Yes the vanity bench is short, but it is the right height when paired with your above counter sinks. I normally design vanities to be about 800-900mm (depending on client's height) high for fully recessed vanity bowls. If you had a normal height vanity with your above counter sinks they would feel too tall, and be a problem for kids. If you want to change the vanity bench height to 900mm then you will need to change your sinks to recessed. Best of luck Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls

And to answer your question siriuskey. Yes the front room has been opened out into a verendah. This room got really hot in summer so wasn’t working as another living space. We’re restricted to what we can change at the front of the house as we are in a heritage area. We can make changes without a DA if we don’t change the front of the house. Agree we can change a lot with a wooden house, but I think we’ll be restricted on reusing windows. All our casement windows are original glass from the 1930s so won’t be to modern building code. If we move them, they’re gone. However replacing with modern glass would bring more light into the home. We’ve put fans in all rooms and always have the French doors open in bed 2 so light and ventilation haven’t been an issue. Might become so if we put a moody teenager in there though!

Not a problem with regard to asbestos if built 1994 DESIGN Work backward from your envisaged complete bathroom, check out bathrooms on Houzz, ( Houzz is excellent, Enter say Average size bathroom, Industrial look...Reece Plumbing has more ideas and Pinterest Establish the " look " you are after Mean time Email/text the size of your bathroom, the position of window/s door and wall construction, timber frame or brick/cement block Access under the bathroom/slab? Height of ceiling, Proposed tiling height, Desired inclusions, e.g Separate shower, freestanding bath, Do you have a " plumber " and electrician " ?

Another shower question reminded me of this one. Is there a new trend to step up into showers? Used to be step over the hob, or sometimes step down, and then the supposed improvement was to walk straight in with no change in level or obstruction to step over. I can understand various advantages of each of those, as well as the problems if not done correctly. But I can't think of a reason for a step up?