Side lights for sure and a straight door like To find and design pictured but I'd use clear glass, because the door is recessed which creates the privacy. Paint it white and at the same time paint the balustrade white to feature it again as was the idea when it was designed and return the front patio to red which I guess would be the original colour. Changing these great houses from original and think they look better is like getting an original XP falcon and putting a spoiler on the back because a spoiler looks good on a Porsche.

Thanks for your feedback! I was kind of hoping for that response - I didn't realise that the reason for the painted look being so popular is cost, it is everywhere I look. It was suggested to me that the timber dates our house but like I said I love timber regardless; I think it gives some character and warmth so I do think I will leave it and as you suggest spend time/money on other things. :)

Thanks Lockmac, looks like you have master and en-suite before living room so prob a good 5 metres of hall or more at 1.8 wide before you meet living room. That is a great greeting space. You can then narrow to 1.5 outside living room. The 300 mm would be better used in that room than hall, the walls u circled for me. You should also add doors, perhaps large glass sliding door, to the living room as I note it has a tv and sound travels. My biggest regret is not having a door on my living room of the family/kitchen due to noise issue and sadly can’t add one due to several constraints. Thankfully I did add doors to hallway leading to bedrooms both for privacy and noise control.

I did get a guy out to give me a quote on cleaning and painting the roof. He said he will have to quote it using scaffolding because of the steep roof. That was a couple of weeks ago, but haven't heard back from him yet. I have seen some bad paint jobs of terracotta tiles so am a bit nervous about getting it painted. I wouldn't mind if my tiles were just slightly darker like yours rather than orange, but I do know that the darker they are, the more they will hold heat and Brisbane is hot.