Would like to keep indigenous trees running along fence. Would like to build entertainment area at one end, entrance at other end. Need a large water feature and some nice flowers and shrubs for wedding photos?

I picked tidy & organise the home, due to the fact we rent & would love useful information & photos of how to store things with limited space & making it feel more like a home without breaking the budget, would love to win the beautiful book for a dear friend who has had a rough couple of years & I know enjoys cooking, she deserves to be on the receiving end of something nice

Thankyou so much @ddarroch I so appreciate your input. I am by far no expert and have very little understanding of what is logistically going to work so your suggestions have really made a big impact on the way I am seeing the plan work on site. Firstly, yes, the plan was inspired by a passive design. The house will be off grid so it is important for it to be designed in an energy efficient manner. We would like the living pavilion to have a concrete floor and the bedroom pavilion to be timber floored. This is to maximise the heat stored in the floor in the living by the wood fire heater with the mind to transfer the heat throughout the house with a ventilation system. We live on the NSW South Coast so we are a moderate climate and the block itself is sheltered by thick trees on all sides but the south. Would you suggest North facing bedrooms or south facing? The plan was for the North facing windows in the bedrooms to be highlight windows. I love the idea of shortening the house exterior by putting the living in front of the bedroom pavilion to save external cladding and hallway space. Thankyou. I will also take note to further insulate the western wall. The idea was to have a skillion roof on both parts of the house, toward the south in the living wing with highlight windows to allow the north sun in and angled to the north on the bedroom wing (with a flat ceiling internally) to maximise the north facing roof for solar. I will also heed your advice regarding the location of plumbing. Thankyou again. I really appreciate it.

I think the windows date the house moreso than the gutters . As Julie says , go dark for those , the rest falls into place . You could do a light gutter/trim ( any off-white -- I like surfmist as it has a bluish tinge ) with the darker roof and windows , or keep it dark like Monument . I love bright sunny front doors , but here it isn't seen until you get to within 2 metres , so IMO its less impactful . BUT the door that is noticed is the garage -- so my combo here would be Surfmist , with Monument gutters and windows -- it breaks it up . Monument on the garage would be too heavy , and red, Yellow or Orange would be too much with the bricks , not a fan of Blue or Green with thjose bricks either . One other combo though , more expensive , would be the lighter trim ( Surfmist gutters and even windows ) with a cedar or Jarrah or similar wooden garage tilt or sectional door -- it's hard to tell in the photo , but the existing door looks like it may be starting to 'swell' a bit in the middle ? If it is , thats the logical fix -- add class and upgrade it and bring in the warmth of wood .