Hi arcmaz Great house - fantastic 60's modern look - Harry Sidler (Modernist Architect 1923-2006 exponent of the Bauhaus style in Australia, mainly Sydney) would have loved the interpretation, its a good style, don't change it will pay dividends in the long run. It would be good if there was a plan of the house,and a plan of the block this would allow some relatively accurate planning proposals. If you had the real-state plan with the block plan it would help a lot. In terms of making the place bigger and retaining the style I would suggest that the extension (maybe one room and an en suite depending on a budget) be a block in the today's current style, but linked to the existing house via a "link" (Link =small walkway). This would allow you to retain the style, but not be dominated by a past period, I have done this a few times and it has worked fairly well. If you are looking for three bedrooms it might be best to add a master bedroom with a bathroom, and then maybe living areas with back yard access. There may be other approaches depending on the current layout that could be considered, but I would retain as much as the original as possible, and only make small cosmetic changes until you are ready for a worthy development. I hope this is of some help, I would be happy to comment further or work on this project. Regards - Michael Manias Manias Associates Building designers - mm407p@gmail.com

Hi there. I am shocked that no one is interested in traveling to you for advise as honestly any property stylist should come out and give you an idea and help you with a plan. Also a great idea is people do mood boards and designs over the net where you send photos and measurements and they help you from there. Cost is $250 and well worth the help - this is something i do and honestly it is really popular as it allows you up to 2 months of emails and calls at no charge, some assistance with buying (mot designers will also help get you trade costs not retail and so on). If your interested let me know and i can give you more info. To help you a little today please see my image of a clients home that was one long rectangle (hard to work with) but it turned out well using their furniture. i have more images if you like

I think a Dulux colour consultant would be a safe bet but obviously the confusion over kitchen colours needs to be resolved first.

It’s for holidays. It’s for us, plus two small kids. We would like to have a space for guests too (even if informal and not a proper room). We would like to be able to work from home too. We currently use the third bedroom as a study/junk room (due to lack of storage). We have one baby who used the second bedroom and plan on having a second child but would be open to them sharing. We had also thought about potentially putting a granny flat on the block as a study pod