Fear not .......I do have lots of greenery either end of the front yard ......the reason that it is void of plants in the front is because a car went through the front fence about 18mths ago and had to be completely rebuilt........so until we decide on paint colour we won't be planting anything also had to do water pipe replacement right through the lawn this past weekend ......so the real work will begin in the new year .......thanks for all the great ideas will put up pics when all painted and planted

Definitely not wrong big reader, thank you. Picture doesn't give you the full orange tones and the trims are all straight white with the odd bit of racing green & brilliant yellow! All the trims are in desperate need for a new coat of paint as the house has been practically untouched since about the late 70's (pic gives a taste of the fun we've had inside!!)

I think striping back the timber windows & w boards & having them stained would really bring it back to life. Then some matching stained timber slats between the brick piers of your fence (easy DIY).

you may find that you have a local powder coating company who can recolour the Colobond fence.. probably more expensive but better finish than handpainting and the neighbour may be interested in having the other side done as well (but you could also get a quote to replace the steel sheets and just hand paint the posts) and we always use very dark grey on fences and Colorbond Wooodland Grey is excellent fence colour