Hi Everyone! This is definitely the same house, I've attached some of the progress pictures to help out with the visualisation. My Architect, the house has multiple kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms as it incorporates a Granny flat & it is designed for multiple generations to live in as Wuff mentioned. There is 4 generations 5 adults & 2 kids living at the home!

Hi Kate the timber slats are a great solution. The only thing I want to mention is about what colour you choose for them. You mentioned the roof and garage are going to be Colorbond Surfmist which although very pale has a slight green hue. If your timber has any natural 'red' in it or you use a 'red' stain, this will emphasise the green in Surfmist. Red and green are opposite one another on the colour wheel and when put together make each other 'pop'. All the best with the rest of your build. Look forward to seeing the photos.

Great idea. Is there are dumb waiter lift, to get it back up there, once clean ....

Thanks very much Paul, I really appreciate your ideas and feedback. We like your plan and agree this plan gives us a more practical user space. We're really focused on making it all "feel" right and would also consider how this canterlever out over the existing master bedroom would feel/look from the verandah and living area looking out. We're also extending the study out towards the side boundary by just over a metre and removing the existing linen to increased bedroom 2. Bedroom 3 will be the kids chill out room/spare room and the other child will move to the original master. New Linen will be under the new stairs and we're also building some storage into the study and extending the garage to the front boundary by 1 metre. We dont' feel like we need another living area (or massive house to clean) as we already have two separate living areas and bedroom 3 will be for the kids to hang out in. And this is why I originally posted (and which you've clearly identified) - because I'm stuck between having a limited use gallery landing to provide volume and drama in the stairs, and as you say I don't want to kick myself for not making the gallery area a more practical space. I know other families with parents retreats that never use them, so I'm conscious of this too. I think I was probably hoping to achieve the same footprint with the nook a little wider. I thought last night I could reduce the ensure/robe depth to 2.2 to 2.5 (and increase the nook to 1.7 to 2.0) by moving the toilet to the end of the shower. Maybe this would work as a compromise.