Nah spend it OP
no price on comfort
Your house sounds soo much like our did when we first moved in 12 years ago! Ours was built in 1956!
we just had our dodgy bathroom done that we put up with for 12 years. We reborrowed money on our mortgage to do- was soo much worth it! Its nothing flash- but everything works for the first time!!!!!!

We also did the kitchen cupboards 7 years ago and got a new bench done as well. It was the cheapest way we could modernise our kitchen but it really needs it ripped out and started again, but at least it is functional- even if there is no room for a dishwasher!!

I would sink it into the house- see it as an investment!!
Maybe get new cabinets in the kitchen and see if someone can do a patch job of the bathroom for the time been!
and i wouldnt spend heaps on a new couch with a bub coming- they get trashed so quickly. But maybe even get a new couch from a cheaper furniture store that does the job!
so say $3K for kitchen
$1k for bathroom patch up
$1K for couches

There is also a place in Darebin Road Thornbury that does kit kitchens. You have to measure it up yourself and draw up a plan, and they make it up for you and deliver it to your specs. You then have to put it together yourself!! Its heaps cheaper than getting someone to do if for you. My DH and his mate did it and they are not overly handy! Its just a matter of screwing it all together- everything is precut and ready to put together.
Perhaps this might be a way to get under budget as well!


What is on the floor??? Perhaps even some new lino might make a difference???

HTH
odette