Also love how you have reduced the plinth, I did that with our wall of pantry cupboards so that they wouldn't be too tall and difficult to reach things on the top shelves cheers

Thanks, great feedback and some new thoughts. We purchased this place as it we felt it was a good buy and could be a good place for my parents to downsize to however it may be that we end up selling it the near future so as mindful of making it as appealing as possible. Hence removing the island despite all the cabinetry being in good condition albeit in an unusual colour. We have previously put in an ikea kitchen and were really happy with the finish so will likely go with that again versus having custom made to keep the costs down. This is the living room into the kitchen... do you think it would make that area cluttered ok Louise if we had seating there as you had drawn? We are happy to remove doors make opening wider. I also understand that keeping the toilet smells seperate from the kitchen is important and I think turning the door would achieve that. Will remove pantry door siriuskey as I agree too many openings, I was going to use it for additional bathroom space but if I keep toilet seperate that will be a waste and opening shelving could look nice. Your laundry design oklouise is exactly as I planned so that’s reassuring.

if i've understood correctly there's a driveway on the eastern side of the house? so my first suggestions is to make the deck as close to the boundary as allowed (hopefully about 1-5m from the fence will leave at least 4 m with stairs moved to the outside edge and create a drive through carport with potential access into the garage downstairs and a good sized deck space upstairs... i wouldn't change any of the sliding doors or windows and concentrate on making the best deck for the outside living area and use old dining room as a small TV room, old living as dining area (an extendable table can move indoors or out for big crowds) a generous new kitchen with island and open up the space between old living and kitchen without removing the whole wall

underfloor heating can be installed under some new floating floors and fitted carpets but you'd need to contact the manufacturers of the flooring and heaters to confirm precise conditions to suit your existing timber floor but we have an electric blanket style floor heater that slips underneath an area rug and is excellent for keeping feet warm under a table or desk and just plugs into a wall outlet ...we're very happy with our Coldbuster heaters that can be ordered on line in various sizes but first try some large area rugs for instant insulation that can be removed in hot weather