Thanks everyone for all your feedback and tips. Below is the plan I have come up with. Not sure how clearly it will show up. Have wrestled with the position of the ovens and sink - thought about swapping them and about having them centred but then think there would be too far between fridge and cooktop/ovens. Cooktop is 600m gas, then two below bench 600mm electric ovens, 900mm rangehood. Sink is double drain, double sink (1550mm in all). I know this seems excessive and against trend but I could not live without my double drain as always defrosting meat, bottles of milk etc and like to have one clean side and one dirty side of the sink. I love the idea of a bi-fold door appliance cupboard for toaster, kettle, microwave but not sure how practical it really is. Will the doors when open be painful and stick out near the fridge???? Do like the idea of having all that stuff tucked away though. What do you think of dishwasher position? Think I will make that gap between island and bench with dishwasher 1300mm as suggested. The only drawers I'm planning on having are a bank of 3 x 3 800mm in the island. I know that are more economical space wise but trying to keep costs down. Should add that behind the L-shaped benches will be windows as much as possible. Looking forward to your feedback. Thanks greatly.

not a professional just obsessed with building and renovating..bagging the fireplace wall would make it easy to fill in the old master bedroom doorway with bricks to make a seamless match for the whole wall and brighten the whole new room and a simple roof extension on legs at right angles to the house with a gable roof, simple steel framed construction with Colorbond and lazerlite roofing and raked ceilings would make an ideal alfresco but you would probably need a skylight in the new kitchen to keep indoors from being too dark (and/or check out Solar Skylights that are excellent for adding extra light without holes in the roof) ...the alfresco could have basic concrete slab extended out from the existing verandah, screen walls, outdoor fireplace and outdoor barbq kitchen and sink..we've done something similar in a previous reno using a custom sized steel carport supplied by a local garage maker and then adding screen walls with lazerlite, lattice and plastic cafe blinds subject to views and direction of the weather ... you should also consider bug screening using horticultural shade cloth as you may find rural living a bit more fly blown than the suburbs and the screened room makes a safe play area for small kids and for pets left home alone btw don't forget to check the measurements of all the rooms as there are some discrepancies that need to be corrected in the plans and would be happy to redraw with correct measurements

siriuskey. great work OKL. once again giving so much of your time with floorplans to give Gloria ideas to work with when she employs her local professional which I personally feel should be an architect to allow the best possible use of the block, it's sub division and two dwellings. The single dwelling on the left/corner is a great starting point showing building to ratio for that block. With what OKL has already provided you will save time and money when working with a clever local architect which will be well worth it to max this development and the investment. One other thing, I would swap the 3rd bedroom into the original kitchen and open up the existing 3 rooms on the battleaxe side into one long space opening to the front garden and parking of the original house, but then your architect could have other ideas

Houzz bathroom reno Hi Folk looking for advise in reno our small very compact bathroom in our Lodges. We have 3 x to do. Built approx 30 years ago with a door at either end of the room and a self contained toilet with own privacy door. Don't want any structural changes and prefer to leave plumbing as is. Thinking mainly of new cabinet, shower and new tiles going for a grey floor and white tiles. Prefer one piece walls in shower for ease of cleaning so no grouting. Front load washing machine with a bench (not the current metal cabinet) over it and mirrored wall cabinet to reflect light. Maybe painting the pine panelling white, would like to achieve an update country feel as we offer a retreat in a 100ac conservation sanctuary in the Margaret River region. This is a shared bathroom for 2 x queen bedrooms. The outer wall is large mudbricks with timber stud internal walls. The HWS is just outside the bathroom. Kitchen is on the other side of the shower/washer wall. Bedroom on the other side. It does have a fully vented skylight with oregan beams.