Don't paint the brick. It is too lovely!

The whole house needs to be power washed with a herbicide to remove the moss. It looks like some of the trees could be pruned to bring more light into the yard.

I would paint the garage doors, siding, and trim all the same light beige or taupe.

This would work too.

What's your budget? Are you asking about paint colors and minor changes or are you talking about significant changes?

Lots of potential here. Do you love the Tudor trim and accents? Your inspiration home has some dark trim around the windows, and I think you can do similar with the belly band all around. First, I would do as suggested and power wash with herbicide to clear up all the junk growing on the brick, stucco and possibly the roof. My first inclination would be to remove those two brick walls at the door and the brick planter in front of them, but that can wait until you decide what you're really doing with the brick. It has to be cleaned first, no matter. With a bank repo, you'll likely run into some fixes far more urgent than the cosmetic change of the exterior, so wash and clean and then stop with the outside until you've nailed down all the inside issues you'll have on the interior. You may have to save up the money to proceed with the exterior. Give it a year, so you can be sure you've detected and remedied other problems first. Meanwhile, plan, investigate and price what you might do outside.

thank you all for your help! I am thinking of doing this to the house. It will not be this dark color, but this design. What do you think?

I don't think that color (gray) would work with your brick. Or are you just referring the the way the boards are arranged? They are fine.

What about a color scheme like this? Tan stucco with a brown black. The brick is very similar to your brick.

This is a nice combo.

Wow these homes are breath taking Houssaon!!

Houssaon I was just referring to the boards placement!

Do any one know of a app I can use to see this project?

Use the online paint visuallizer for your favorite paint brand. Take a photo from across the street that shows the whole front of the house.

Lifting the big trees' canopies would be a good start.

We could knock this design out of the park for you. I would keep the lovely cottage look and use shake siding, board and batton, and leave the existing brick on the bottom to help keep your budget down. You can either paint the garage doors if they're in salvageable condition or replace with upgraded premium garage doors (Largest ROI of any exterior home improvement). These pictures could possibly give you a visual, but if not we'd love to help you further with design & renderings on this project.