Concrete companies such as Boral could advise of red dye ration to achieve colour. Marble chips can be purchased by the bag. Screat the cement mix slightly above the step level. Polish down with machine. Paint with floor sealer.

Thanks for the advice team. So the house is block work on a cement slab, but when we did our renovating in the bathroom and had to cut through and re-lay the floor in the very small bathroom we noticed that the slab was incredibly thin and had no reinforcing. The walls have some cracks however we did have the building inspected when we bought it and thought we had a solid shell to start with. (Its brick and cement we said - what can go wrong?!) Our house is not in the flood zone. There is an asbestos ceiling which has also complicated matters a little - everyone who has quoted on the job has vowed not to disturb it - but I am not sure when you are walking around up there and pulling the original roof off if this is actually possible. The roof is a flat cliplock roof with no crawl space at all, so the ceiling is on battens that are attached to the rafters. The block of land is 822 sqm and will be worth about $130 000 if the house was demolished. (Demolition is set to cost around $30 000- due to asbestos etc) We have spoken to an architect who has told us that it may be possible to reuse our kitchen, the solar set up and some windows, but if we try to force the project to reuse all of our windows and doors it could end up being counter productive. So if it happens to fit we might reuse. I just spoke to a real estate who are telling me that in our area a small new house (3 bedroom) will not reach the $300 000 value point - so it may be impossible to reach the right formula to allow the bank to lend for a rebuild-

I am going crazy trying to match color on existing cork tiles.I replaced one damaged tile but now the color is completely different. I starting to sand the total floor but i have no idea what i am doing as the color in places is to light. i would like to paint he tiles but after reading blogs it is not recommended.A am thinking of floating floor and the last but probably best option is to remove the lot and tile.I have tried to match existing floor with different stains but nowhere close. the cork tiles have being own for over 30 years.

anyone got any advice how to do a cheap fix/patch job to patch/hide these issues I have on our hebel. see pics in comments