Home Rescue: The Big Fix's Peter Finn has told how they have "really taken things to a new level" this season.

The series returns on Thursday, September 4 at 9.35pm on RTE2.

A heart-warming mix of human stories and home makeover, Home Rescue: The Big Fix is a whirlwind of decluttering, teamwork and positivity - while changing people's lives for the better by redesigning their homes, replacing chaos with order and rediscovering the things that really matter.

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The crew includes designer Deirdre Coleman, builder Peter and their team of fitters, painters, chippies and clutterbusters -- and they've got five days to complete each makeover, from first sight to finishing touches.

This season, the team will be heading to a variety of homes in Dublin, Kildare, and Wexford.

Peter told Chic how there's "so much more drama, and so much more makeovers" this season.

He said, "There's some really, really amazing people involved in this year's series. I really do think it's the best series that we've done so far, and we can't wait for people to see it on TV this year."

Peter added that it's the third season he has worked on with Deirdre, and that the previous seasons have been "brilliant" and they've "done some really great work".

However, it was like "everything just clicked" this year.

He said, "It didn't make the jobs any easier -- I'm not saying the jobs got easier. But we certainly brought things to a new level. The fact that every job is so different, as well...I think that's the beauty of Home Rescue.

"The format is similar in that we're going to people's homes, and we are helping them and we declutter the houses. Yes, there's a re-design and yes there's my construction team on pretty much every show.

"Every house is different. Every homeowner is different. The need within the home is different.

"It's led to some extremely interesting stories, and situations -- some crazy situations that we've found ourselves in that we have to get ourselves out of.

"It was brilliant to be involved in. It's great to have that positive moment, I suppose, in -- unfortunately, we have a lot of negativity in the world.

"I think Home Rescue is one of those nice little positive nuggets that we can all enjoy, where people can help each other out and get a positive outcome at the end."

Deirdre added that of all the seasons she's been a part of, "this is the one I'm most proud of" -- and she feels it has hit a "sweet spot in terms of the casting" and that "the families are phenomenal".

She said, "It's multi-generational people living together. It's hard to describe it, you really just have to see it.

"It's like there's a whole class of Irish people who've been struggling for a long time to survive on their own. It's like they've finally asked for help -- and got the help. It's just really rewarding.

"For me, as well, Pete -- it's like our relationship has hit a sweet spot. I understand what he can do, he understands what I can do.

"And we know how to get the best out of each other, I guess. I'm actually really proud of this, I have to say. I'm excited to see it.

"If you'd asked me whenever I finished filming, 'how are you feeling about it?' I would've just said, 'absolutely wiped out, exhausted'.

"We did push very, very hard. The families are always deserving and the stories are always inspiring -- but for whatever reason this season, it was off the charts."

Deirdre told how she's "really proud of the designs, as well".

She said, "I think that again, because Pete and I have been working with each other for a while now, I know the sorts of things that he excels at and he trusts me, as well.

"There's a real, I guess -- we're not at a point where we're overly familiar with each other yet, it's only been three seasons.

"There's still that tension there, as well, and we like to push each other really hard. But the trust is there, and it means a lot."

Deirdre added that they both have to "trust that we will represent each other's skills to the best of our ability".

She said, "There's a lot of trust that has to go on, and I'm very lucky that I've fallen in with a team that I can actually relax and do my job with.

"I'm not second guessing, 'what's he saying about me?' I'm actually just able to get on with my job.

"I trust that however irritated he is with me -- and he does get really irritated with me, because my job is to push. If I knew what he was comfortable with and what was doable, we wouldn't get the results that we do get."

And the pair also shared how they feel about watching themselves back on screen.

Deidre said, "It's funny you should ask that. I had such a hard time the first season, such a hard time. I sat there for the first two episodes with my fingers over my eyes, dying.

"And I just had to have a little chat with myself and go, 'look, this is happening. You can either choose to relax and enjoy it and look at it and almost try and see it as separate to myself -- or you can spend the whole time dying'.

"And it's actually a funny thing, it was the same thing when I started Home Rescue I was uncomfortable with even having my photograph taken. And then suddenly I'm on camera. It's just a decision of, 'I need to just accept this, or it's going to be deeply unpleasant'.

