Some lovely lights on either side of portico. New colour on front door and some bigger garden beds with flowers. If you are looking to sell maybe a couple of large ceramic pots with flowers in stead

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I agree on the bigger, lovely lights idea.

I think you need to frame the front door a bit better, and bring out a bit more symmetry relative to the portico. Also, I think stepping stones don't work really well for a heavy use pathway, like the one to the front door.

I'd replace the steppers with a paved pathway, (maybe limestone to march the driveway), and put a garden bed, (not lawn) in the strip between the drive and the new path. Then I'd make a symmetrical bed on the other side of the pathway.

Roughly where are you? It would help with plant suggestions.

Thank you for taking the time to give me some advice. If it’s not too much asking can you please support with some pictures.

A pathway more like this maybe? Because one of the major functions of a front garden is to welcome people to your front door.

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Oooh yep i see now thank you

I suggest (if possible) to put lights in the center of each column, that is, a light in the middle of the two windows and another after the last one. That way you would give continuity to those that are already installed.

Some colour in your garden would help!

That’s what mostly want, but the type of plants i do not know

I’d minimise the grass and plant a feature tree with lush green underplanting. It’s hard to suggest plants when we don’t know where you are or the conditions of your yard. But your local nursery will be able to suggest plants to suit the area.

I think highlighting the path a bit more would add a modern look, adding a feature tree would look beautiful in a wider bed cutting down on the lawn, structural plants add a great look, new lighting and remove bins to back or add a screen to hide them.

The garden will help , and some variety is good , but the low hedge , the white stones , everything there is pleasant enough .

But to be honest , I think the problem is the house . The brick is the safest colour you could possibly choose , the lights as already picked look like temporary ones a builder would install just so theres not wires , the door is boring , the windows are not only boring but weird , the roof is similarly nothing , and don't even get me started on the charcoal gutters .

Change the $120 door for a $800 timber one , because painting it red or yellow or blue or green will look like a cheap red or yellow etc painted door .

Change the windows , or at the very least see if you can get them powdercoated -- charcoal ironically would be nice ( in spite of the gutters ) , or even a silvery blue . I personally think the little segments doesn't suit the house , and would get replacement windows in 2 segments only -- a larger top and a small bottom section would suit the proportions IMO . But on a budget , stick with what is there , powdercoat it AND tint all the sections the same .

The gutters -- I'd pick a mid buttery yellow or steel blue for you , as I suspect you don't want to stand out too much . If it was my place , I'd be bright orange gutters and a bright orange door with 3 or 4 glass panels , and the street numbers 25cm tall , and set 3cm out from the bricks , with orange LED lights behind them at night , but not everyone is like me !

Woooah i love it 😲 go big go bold. True to what you said, first new build home, i did play it safe and you are spot on with the window frame 😢 sadly it wasn’t what I expected. Since we got the keys, i have been waiting for the day I could change the window frames colour.

So much more we want to do but sometimes budget brings you back to reality and progress is slow. Our plan is to change the door this year for a 4 glass trendy wooden frame one and upgrade the lights.

The grass area is where we can’t really figure out what to do.

Thanks for your option you rock

You are already mentally 'committed' to changing the door , and I think that's a good idea , but I'd also have some fun in the meantime . I'd go out and buy a bright coloured glazed pot -- it doesn't even need to be 800 tall -- one or two that are 25cm tall would serve as an example , say $40 each . Put a green leafy plant in one , a cactus or a yellow grass in the other . Put them in front of each window , or the left window if you only have one .

Stand back and look . Does it give the house and the garden a lift ?

Assuming you think yes , go and buy 500ml or a litre of paint a similar colour to the pot . You already have in your mind you will probably change the door , so have some fun . Paint the scolloped bits in that colour , or maybe the whole door . Use masking tape or do it freehand . Its $40 of paint , and if you are real lucky the door would be $60 to resell , so the worst is its cost you $100 , plus $100 for the pots and plants .

Don't like it ? You've spent $200 , and had some fun . Maybe , just maybe , you'll love it , and won't buy an $800 door , but probably not , but you've shown yourself some ideas and what you can do with some imagination . Like it , you might go for a bigger pot . You might change the door , keep the pot . You mightn't like it , and have wasted $200 , but you've helped make up your mind , and had $200 of fun ! Thats my take anyway .

Love Pottsy’s comments, painting your front door, window trims the same colour as your gutters would look great, cut a large square are in grass, add a fab sculpture or water feature or corten light boxes, mass plant , could look gorgeous

I'd change the lights to something bigger and darker coloured to avoid looking outdated. I'd also change the gardening up a bit - I'd swap the plants on the left with shorter plants so the eye naturally goes to the front door, then I'd pop two pots on either side of the front entrance with some bright coloured plants to add a pop of colour. I'd swap out the small hedge on the right to something a bit leafier and taller like a griselinia.

I actually don't mind the look of your house, with the door and light changes I think it is quite fine as it is.

I agree with the comments to better define the front path, plant a low hedge along the path boundary to define the space better, and losing the grass between the path and drive. I think a bigger, custom, letterbox would make a huge impact too.

I am also quite the fan of the idea of a tree in the lawn area, towards the right side of the lawn as you see it in the photo.