Generally, I find it commonplace that approximately 10% of your properties value is a maximum figure to not over capitalize, however above and beyond that doesnt factor in personal choices, like upgrading to a specific stone or appliance to suit your needs or wants. These things I would weigh up depending on how long you plan to live with the kitchen, and if it will be a long term ownership or short term with potential to sell with profit. You can easily send off a benchtop plan to any benchtop fabricator or even a st e mason and ask them to quote, just include walls, and indicate exposed edges of the bench so they include a polish cost, and any cut outs indicating your ski or hotplate etc. Where possible, note your stone colour choice for accurate costing, and then ask your cabinet maker to quote Benchtops separately, this way you have disclosed the biggest cost and decide to get it where it works for you.

Oh Boy! This is where I come into my own. A few years ago my daughter was working in England and I was driving her small red hot pulsar to the shopping centre to buy coffee (six cans of 500gms). I saw toilet paper was on special so I bought 480 rolls. The only problem was there was not enough rom for the toilet paper and the two dogs, so I left the dogs at the shops and took the paper home and then went back for the dogs. When we had used all that toilet paper I kept my eyes open for when they were on special again and bought 600 rolls - no problem this time because I did not take the dogs. Next time it was 720 rolls and two trips to the shop to pick them up. It should have been 840 rolls the last time but a sudden burst of common-sense saw me buy only 480 and I am regretting it already because more than half of them have gone. So 960 here I come.

add posts to the end of the lower bed and add a lightweight curtain rod with rod pocket curtains...a "flimsy" structure will be safer if the kids decide to pull on the curtains as the rod will fall down rather than be a too much danger to them but in my experience little kids don't really need all that formal decoration and would be just as happy with a sheet put under the top mattress to hang down and make a tent out of the space underneath ..two single sheets or a big sheet cut in half so that they can be tied back to the sides without covering the ladder or drawers and use the same and/or colour coordinated sheets on the beds and for window curtains

Thank you you, This is exactly what I couldnt find! (Wrong google search terms..!). Our Councils website is useless, search function doesnt work & hard to find info, but will call them in due course too, in the meantime this will help. Cheers