Hello people, Question time again. Im trying to match indoor and outdoor colour to my project around the living and pool area. I have 10 Meters of space to work with which includes 5 meters width of the living area. If i break the colours indoor v's outdoor it will make my area look smaller, more confined ? If i use polished concrete inside and try and match the colour outside, the surface will get hot. Soooooo... I have added some photos here. I went and purchased a box of man made granit tiles 80x 80cm. Keeping the shiny for the inside and tried "honing" the surface of the other tile as a test so i could use it outside and keeping the surface of the 'honed tile" slightly textured to ensure not so slippery and matching the inside colour. After coating this honed tile it has gone slightly darker which is ok. What im wanting to know, is this ok to do ? will there be any down the line effects of the tile if its outside in a wet area ? it maybe only wet for 3 months of the year for a few hours at a time. My challenge here is price V's product / Styling / practacality -Timber is too expensive for outdoor application / requires maintenance -Marble expensive -Natural stone expensive also if anyone has any solutions / kmowledge / advice it its ok to hone an indoor tile and add a protective coating for the outside. this would be much appreciated. Thanks Houzz'ers! Justin :)

Thanks everyone for the warnings. Honestly I had not thought that could be possible so just in case I'll gear up with a mask to avoid inhaling any of it. I will still need to remove it, but from what I read the problem with asbestos is if you sand it and make it into breathable particles, so ripping it out should be ok. I've looked up in youtubr and there seems to be a tool called mastic remover that you can put on your floor sander and it would scratch the surface removing any of that stuff.

Thanks for the replies! My wife suggested we talk to a local real estate agent, so i think that is a good idea... just that Im not sure how helpful they are likely to be if we arent selling yet :) As for saving for our dream house, I dont disagree, however if doing this up nicely over the next ~5 years or so while we live here nets us some extra in the eventual sale, then that of course will help us as well. Interesting thing happened today actually. I got a knock on the door and one of the older neighbours asked if he could take some lemons from the tree. I of course said yes. Anyway he was telling me he had lived in the street for 40 years. I asked him if the house had always looked like this, and he said no that ~30 years ago the old old owner did a massive renovation and pulled off the timber and put up the bricks and gutted the inside of the house. Interesting stuff!

I'm guessing it is on piles / stumps ( I'm in NZ and we call them piles here ) , which makes it a bit easier . IF it had been on a concrete floor , moving the water and waste and toilet is that much harder . But I think @Allan Hendry is on the logical thought-train -- I'd probably squeeze the existing bathroom down to an ensuite , have the Bed 1 where the kitchen was , then try and squeeze another bathroom between Bed 1 and Bed 2 . In fact , for a 2 bed place , I'd probably just stick with 1 bathroom and 1 powder room ( seperate toilet ) and have them between the 2 bedrooms , and a little hall/foyer in the middle , by that doorway that is obviouly staying as is . Then the whole front area could be open plan -- logic would say have the kitchen in that front right corner ( so plumbing etc runs back to the existing plumbing ) , dining ( or even an island and breakfast bar , and maybe eat dinner on the couch or a small cafe table and chairs ( I'm guessing 3 , maybe 4 people ? ) . It won't be cheap , but depending on your area and resale , possibly change the potential 'next buyer' profile and get your $$$$ back