I emailed strata and was advised to notify my nearby neighbors about the resurfacing coz there’s a bit of sound. No approval required. Btw you do need to conduct an asbetos test before the team can commence work. The company recommended a lab in Brisbane that you send the samples in double zip lock bags, express post. Took 24-48hrs for lab to send me the report in pdf. I then forwarded that to Ceiling Resurfacing so they know which technique they’ll gonna do.

1 or 2. Skillion roofs look great and are easy to construct. Can you extend the skillion's as your veranda/carport as well? 3 looks too cheapy, like was mentioned before, 'a kit home'. Dare I say 'bland, ho-hum'. Quality Federation and pitched roof character type homes look great, the basic mock versions are sickening...... Flat roofed houses never date. Google modernism as a start, its not a new trend. Louise Thatcher, great pictures! Choose wall cladding carefully such as 'colorbond' custom orb as the sheets are cheap but the trims and flashings are quite expensive as they're custom made. The advantage is no painting but can scratch very easily and is then almost impossible to repair without replacing the whole sheet......... Have a look at 'EcoPly', 'ShadowClad', etc. as these give a great look without the expense of the custom made flashings. Scyon have a great looking 'weatherboard' called 'Linea'.

depends on the type of tiles and climate but our old concrete tiles lasted almost 50 years and had been repointed and painted in the last 15 years but ongoing problems with waterproofing convinced us to replace the old tiles with Colorbond steel roofing, fascias and gutters...(we also vacuum cleaned the roof space and installed new ceiling insulation, replaced all the old electrical wiring and added a power point and light inside the roof for future inspections) not very glamorous but the $150 we made from recylcing the old wiring was a nice surprise after all the hard work and expense!

New question (not referring to original photo) - Thanks for all the suggestions. Just to clarify my post, the original design in black is the original house with a gable roof, and it already has a small extension perpendicular to the main house which has a lower gable roof. (Design from the south is below, yellow = original house from east to west, green = existing extension projecting to the south with gable roof perpendicular to original roof, red = proposal if this is possible, to widen the extension). If we want widen to the extension can you just widen the gable roof or is that a costly nightmare? (I assume we would have to rebuild the roof on the existing extension?). We may be looking at replacing our roof anyway in the next couple of years, so this could all happen at the same time. (Yes, will talk to a building designer too).