years. These were all demolished and the ...

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The project was a green field site adjacent to an existing main building facility. Shomera provide a design and build service, acting as main contractor under project architect, Glen Campbell.

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Shomera Cover All Aspects Of Construction

During the project, as well as providing all services to each chalet (water, gas, ...

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The school needed a new classroom with some layout modifications to the existing school.

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Expert Design Applied To Working Buildings

Designed by Keogan Architects, and completed as a summer project, the new classroom required demolition of existing elements of the main building and the removal of an old concrete shelter....

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This property is a typical 1940's terraced house tucked away on a leafy residential street in Glasnevin, Dublin 9.It has a north-facing garden, which means the original house lacked natural light. It had a small galley-style kitchen that was too cramped and dark to be used as a proper living ...

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This construction project in Glenageary was a double-header. The extension at the back had become delapidated and the client needed to completely renovate the rear shed. For Shomera this represented a unique opportunity to show our expert house-extension capabilities alongside our unique studio design and construction. Everything was completed ...

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The project was a green field site adjacent to an existing main building facility. Shomera provide a design and build service, acting as main contractor under project architect, Glen Campbell.


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Tennis Club

Shomera worked with the Tennis club to modify the design and scope of this project in order to ...

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decorate and improve your home

... as featured in the magazine!

The original three-bed house is now a five-bed property with a substantially increased living space, thanks to a single storey extension to the rear and a two-storey extension to the side, designed by Keogan Architects.


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The biggest cost implication, above other projects of ...

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Shomera’s Alternative to a Mobile Home - The Shomera Leisure Home

Around Ireland many Mobile Home Parks occupy places of outstanding beauty as well as access to great beaches and other amenities. Many families decamp from their homes to the Mobile Home for the summer. In the past three ...

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school construction before plans for construction of the school

Over a twenty-year period, temporary accommodation of three classrooms had been provided by portable cabins. The second set of cabins, installed seven years previously and always extremely difficult to heat, had recently begun to leak. The school wanted to replace and improve the classrooms with a larger facility to include ...

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marketing suite construction initial phase transportation of large pre-fabricated building


The customer, a prominent property development company, sought a marketing suite for a new development. The space requirements listed in their brief was for a self-contained office for 3-4 staff, a meeting room and a large reception/foyer which would include a scaled model of the large business campus. An additional ...

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Announcing the launch of the new Shomera Solo

Man working in ShomeraSolo home office studio

The new Shomera Solo is designed for the growing number of people who are choosing to work from home and require a small, self-contained work space built to the highest standards.

The Shomera Solo provides a spacious, dedicated home office that will ...

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The recent cold spell, unprecedented for most of us, has meant the heating in many houses has been running non-stop.

Some people have been asking whether their radiators have sufficient heating capacity to heat rooms in their home. Calculations for heater capacity requirement are usually done in consideration of the ...

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old house renovation back garden

The project involved the complete renovation of a 1930’s semi-detached house set in a tranquil area near the Phoenix Park. The original house, including the garage, measured 1,000 square foot. With a two-storey extension to the side, a single storey extension to the rear, and new attic, the house is ...

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Class 1 exempted development (S.I. No.600 of 2001) allows a home-owner to extend their house up to 40 square metres without planning permission so long as the extension is single storey off the back of the house. 

In addition a semi-detached or terraced house can be increased with a 12 square metres first ...

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In most cases planning permission will not be required because the Shomera Studio is classed in the category of class 3 exempted development while the more straight-forward Shomera Extension is in the category of class 1 exempted development (S.I. No.600 of 2001).

It is important to note that in some ...

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client gave us a simple list of requirements and we created a design for them


The clients live in a semi-detached single-storey home and needed additional living space. After considering a sun-room type extension and a traditionally-built block extension, the clients chose the Shomera Design Service to recommend solutions for extending their home.

The existing accommodation was compact, so an extension of approximately 200 square ...

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technical specification for wall construction

Diarmuid Gavin asked Shomera to build the pavilion for his entry in the Chelsea Flower Show. Working with an artist’s impression Shomera needed to design and engineer the pavilion. Apart from the challenge to replicate the curves and openings working on different planes, the structure had to be built off-site, ...

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