I think most of the house looks decent enough. Its the fence that makes it look a bit shabby. Power wash the fence good, and make sure it is all cleaned up nicely, and use a solid color stain, that goes with the rest of the house, on both sides. Once thats done, clean up the stone flower bed sides, and add some nice colorful plants, and maybe a large pot of colorful pots on each side of the garage. The garage, could also use some much needed lighting.

@cat_ky thanks for this i would love to be able to visualise different colors of the fence painted to determine right color great idea yes agree the garage door could be lifted as well

IMO the fence is awful and do you need all that privacy .? Isee ahedge inside that fence ??? Maybe take some pics from inside the space so we can get a feel for the actual spce you need . The stone wall thing is not a good look either . I need a bit more info I do love the house style but not the fence .or that "landscaping" but I do need more pics . Post those here in a comment DO NOT start another post .

Try uploading a much larger photo. This one doesn't enlarge when clicked on.

Is it possible in your location to cut back the fence to the hedges on the right and if you need security can that fence in the front to the hedges be iron open fencing instead of solid fencing?

Can you show a picture of the house from inside the fenced area so that we can see what the house looks like.

@Patricia Colwell Consulting; @apple_pie_order; @rainiel; @lisedv please see pics with original and other side

Teresa, thanks for adding those pictures;.

You have a lovely house...

Question:

That patio is located at the front of the house, is there another one in a backyard area?

Looks like a great house! Is the “fence” actually a retaining wall?

@lisedv yes there is another at the side of the property. @flopsycat1 the stone wall is more the retaining wall. Fence for privacy

Thanks for photos. I suggest hiring a landscape architect for the front yard. The area in front of the wood fence could be replanted with more attractive shrubs and some perennials. The wood fence may be cleanable with pressure washing or maybe not, check with a pressure washing pro.

The patio cover is the elephant in the room. Serious landscaping effort will distract the eye with a pleasant area to look. Remember that the most important area for your personal experience is what you see when you drive up. The area can go subtle and quietly attractive or drop dead gorgeous.

All the house needs is landscaping. You need enough green to hide the fence, probably stain it black so it recedes. Maybe a new Ipe gate for some color instead of the blue.

You have a beautiful home but we cannot see it from the street. You'll definitely need a landscape architect to work out what you can do but I suggest you start by removing the overbearing canopy. Here's the idea...

@simplynatural fabulous ideas thanks heaps

It feels a little disjointed without any unifying color. If you didn’t want to go to the expense of replacing the fence one can either power wash to clean up and stay with an aged silver tone across the front. Painting the gate and garage door to a similar or slightly darker tone, and then planting up the retaining wall to balance the planting already there. Or power wash and stain/paint darker and unify with a darker garage door and gate.

Or dark all the at…sorry it attached twice

@kazzh great visual and you can see the difference thanks so much for taking the time to do this

My pleasure to do some colouring for you. It’s easier to decide how to move forward if you can see it ….