I think the kitchen is still quite usable. I would remove the tiles in favour of a plain painted wall, and save on money for the floor. I personally feel it can be a mistake to place white units with a white tiled floor. I think the floor is what's dating the kitchen, not the other way around. Screed over the floor and lay down some inexpensive Wooden style plank lino to match your work top. I know a lot of people paint kitchen cupboards and i've had to 'save' a fair few. In my experience, unless you are really good at painting, have the time to remove all cupboards and drawer fronts to roller the cupboard fronts four or five times, it's not going to look good. I'll probably get shouted out from all corners, but unless it's going to get done properly it will probably not look great!. I personally think kitchen doors should be spray painted ( outside in warm weather ) for the best finish. Grey floor and walls would also suit your kitchen and bring it straight back up to date

Depends on how much work you're willing to do? But I think turning the stairs into a straight run would be your best bet (so turn the first flight against the wall). You'd have to move the WC (possibly under the new staircase, or up one level). You'd need a structural engineer to have a look at things like your joist runs, etc. and you may need to put a steel in to support the upper levels, but if it were my house and I had the money, that's what I'd do. Then, if you have the room, I think I'd put a porch on the outside of the house, rather than having the internal one, just gives you more squared off, usable space inside. Good luck!

Hi. Only need 1 bedroom and 1 multi-use room (study/extra storage/sofa bed for guests). No plans for stairs - we're heading for retirement and thinking about the future. Have thought about a small extension. Would be good to get everything done for under 50k (need some repairs and new windows that will take about 20 of that I'm guessing). Would stretch the budget if an extension gave us a layout that really works for us.

It would be very expensive to replace the large surface of paving slabs and a false economy as they are only in need of a good clean. Any garden does need upkeep, you should focus on sorting the out of control ivy and overgrown bushes in the borders and the overgrown slit head lavender. A visit from a qualified gardener to prune and shape and guide you on how to maintain plants going forward would be a good use of funds. A few weekends of hard graft would get things in shape and allow you to see what needs done to create the types of garden see in your inspirational images. You will need to assess the damage to the collapsed sun umbrella, the sofa cushions and bird table etc to see if any of these items are salvageable. Probably all just need a good clean. The wooden furniture needs upkeep with a good wash then once dry an oil to preserve the wood and make it look as it did when purchased. The patio will need treatment with black spot remover ( not cheap but amazingly good at its job), then a good wash with a power wash - a rotating head attachment with the internal brushes is kinder to the stone surface than the lance. You could use funds to get this done by a trade person. You may need to spend a further weekend re grouting missing grout (£10 quid bag from DIY stores ). Most of us are viewing our own patios at this time of year and getting organised for the yearly big spring clean - join in! All of your patios in the images are newly made - all will require yearly maintenance like your existing current patio. You have the bones of a fantastic professionally designed but neglected area. Don’t rush to replace, it just needs its yearly spring clean. We all need to be maintaining and fixing rather than buying and replacing to help reduce landfill and to save our hard earned cash!