In my past renovations, it's been unforeseen things numbering too high, too often, blowing out the budget and time frame! That was after me allowing for some things in advance too! This time I'm concentrating on structural before moving in, then taking my time over a year or two to do a few things at a time, so there's less rush. Eg Restumping, dangerous tree removal & roof repairs before moving in, then once in, kitchen, skylights, ducted climate control, landscaping, verandas & bathrooms all separately with a break in between, rather than all at once! Means it's gentler on my psyche and my wallet, plus allows me to plan each thing through more thoroughly as I'm only concentrating just on that thing. Fortunately it's just renovating existing spaces and not an extension (that's in about 4-5 years!) Good luck and remember to get out often for nights away!

So far......These are the light grey tiles around the pool. The coping of the pool is done with light grey Marble, and we got mosaics on outside around the spa - Still not finished yet.... Tilers are here today working :)) Hopefully hould be finished soon!

Robin - You are on Houzz.com.au. You should be on Houzz.com If you're on a desktop, switch to Houzz.com If you're on the app, go to your profile, click on "settings" in the top right, scroll down to "country " and switch from Australia to United States Have a nice trip home.

does your council provide free asbestos testing kits? mine does and it allows 2 samples to be tested for free. Given the age it's likely to have some asbestos cladding, maybe that textured paint was an attempt to seal and protect it?