"I just decided I was going to accept it.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm a woman in my 50s. I've been aging naturally. The upshot of that is that in the culture that we're in, you don't see a lot of people with wrinkles on the telly or grey hairs. In my head, that's not how I look. In my head, I"m in my 30s.

"There's the odd time I look at myself -- and I actually, in one of the episodes last season, I skipped straight from my mother and just saw my grandmother in myself. And that's quite confronting.

"That said, the point of the show is not me looking like a model. I'm not a model. My job is to make a real difference in these people's lives through the power of design -- the rest of it is just noise, I have to get over it."

Peter said, "I've been doing this for a long time now, so I kind of have to get used to myself on screen.

"It's a really good show and I've got three young girls, so myself and my wife will sit down with the girls and we'll watch the show. And they actually get a great buzz out of it, as well. They're kind of at the right age to enjoy it.

"So I think that's a real good thing about Home Rescue.

"It actually meets all genres in terms of, you know, adults obviously can watch the show but the amount of families and kids that come up to me and say, 'hey, you're Pete the builder, we love your show'. It's such a positive vibe.

"I love the fact that our show is something that families do sit down and watch together, because there's not that many of those shows out there.

"An awful lot of shows are aimed towards children, or they're aimed towards adults.

"I think we cross the line just nicely where we're able to bring the two together, because there's a bit for everybody.

"And the positivity in the show -- it's really a feel good factor. There's a challenge and a journey before you get to that feel good at the end.

"I think, you know, people really resonate with that and people are enjoying that. I love watching Home Rescue with my kids.

"I usually have to watch it a second time, because everybody keeps asking questions and you miss a bit -- so you have to watch a second time. But it's brilliant."

And the duo shared what they reckon it is that makes Home Rescue: The Big Fix stand out.

Deidre said, "I think there's so many reasons. I think one is that it's very relatable, which again is another overused word, but overused words are generally overused for a reason.

"Every single one of us have had challenges in our lives -- there isn't anyone...and if they haven't, just wait. It's coming. Everyone has had a period in their lives when they think they can't go on. I really think that that's universally true.

"And with Home Rescue, we are in these people's lives at that time, generally."

The designer added that the show is "very kind" and doesn't "go out and poke fun at anyone".

She continued, "People are sick of, I think, reality TV that's unkind. There's a lot of unkind shows, and there is a lot of unkind media -- the world is upside down, it's top turvy.

"But there's also a lot of good stuff. And the good stuff doesn't get reflected on telly. I think this is one place where the good stuff does get reflected on the telly.

"People do day-to-day kindnesses for each other all the time. That kindness is so pervasive in Ireland, but it doesn't get reflected on our screens generally. And this show, it reflects that kindness."

Peter told how he reckons it is the "honesty of the show" that makes it stand out.

He said, "First of all, we're not dealing with huge budgets, like we're not talking about hundreds of thousands of euros.

"I think it's achievable to pretty much everybody that's watching it.

"We're achieving a really high-end finish and we're doing it in a unique way because we've got such a really, really good team together that's taken a long time to build up.

"My team of carpenters, painters, plumbers and electricians -- myself and my lads -- we're together quite a long time, so we have a lot of symmetry together.

"Dee is the same on her side. She has her crew. And then you have the declutter crew, that's led by Aidan.

"Bringing that group of people together is a very unique opportunity, and it's a very honest reflection on the screen -- what you see is what has actually happened.

"There's no second takes. We do not have time to go, 'oh, let's do that again, let's say that line again'. It's very much...if the camera man doesn't catch it, it's gone. We're under serious time pressure and that's not fabricated, that's real."

Peter added that the show is "literally a group of people coming together to do something positive -- and we have a little bit of fun, as well".

He continued,"I think we do get the hard work and unbalance right, as well. There's always a little bit of tension between me and Dee and all the rest of it, which is good, as well.

"We've got a good mix of all the emotions going on, and then obviously you've got the really positive finish where we're handing over a very nice house to somebody who really needed the help, as well.

"It's a brilliant, brilliant project to be involved in -- and I have to say, I love doing Home Rescue. It's a really, really positive part of my life."

Home Rescue: The Big Fix returns on Thursday, September 4 at 9.35pm on RTE2.