Yes it is quite a unique block which our ‘designers’ struggled with.
The main view is south facing hence the wider deck. It gets really hot here so this will be a haven.
We put the clerestory’s in to try to access more natural light however our building codes here have strict regulations on window to floor ratio for thermal capacity. We also have bushfire codes to abide by.
The next best view is the east hence main bedroom and extra seating on verandah.
Just the two of us so we made the guest bedrooms smaller ??

Completely off grid with

thanks dreamer..finally think i understand the correct orientation so another variation to consider...inside rooms about 150sqm plus balconies and alfresco (total site area about 20m x 14m) with gable roof towards south and north facing hip roof allows about 50sqm of north facing roof for solar panels with extra undercover space for solar battery, water pump. AC and water heater ...raked ceilings over alfresco, balconies, kitchen, dining and living area with flat ceilings in the rest of the house for easier insulation and use smaller sliding glass doors and louvre windows for better ventilation, open mesh shelves in storage and wardrobes to minimise dampness and mould in tropics and add adjustable sarlon shade cloth blinds and/or external rollwer shutters for extra sunshade and fire protection

Great good cross ventilation. No wasted space.

Your dome lamp is still very popular, adding pieces to compliment it will draw the room together.

The first thing that jumps out at me is that the picture is hung too high. The design rule for hanging art above a sideboard or console is the bottom should be no more than 15 to 20cm above it. Look at examples in Julie's pics. At the moment it looks like its floating and not connected.

Chat gpt does wonders

Table and chairs match. Could get chairs reupholstered. Rug should extend out beyond chairs so you can sit and pull chair in without it getting caught on rug edge.

Agree with bigreader. Don’t add a floor rug. Remove the current centre piece, it is out of proportion. Find a textured table runner which is long enough to hang over the end of the table. Add a simple small centrepiece for the table. You could purchase chair covers from IKEA, Temu, Etsy. Or get them reupholstered. The curtains could do with replacing as well.

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The kitchen and dining area is very tight for movement and everyday function. 1000mm between the island bench and the back/side walls of kitchen is narrow. Ideally the distance should be 1200-1300mm. The pantry seems a big waste of space, with the walk areas taking up most of the space. The dining area space, taking into account the loss of the area with the “owner built cabinetry” is very tight, especially since it is a thoroughfare to outside.

Which direction is north on your plans?

Def don’t have half wall upstairs. Need to separate noise sources and kids throwing things over. My sister hated this at her place.

In my opinion a fully tiled bathroom is always the easiest to clean (as long as its not tiny tiles with lots of grout!) but its not always an option financially. The wipeable paints these days are so much better than paints from a few years ago. Do need to make sure there is adequate strong extraction as well.

Seeing as this is a temporary solution and it won't be visible, you wouldn't have to buy a sofa table. You could just build a shelf at the right height under the window or make one from a piece of timber and legs (buy at Bunnings/Ikea or get off Marketplace), or cut down a cheap Marketplace find. Then when you do your reno, you can get the furnitire you want/need.

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Absolutely beautiful dreamer, exactly as I imagined ❤️

Thanks oklouise, that is a huge butler's pantry! Did not consider a pantry in that location!

another variation

Thanks for the suggestions, some great ideas!

Hugbel.com. Is the company.

Thank you thank you @bigreader, @dreamer, @Julie Herbert for your suggestions. I suck at finding good artwork, let me try bluethumb.com.au per @dreamer's pic. If there are other sites that are good, pls let me know. And I will check out pendant lights on Hugbel! Furniture style around the house is contemporary with a lot of white/beige/soft tones.

Ah forgot to add, cupboard door that is closest to the entrance has a shoe rack in and this has partition to the other section of the cupboard. The other 2 doors have 4 vertical wood slabs inside so use it as storage for vacuums and decorations storage atm.

Try artwork from Style My Wall, Urban Road, Temple and Webster

Something to be aware of with s fold is that they don't compress tightly so if you are keeping your pelmet, the curtain will cover a fair bit of the window when open. They also have a very contemporary look and your house looks older. I also find them more expensive so for a rental it might be better to keep the pelmets for heat control and use a pinch pleat. I say this as my tenant just moved out and have completely destroyed by beautiful linen s-fold curtains :(.

You. Could try Roman’s with or without a pelmet, plantation or wooden Venetians, or a simple but stylish eyelet curtain.

The feature light would be the light used for the stairwell. So YES, the light gets turned on when going up the stairs and turned off when you get upstairs. The light gets turned on when you are upstairs and about to go downstairs, turned off when you get downstairs. Logical use of lighting. I agree with previous poster. You have too many down lights. Spend your money on fans with lights that are centred in the bedrooms, then use table lamps for other tasks, such as reading in bed, study desk lamp etc. the master bedroom looks like an aircraft landing area. Delete some down lights.

This is my suggestion. But, you know how you live and are going to use the rooms, we don’t. In my opinion bedrooms do not need four down lights, but study, WIR need good lighting. I use the following rule….work areas need good lighting, bedrooms and lounges need subtle lighting. Allowing for wall power points for each side of bed for lamps, or desks in minor bedrooms. Sketch is showing new placement of down lights in yellow. Placement of power points in purple to allow for lamps. Kitchen is good. Hallways are good. Power point in bathroom vanity if you haven’t already got one.