Total house Reno $12500

Thanks siriuskey and dr retro! These are great ideas too. Hmm, I like the idea of fully relocating the laundry and wc to the old little meals room, and the floor plan for that looks good siriuskey. If I leave the kitchen where it is, it makes sense for using the pantry where it is. But the dining room is then pretty far from the kitchen and we end up with an extra sitting area (a third one as the sun room isn’t needed as a study as we have a little study under the stairs of the kitchen).... hmmm I’m leaning towards a really long kitchen on the far wall or the existing dining room and laundry (if the wall between can be removed, which may not be possible), and then wrapping the bench in an l shape at the deck/laundry end (with a little coffee nook seating area), and using the existing kitchen as the dining room, the old meals area near the bedroom as the laundry/wc... leaves the only problem being no real walk in pantry close to the kitchen. Like the idea of the servers, think that could work if I wrap around the bench along the laundry/deck side maybe.

I did get a guy out to give me a quote on cleaning and painting the roof. He said he will have to quote it using scaffolding because of the steep roof. That was a couple of weeks ago, but haven't heard back from him yet. I have seen some bad paint jobs of terracotta tiles so am a bit nervous about getting it painted. I wouldn't mind if my tiles were just slightly darker like yours rather than orange, but I do know that the darker they are, the more they will hold heat and Brisbane is hot.

before committing to the decoration why not plan for how you use the space..do you need storage for toiletries, towels, cleaning products and toilet paper etc start with the new vanity (with or without wall cabinets) ..you may be able to use a shorter vanity with gaps at either end (as in your photo) to give more a look of free standing furniture..using tiles salvaged from the old vanity to patch the walls..i think the tiles look so much better than altering just one wall for shiplap and you can avoid having to change the tiles elsewhere and focus expenditure on new taps, toilet roll holder, power point covers, light fittings etc