Hi Italian girl, with your natural white walls what colour did you end up doing your ceiling and skirting? Also is the natural white throwing any yellow at all. I also have an open plan downstairs with a grey concrete floor tile. We are using malay grey on our fireplace and am struggling with choosing the right white for the walls. Was thinking of going with Snowy Mountains but might try natural white after seeing yours.

Thank you so much everyone for taking the time to respond. Your first photo siriuskey is the colour scheme I'd love to go with so good to hear that you'd think it would match with the blonde brick. I also like the shale grey roof idea butterflyroof and you're right that you don't see much of the roof at all (mainly when looking out the upstairs bedrooms). The olive green is definitely another possibility to look at oklouise and I've made a note to use 'mid-century' in search terms. Definitely plan to pressure clean bricks and a bit relieved to hear that leaving them is the better option. I'm still finding it hard to imagine a darker grey cladding like monument with the blonde brick debluc but it's certainly been suggested a few times so I'll keep searching for inspiration. Thanks again :) (attached is a photo of a house near us that I like and that has a brownish tinge to the cladding that would hopefully work with our bricks as it seems to work with their sandstone - maybe dune colourbond?)

brick wall so no option for cavity sliders gas heaters are already in that middle wall as marked, old heaters i think i need to service them as not sure when its serviced last also has two split aircons on both rooms on the far end no weather seals on entry doors, i can feel cold air is coming under some doors, where can i get the seals or is there someone who can come nd check all doors/windows and seal them tin flat room with not much space in between. I think there is insulation in the middle if not its very hard to do anything without opening up the roof sheets. We have double roller blinds on one side. No curtains on patio door(kitchen).

start with a drainage contractor/plumber to advise about your specific project, then plan and install new drainage and hopefully recommend individual tradespeople to do the other skilled work...a tree removal service should be able to identify, remove surface roots and poison the remainder.. the same plumber or a brick layer would be able to remove individual bricks and insert suitable ventilation and a healthy person (preferable a team) with a hired jackhammer, concrete saw, pick, shovel etc and a trailer should be able to remove unwanted concrete but first consider if the rubble could be suitable for future on site fill and/or some gravel suppliers will accept broken concrete to save you the cost of dumping but first check with drainage plumber and also "dial before you dig" to locate all underground services.... .and it's best that you're starting with the least glamorous improvements so future changes aren't spoiled by neglected problems: enjoy your renovation