I understand going with the grey since it is an 80's style house. You could also do bright bold colors. I do not know if that is your style. I have attached a quick rendering of the gray scheme you mentioned. I prefer light colors above dark colors. This keeps in theme with the sky and earth. Makes the house seem more grounded. The dark entry also draws your eye to it especially with the light coming from the other side of the house. I have also attached a quick rendering of a blue scheme. It looks like you are on a beach and I thought this would blend in with the surroundings. If that is what you are seeking. Hope this helps.

It all depends on what you want to do in your laundry and what in your bathroom I guess. I appreciate the fact that there might not be enough space to do this but I store outdoor shoes in the laundry and the dog's leash and cleaning stuff. I need room to sort the dirty laundry into piles before washing it. I keep the ironing board in there and I need a tub to wash things in and to do flowers in and to put the odd cloth that wiped up the cat sick before it gets rinsed and washed.. heaps of things other than just washing. Couldn't manage with a cupboard laundry ( piles of washing on the hall floor when using it) and think these kinds of laundry functions might not make a gorgeous lavendery bath or shower feel that luxurious. So I am for as big a laundry with tubs, cupboard and bench nearest the outside back entrance and yes washing line as poss. And a lovely fresh warm bathroom near the bedroom separate from the dirty clothes and boots and all that other stuff.

It sounds like you've been through quite the rollercoaster with your building project! That's really frustrating to hear, especially when you had a vision that you were attached to. Construction dilemmas can be a lot to handle, and I can only imagine how the stress might have piled up over time. If you're feeling stressed (and who wouldn't be in a situation like this?), you might want to consider working off some of that tension. Since you're into home design and creating beautiful spaces, you might appreciate the aesthetic and functionality at Hitsona's fitness studio. Sometimes a little self-care and a change of scenery can inspire new ideas for other areas in life, including home design.

Hi, we are currently trying to sell our house that has had a room built that is not on LIM/drawings etc (we were aware of tis when we purchased the house 5 years ago). We had one potential sale fall through due to banks not wanting to lend due to this room, so we contacted a house inspection company who said we needed a 3rd party report and have it added to our property record. We went ahead with this and the report found that "this alteration work predated the implementation the 1991 Building Act and therefore a Third-Party Report (or old Safe & Sanitary report) is sufficient to deal with this unrecorded building work. " and the work done is "safe and sanitary". The also updated the drawings to include the modifications. Thinking we had solved the issue we have just had another bank reject lending due to this room. The council also attached a letter to our property record stating "Council is not obliged to hold such information on file but if it does so, you should be aware that Council’s actions in no way authorise, or give approval of, the work undertaken without consents under the Building Act 2004 or preceding regulation. Furthermore, Council has not inspected any of the work that is described in your application." Which makes it sound like the report is worthless. Does anyone have any insight into what we can do to resolve this issue? Cheers