Sounds like there is not a huge scope to do much more. Re kitchen: I recently reno'd  a one beder and managed to get a very contempory result for approx $500. Here's how. Cupboards boxes themselves were in reasonable nic but the doors were shabby and discoloured and the benchtop was revolting. Removed, patched and repainted doors with a semi gloss paint and a good quality gloss roller, can get very good results if a bit of care is taken, cost approx $50. New handles approx $50. New flick mixer ($35 from auction). And new benchtop. Tip for benchtop, dont get one custom  made, instead check local post form manufacturers and they generally have a selection of offcuts, cancelled orders or bodged jobs. Providing you can find the size and are not too fussy re colour you can then get them to adapt to your required config at a fraction of retail. All up my bench cost me $180 and thats with a brekky bar return approx 6m in length all up. With the splashback I went for the glass look which is normally approx 400 p/m. I used 6mm perspex and rolled the back with again a semigloss, you wouldn't know the difference….cost $200.