Hi Sarah, hope you enjoyed your travels last night, that's something we have spent our lives doing plus living in different countries. Do look into the attic room/s they are lovely and the Velux skylights very unobtrusive, look great and if positioned correctly take care of venting any hot air, as I mentioned ours were pivoting ones and could be locked open in several positions. I much prefer these to dormer windows, you don't really notice them. The stairs were built off site and lifted into position and installed, built in. At the time we did ours a very good friend a builder did the same but just completely opened the whole ceiling space right out towards the gutters into a large bedroom play study area for his daughters, also using Velux windows. Glass ceilings, like Velux windows have been around for years, believe me I know, we're both getting older. Velux windows can be used as glass ceilings in opening and non opening configurations. I would love to see you keep the outdoor loo as well and updating the old shed into a new connecting space to the house, perhaps a glass breezeway. I will have another look at your plan again over the weekend. I love your front iron gate as well, auto sliding driveway gates work really well and would really fit with your carport. My brother in law put in a tall timber sliding gate at his last home, lovely cheers

Thanks again everyone. These are the best plans I have, still a little hard to read. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zlrfdddp702e45v/2nd%20floor.png?dl=0 Above are a few quick renders of the stair location/direction being changed, and a random woman to use for perspective! Thanks Oklouise! Siriuskey, is this (above) what you had in mind for the kitchen? Looks nice, not sure about cupboard space though? Laura really wanted a butlers pantry, but I don't think we have the space, but I was trying to have some sort of walk in pantry. And this was the last version I had designed before getting your suggestions on here: Not sure if this will work, but here is a link to the FloorPlanner project, if anyone wishes to tinker! https://plus.floorplanner.com/projects/53937748-our-houzz/viewer

my suggestion has the bathroom at the end without any changes to other walls, door or windows and i've include furniture to suit young long term student tenants and this could be altered to suit other guests...all the furniture, cabinets and fixtures are based on readily available flat pac options like Ikea and Kaboodle and the only custom carpentry will be the new bathroom wall and storage under the stairs and the usual trades for plumbing and electrical etc and i would use a shower cubicle rather than tiles so that you could use continuous vinyl flooring throughout the whole flat and minimise tiles...careful choices of all fixtures and fittings and maybe some basic DIY from your daughter and her boyfriend to assemble flat pacs and with painting? should allow the renovation within your budget and don't forget an outdoor sitting area with decking boards, outdoor furniture and a pullout clothesline rather than a dryer

Thanks Kate. Yes we definitely think an extension for an ensuite and WIR from Bed 4 is the best idea, but hadn’t considered moving the laundry there too. I might have a look at possible layouts for that idea. I think the cupboards along the hall would be a fantastic idea and had even had that idea if we were leaving the main bathroom in place, it would just be a narrower bathroom but still functional due to its length (and with the toilet combined not separate). Moving the bathroom to Bed 3 means reducing to 3 bedrooms (if we don’t enclose downstairs) which we were hoping to avoid. But definitely food for thought. The roofline off the kitchen is rather prohibitive for extending on that side, but also hadn’t thought to convert laundry to office. I had thought about removing it altogether and opening up kitchen that way though.