Thank you! Yes was looking for a wooden shed for tools around £500-2000 and then paint it plus a flag from home. I put up more pictures after we get going. Hopefully this year coming will give us time to steer up our plans. This app really has got much to give.

I'm not moving or building walls, or knocking through doorways until I'm sure what I want. Living in the house while remodeling it is quite a challenge. There are very differing opinions around what size the bathrooms should be here too. Having only one door in the bedroom has massive advantages where there is no door right next to his side of the bed being a superking, and also having no door there means that any other bed, even a king could be moved to back onto that wall, tv opposite wall etc. As a main bedroom with a double bed, there isn't room for a wardrobe due to the window size, those drawers are all we have, and the rest is in suitcases ...hence my insistence of taking a chunk out of the room next door to accommodate us.... more on shelving and shoes than hanging space though. There only really needs to be a decent shower for my husband in the en-suite and carry out the "three S's" on a morning. Plumbing worries me due to the structure of the house, so I'd like to try to make a common area eg back to back on the loos to help with what will already be a nightmare, however one on the external wall already may be a good thing. I want a good sized bath but not stand alone, I want surface area around it, none of this having to reach behind or to the end or to the floor for the shampoo and perching the soap dish on the side any more. At the moment, I take a little table and place it in the middle of the bathroom floor with candles and the tablet to catch up on shows, as this is really the only time and place I get to do that! The only time I see a shower cubicle is to wash dye out of my hair. Thanks for the sounding board and ideas, good to get opinions... I'll be back with something more refined taking all into account :)

It sounds like the principals of designing an awkward plot have been established; turn your focus inwards away from the boundaries and hide the shape of the plot where you can with structures, planting and focal points. Given the garden is north facing i agree that any terrace needs to be at the far end of the of garden to maximise on the southerly aspect outside the shadow of the house. If you put screens, hedges in front of it to hide it you will shade out the terrace. A structure in this location such as pergola or gazebo will help hide the boundaries providing you don't position it in line with the boundary. I'm not sure whats beyond your plot but you could remove sections of the hedge to get long views out, they call it a borrowed landscape! I would create a strong geometric or series of strong shapes in the centre that don't relate to the boundaries or garage orientation so as to hide the boundaries. You could create a large sweeping pergola structure in the top NW corner of the garden with generous planting behind to take your eye away from the boundary. Lots of potential though, so have fun!

Yes, I am in the UK. After searching, I finally ordered a 43inch TV enclosure from Deertv.com . It will arrive at my house this Thursday. I'll keep update.