I'd go with his choice, because even if it wasn't 'my' style, I'd rather feel like he's taking an interest and equally invested in our home together. Plus, if I'm being completely honest, I think his taste is probably better than mine. ;) He rarely has an opinion on anything house-related, so when he puts his foot down, I go along with it: and on each occasion, it's been exactly the right decision. Example: I wanted the whole house painted out in ecru and antique white because it looks awesome with oak floors and I'm kind of a minimalist. Hubby insisted on painting the lounge room in yellow. YELLOW. I thought he'd lost his mind... but I went with it, because I get my way 99.9% of the time, so why quibble about the 0.1%? He insisted that 'in Winter, you'll be glad we have this warm, cozy colour'. And you know what? Every Winter, I love that room. It's an odd duck compared to the rest of the house, but damned if it doesn't actually work surprisingly well. It'd definitely be too much to take as a house-wide theme - but contained as it is, it's pretty great.

Hi Wendy, If you have copied the link, you need to then paste it directly into the box where you are also typing the information about your question (don't click the 'Add Image' button at all). As Dytecture said, is the Add Image button to find a photo to upload from your own computer or device.

@Karen Hodge, I hear you!! Sometimes I think the estate agent should carry quite a bit of the blame actually. If they do their job correctly like you see in the adds on TV, they should bring these discrepancies to the attention of the sellers, stand on their morals and say if you can't get it better than this, then you'll have to find someone else to sell your home!! I know you can't make everybody "house proud" but the saying "do unto others" springs to mind. I bet if these same people bought a house not up to scratch, "a current affair" would hear about it but they don't think it wrong to simply walk out on a house that isn't being left nicely for the next family!! I have some friends that recently sold a house in Essendon, Melb and whilst the buyers were back and forth selling their own home, my friends kept watering the plants and even did things like painted out the wardrobes because of the scuff marks made over time!! They cleaned the entire two storey house from top to bottom and finished by mopping the floors as they were exiting. The buyers were so taken by the entire home, they bought it with almost all the furniture that my friends had in it!!

These are great photos Siriusky. I notice they all have a double driveway on flat land. This might be a stretch with the council, and financially, to install a double crossover, and the retaining work required. This also would still require reversing onto road, from driveway. With flat retained parking in the front of home, there would be extra parking and ability to reverse out of parking bay, to drive forwards onto road. Duncangill12, you have, as per your survey, 8429mm available to make into flat parking and retaining wall, in the front of home. As previously mentioned, take your requirements to council. They will be able to investigate where service lines are to home, water, etc. Refer to comments from Paul Di Stefano Design,(yesterday)this may be an expensive but good option. Always pending council approval.