I love the 80's Shed roof style home! We are in the middle of our own 80's modern renovation! One of the first things we did was to replace the tired asphalt shingle roof with a fresh black metal roof, painted the exterior in Sherwin-Williams Urban Bronze with Black trim, Replaced the existing garage door with a Cloplay Frosted glass panel door, added a Sapele wood courtyard entry fence and replaced the entire front entry opening with a massive glass panel and an asian inspired 48' wide front door. We have made a positive impact on our neighbors... they are amazed at the transformation!

I'm not a structural engineer, but the two tall skinny posts holding up the second-story deck landing look precarious to me. I would have an engineer check that. Replacing the wooden balusters with something that's not wood will decrease your exterior maintenance. I like the idea of glass but that is not exactly maintenance-free either. A cable system might look good, and the horizontal wires would echo the horizontal siding and brick. Nice house!

FYI - gold and gray (what I see in your pics) is a very up to the minute color scheme If it aint broke.... However taking it more in a "lodge" direction would be good - take darker brown-greige-grays from the rocks for siding and/or trim only. When you say "charcoal" roof - be careful there. Get some samples of shingles and look at them very closely to see what colors are in the grain. What's called charcoal often has blue undertones that would clash, try to find something with brown in it. What's called "weathered wood" might be more harmonious with the natural brown-greiges of the stone but while still giving you a more grayed look than what is currently there. Agree that is a very appealing house, part of its appeal is the stone and how it fits so well in the natural setting.

We just went with a highly reviewed local "general home maintenance" (how their website describes them) company. They're licensed, insured, & bonded and offer a one year warranty for work. They were wonderful to work with, honestly, and the price was very reasonable in my opinion. No, our siding is cedar bevel / clapboard. Before/after pics attached. They removed the rotten pieces and replaced them without damaging any of the the original siding that was still in good shape. They checked for any damage to the original underlayment when removing the siding or mold. Much to my surprise, they said everything there still looked great so didn't think any more work was needed than just the few damaged/rotten boards. You can't visually tell where the work was done, it blends in seamlessly. We also had them replace some rotten trim around the clerestory windows. They painted the new trim and siding boards with a paint we color-matched within a few days. However, I believe cedar siding doesn't actually need to be painted or treated (pros can correct me if I'm wrong) so I wouldn't think it's an issue if you don't paint right away.