I'm thinking replacing the gable with cladding maybe in red rock colour (rusty red) and replacing both side fences with horizontal fencing in the same colour. I'm trying to modernise the place but the blue was a similar attempt around 8 years ago so not too confident in my choices.

Good question. I am told by a colleague that the dark rim around some TVs makes it easier on the eyes, but as those bezels get smaller, the wall colour becomes more important. Here's a few examples I found that might help...

If you afford it , I actually think a lighter 'solid' rendered fence would suit your place moreso than a colourbond one -- if it is used as panels , it looks okay , but just against posts and rails , I personally think it would look too cheap , no matter what colour . So see if your neighbours are keen to pay for half a rendered lighter toned fence , and judge their reaction -- it may turn out that that is the best solution both looks and keeping-the-neighbour-happy wise haha . And you'll probably hate me saying this , but no matter what fence you end up with , I feel your house is too white -- yes , I know its trendy , but look at the picture , and the only points of interest are the dark windows and the dark uplights . A classy black entrance door and garage door ( my preference for the garage would be a monument or Japanese Black garage door in slats , you could even have slightly cheesy plasticy wood effect ones ! ) would set it off IMO .

When I read the heading and the first few sentences , I thought OMG -- orange bricks and an orange terracota roof ! But yeah , I'd call that a blonde , with regrowth on top haha ! So its reasonably pleasant , but what to do ? Dark windows would look good , BUT even then , the overall design and even the window size all screams 80's , so you'd spend $20k or whatever to do the whole place with new windows , and it'll just be modernised 80's . And to expand on that , what Julie Herbert alluded to -- the gardens and fence look 80's too . The front fence also looks oranger than the house too -- are they exactly the same as the house , or newer and/or oranger ? One possible 'tie-in' would be some long and low panels of Coloursteel where the rails are ( basically , keep the bricks on the fence , just do in-fill panels in Coloursteel , only going the same height as the pillars ) . The roof looks a charcoal , so I'd stick with that in coloursteel for the roof , IF GOING IN THAT DIRECTION . Why I say that is because I actually think the roof would look okay if you added some mid grey terracotta tiles -- go for a speckled look . Those light grey ones would look too harsh a contrast IMO , but go go mid grey and the existing charcoal would look 'interesting' IMO , it may be cheaper than a full coloursteel roof ( you'd want to check the labour cost though ) , and if say 80% of the existing tiles can be re-used , its probably better both cost but also waste wise ? And that leaves the brown -- obviously , go charcoal there too , along with more modern plants and garden design . And while some people criticise me , because I often say do a 'sunny' ( bright red , yellow or orange ) front door , not only will it look better , it changes peoples focus , so the less attractive features aren't noticed as much -- whether passer-bys love or loath the bright front door -- they'll look at it and comment , rather than noting the brown base or orangey fence bricks .