Are the windows in the right section glass block? What room are the 2 skinny windows over the front in? Can they be shortened? If so you might be able to a porch on the recessed section. Are all 4 sides brick? You definitely need a front walk and landscaping

Can you give us an idea of your budget? Are you considering any structural changes or landscaping/staining? What do you like about your house exterior appearance? What do you dislike?

It would be helpful to have a photo of the doorway area.

The windows on the right are glass block yes. All the small narrow windows are glass block. I would prefer normal windows to these.

They are in the two story foyer and could be removed/shortened.

All four sides are brick.

Here is the zillow listing for the property.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/11-Elena-Ct-Cortlandt-Manor-NY-10567/58417344_zpid/?

Your best bet is to hire an architect. I don't know what style of house you have though definitely not any of the ones you wish you had. We don't know what the interiors are. You could modify the right side, if this works from the inside, by two sets of French doors opening to a porch/balcony across the entire right front. On the left side, continue to balcony/porch to the left. Consider painting your foundation and trim a pale gray. (House below has pinkish brick siding and walkway. Note the light gray trim.) All this is going to be costly.

A new walkway and well-designed landscaping could also enhance your house.

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Yes, hire an architect to help you decide what makes sense.

The inside is contemporary. I don't know why they would put glass blocks in the front windows and the are so tall and skinny.

It has large rooms and the floors look like they were recently redone.

If I had the money, I would want to redo the kitchen from top to bottom. Get rid of the glass block windows. I question whether the brick is still available to patch in after the windows are changed. Update the lighting. Landscape so that there is a pleasant and obvious path to the front door from the driveway.

A lot of money will have to go into improving the appearance of this house.

I wish there was a picture of the front, straight-on. I feel like the stairs/entrance don’t fit with the style of house, 1980’s contemporary.

Otherwise, it reminds me of this one … even same year:

https://atlanta.curbed.com/2017/7/6/15925262/north-atlanta-updated-1980s-contemporary-house

IMO a builders grade interior with not thoght to the exterior at all. I would keep looking this iwill be a money pit to get anything even close to what you like . All the lighting needs to be done and that kitchen need sa complete redo there goes the budget . Right noe this looks like a prison not a home at all BTW nothing like the pic posted above and unless you rebuild it will never be colonial or craftsman so get an architect to see what can be done and be prepared to at least double the budget.

Patricia, you seem to have missed the words "house we have" -- too late for looking, I think!

I would want some larger windows in the back, where they're looking into the woods, but I wouldn't worry about the sliver windows for now -- they'll bring good light and not need dressing.

From the outside, I'd focus on landscaping first -- some foundation plantings would do a ton for the right side, and a path would help draw the eye to the entrance. You might consider a metal awning like this for over the front door -- would fit with the stones in a sort of French style.

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You're not going to convert your home into a Cape Cod or Craftsman, but if you work with it rather than against it, it can be striking in its own way...

Nice place; great potential.

Have you consider creating at least one short (<4') retaining wall to create a level place directly in front of the left wing of the house? Could it be done in a way to create a need for less steps from your front porch? Otherwise ...

Because I am prejudiced in favor of usable porches. I 'd want to start at the chimney and create an 8' deep deck over the garage entry and wrapping all the way around to the left front corner of the right wing of the house and then continue the same floor level all the way to the left corner of the left wing of the house with a shed roof front porch roof with a forward facing gable over the entry door above the top of your front steps

You could always add a roof over the deck later, extending the porch roof over the entry.

Put a hip corner in the porch roof on that left side..

Consider having the left side of the porch even extend beyond that left corner of the house by 4' or even 8' and wrap around the corner enabling you to easily add steps toward the back yard -- or even a wheelchair./baby carriage ramp aimed at the back of the yard if this is to be your forever home.

I would definitely NOT cut/scar the front yard with a sidewalk straight forward across/thru the front of the yard.

I'd begin the landscaping by leveling a place along side the driveway beginning at the garage all the way to the road and put a sidewalk there.

I'd add a retaining wall above the sidewalk -- taller (4' or so) near the garage -- and where I transitioned from the taller retaining wall to a shorter retaining wall on the road side of the lot, I'd have the sidewalk create a "C" curve from the beside-the-driveway sidewalk to the front porch steps, with NO steps in that sidewalk.

Between the "C" sidewalk leading to the porch and the road, you'd only need a shorter retaining wall above the sidewalk to keep the dirt off the sidewalk. You could curve it just before you get to the road to create a level walk space behind your mailbox and create a planting area as the wall ends.

Even if you don't extend the porch/deck around the right three story part of the house, the rest of the above should work. If you do add that extended porch/deck, you could also add steps leading to it from the driveway/garage with the steps aimed at the back yard from the deck/porch beside the chimney.