Yep, we're really happy with the showering width, to be honest the 'compromise' shower curtain actually helps in this way, as we've mounted the top just outside the bath lip, with the bottom angled into the bath ( so the water drains into the bath and not the floor). Our bath is a good 80cm wide,but there were wider ones around (90cm if I remember correctly). I'm a size 16 and my partner is a 6ft 2 and both of us have plenty of room to shower independently. Sadly showering together is pretty much impossible, which is sad :( Yes it was pretty horrifically similar to bridesmaids... nuf said :( Plumbing wise your vanity taps could become your bath taps, your shower taps could stay as shower taps (if you wanted to) and your shower head could either be repositioned to the to the non window wall, the roof or not move them at all and look at handheld/ multi position/ exposed pipe work shower heads. Your current bath taps would need to be moved up ~25cm higher up to become your new vanity taps - but that's not much. If you have some crawl space under your house, moving the shower waste 50cm or so (which might not even be needed depending on your new bath) isn't much of a job - heck we even did it ourselves. Given you've got much more space in your laundry, I'd put a second toilet in there - and to enjoy a nice big vanity along your longer wall.

You were fortunate Donnae68, did you get it tested? I believe that you can get a sample tested for about $100 or so. Here is an excerpt on it's history: In Australia, asbestos cement materials were first manufactured in the 1920s and were commonly used in the manufacture of residential building materials from the mid-1940s until the late 1980s. During the 1980s asbestos cement materials were phased out in favour of asbestos-free products. From 31 December 2003, the total ban on manufacture, use, reuse, import, transport, storage or sale of all forms of asbestos came into force. Many houses built before 1990 therefore contain asbestos cement materials, especially in the eaves, internal and external wall cladding, ceilings (particularly in wet areas such as bathrooms and laundries) and fences.

If you pull off the mosaics think about trying to get a subway style tile that matches your wall tiles. Update the vanity with gloss doors and more modern handles and have a wider vanity with either an undermounted sink or above mounted sink (undermounted will give you a cleaner eyeline and easier cleaning) and caesarstone benchtop is a great material to use - it's dead easy to clean. I'd keep the colours light matching your tiles and bring colour in with towels and items such as soap holders etc which are easy and cheap to change. While your at it, have all the grout professionally steam cleaned and if required re-grout (and don't forget to seal the grout - make a big difference). Get rid of the shower caddy hanging off the shower and put in glass corner shelves in the shower.

We have an electrician in the family, so that's sorted. These are the things that the real estate agent said needed redoing before selling, he said it was the difference between high 6's & low 8's. We are one of the few single story homes in our area, which is apparently extremely sought after. No one is pulling down 30 year old houses in this suburb, just renovating or extending & sub dividing is not an option. We wanted to put in a granny flat & were turned down. Which is why we are building & moving. :)