A compost pile built against brickwork could compromise your joints and it would definitely stain your bricks. Maybe you could seal those surfaces with something first, though...

I would not use the side of your nice brick house for the bin wall you are right to second guess that(:

I leave the lids off my compost buckets and empty whenever needed which varys a lot sometimes its a week other times every day during canning season as soon as I see a fruit fly or whiff some funk its gone

I like to use cardboard boxes and paper bags for the compost bucket so you don't have to wash it and you have brown going right in with your green

Others results will vary

I like the others would not use the side of your house as a wall for the bin. Can you leave a foot or so airspace?? If it was me I would leave enough room that I could get in there if need be.

My bucket is a gallon ice cream bucket that for the most part I take to my tumbler daily. Then when the hard freeze sets in while I still use the ice cream bucket I empty it into a 5 gallon bucket and keep a tight fiting lid on it. Once the weather breaks I use my buckets of kitchen waste to start a new batch.

Sandy
tree huggin' soil worshippin' trash pickin' dog lovin' recyclin' woman

I use the large plastic coffee 'cans' lined with produce bags under my sink. The lids have that 'aroma lock' feature and there's never a smell, even if it takes a week to fill one.

I keep a coffee can in my refrigerator and stock pile until it is full. The refrigerator keeps them fresher, longer, and keeps the odor level down.

I keep all my plastic coffee canisters for kitchen scraps. If you are trying to finish a pile, they can be piled up in an out of the way place until ready to start the new pile (I only have room for one pile outside my townhouse). Anaerobic composting while the airtight lids are on should be no problem, if you can stand it when you finally add them to the starter pile.

I bought one of those small trash canisters with foot control that lifts the lid and keep it right next to the regular kitchen trash can -- that way I toss my kitchen scraps as I am preping food and dont need to touch the dirty lid. I line the can with grocery bags - it is too small for paper bags. The can holds about a 3-4 days worth of scraps depending on how much you cook from scratch. We dont notice any smell, even few days in, as long as you are not putting your nose in the can.

I too have a small can by my sink in Oscar the Grouch green.It has a bucket that empties out. I try to do it daily.Then,
Kitchen scraps go in the worm bin in the garage,done correctly there is no odor. They are quick lil composters and in one of my vermicomposting talks I showed folks what was left of a cotton T shirt I laid(wet) in the bin with my red wigglers.
Nothing was left of the shirt except the polyester stitching from the hem.

..
I wouldn't put a bin next the house. Make it at least 4 feet away. I'm betting you won't like the bugs. Bugs are good except in and around the house.

Keep bins at least 4 ft from the house and not too far from water. Especially if you have to lug the water. Drainage is a non issue as long as you don't over water. Convenience for unloading is always good because you don't want to alter the way you do things to compost. If it becomes a chore, you're less likely to continue.

We have a pair of cookie jars in the kitchen for scraps. Maybe a gallon or just under I figure. Fill one in a week. Empty once a week, wash it out, let air for a week.

to sense
..