Looking at your street elevation, two things stand out and impact the look from the street, being the open garage area with pillars, and secondly the breeze block surround with open blocks. It looks like this creates an internal courtyard or similar. This element has potential to be your point of difference. I would save cost on render and apply that instead into good quality texture paint. I also suggest a grey colour. For a light grey, surf mist as in the colourbond colour as it will blend into your roof, and allow for future landscapes to really stand out. ( noted as your yard has plenty of plane to spread landscape across.) Mid grey tone, one called urban grey which is like a warm concrete colour, and my choice. And a dark grey in the form of domino by dulux, which is a colored grey, almost a dark navy. I would batten the courtyard block wall, with horizontal timber slats, which will add dimension, shadowing, and contrast against a garden, it also plays on the perspective on the elevation and draws attention to this centre of the house. Timber slats are affordable, easy to install and maintain, and still allow for the ventilation in the blocks to work. The warmth of timber slats can be incorporated into the carport area lining the underside of the roof for some design detail, and possibly in a letterbox construction to. Warm timber tones against the coolness of a grey will look very architectural, and the roof will simply disappear into the horizon as intended.

i would also like to add.. if you can id remove the extra path of brown brick pavers and landscape this row with a row of lovely plants like protons large lush leaf plants to add some impact and fill with more river stones. i think adding a couple of lovely potted plants behind the wall would give it a fresher look. I also agree with the other posters not to render. If the future owners would like to render they can. It can be a very messy process in which plants often get damaged..so best to leave it, unless you want to wait till they have all recovered. All the best with your sale. Also i believe adding a fresh porch light will modernise the entrance as well as a great new door matt.

Wow one day I'd love the budget to just say..."I would like this, this and this, and get rid of that and that"..and have it turn out as beautifully as this space. Well done!

The area has always been a bit of a dumping ground. It has never been used really well. I feel like if i set the area up well to start I would be more likely to use it. I also want to make use now i have the new bifold doors. Does any of that make sense?