Thanks for your lovely comments! We did owner builder. So there were quite a few things we did ourselves. The kitchen we probably spent the most on about $20k due to the shaker style cupboards & use of 2 Caesarstones but it was worth it because I'm very happy with our kitchen! As for our flooring upstairs we used a hard wood in jarrah.

thank you oklouise. the council requires us to put that on because it's a corner block. it doesn't have any purpose whatsoever. the ages are mid 30s and mid 60s

Sydney is out of my comfort zone for plant naming. I would still use the line of trees on RHS of driveway. I would clear the area on the left also. Consider tall trees towards the front of your property with open crowns. Double storied homes need tree height to provide balance. Closer to home maybe one or 2 smaller deciduous trees to give shade in summer. Retain the LHS of driveway with large embedded rocks. Maybe only native Lomandra with only 1 variety in pockets in the rocks. Very simple concept, but I believe will add real value to a good home. Please bear in mind that this advice is from a photo only.

After 3 years in the process we are finally in our new home. Still have doors, architraves and skirting to finish off but wanted to share a couple of our completed rooms