Hey Bill, what decision did you arrive at for these doors? Would love to see some pictures!

Sorry but the water line blue and white flowery tiles look old fashioned and if you're going for that kind of sandstone on the top it won't go with the terracotta tiles you have already Do like the pool and tiles that Hayda Natural Stone have posted Very nice!

Blue Gum floorboards how could it not look beautiful!! and yes wheelchair friendly although if we were in a wheelchair I guess we would have to move closer to town and transport and shops as this house was going to be in the country talking of moving... husband has caved and said we can move to the Bay of Islands whoop whoop! he still wants to go to France for 2 years but he said we could build or buy before we go so that changes the type of house now because we were building near a school and families this will be more a beach house that we can leave for the kids to enjoy and various friends who want it while away so I have swapped the master over to be away from the laundry garage door and hot water heat pump which is quite noisy and the guest rooms now have a Jack and Jill bathroom I haven't changed the footprints at all it's still the same size just changed the layout a little bit The bunk room would have a sliding door outside which means you could access that part of the house privately without coming through the front door or the bunk room could be a small kitchenette /come dining room / come lounge room (very small ) and rent it out as a 1 bedroom self contained apartment Once we live there full time ... will upload a photo in the next Post

our kitchen dining area was tiled, and its all cracking, but the bathroom is fine. i think it's just that the bathroom is smaller and the posts pretty much run around the wall so it all moves together, the kitchen/dining is just too big an area and the posts run right along the crack, so of course is really cracked and needs to be pulled off. lovely tile, but wrong choice for this house. i plan to use lino for the floor in the kitchen and bathroom, it would have originally been lino. our neighbour has a concrete slab under their house and i'd been puzzling how they stopped it cracking till they showed me they layed it in sections like massive pavers. this sort of soil is like big sponge, so i prefer to keep it moist and use plants that soak up any excess moisture. i've got water loving subtropicals, gingers and cannas and half the lawn is mint. look, don't panic, get to understand what this means and factor it in to any further choices.