BUDGET BREAKDOWN

EXTERIOR: Cladding: BGC Nuline, $28/board, Bunnings. Door painted in Dulux Weathershield Play School Half, $51.10/1L, Bunnings. Landscaping (including deck), Urban Patch, $20,000. Paint: Resene Lumbersider Truffle and Resene Rice Cake, $47.95/4L, Port Melbourne Paint & Wallpaper. Exterior total: $50,000*. Stockists, page 220