If you seek a modern look for your house, then I can recommend our Ebony range. These bricks are very smooth and have unique dimensions. Alternatively, if you want to mix things up and put some really stone like looking bricks in as features, then our Tierra range will work for you - thinking the Toledo or the Bilbao. They will be the colours that suit. These bricks are really unique. Handmade, incredibly textured and varied. Have a look at these options and see if it helps.

There is a company that matches the existing and paints the new brick. Quite expensive apparently but can't pick new from old so could end up being not to bad. Rendering and painting adds up quickly so really isn't the cheap compromise many believe. Could use a completely different brick which has been done as well, selective cladding, etc.. You could reuse some existing bricks if they're being removed to allow the new works. Many builders and bricky's don't like the labour of cleaning bricks so it could be worthwhile doing it yourself or hiring in a labourer to do it for you. Note that some bricks can't be cleaned due to the mortar used so check it first.

I would also like help as have picked out those 2 colours for our hamptons build for the roof and cladding which covers half of the front facade. However we have brick on both sides of the cladding and wrapping right around the rest of the house. Did you end up using these colours and if so, do you have any pics you could post? We have been looking at the Sand PGH brick with white mortar but hoping that doesnt look too much all the one shade.

Suggest rather than hanging g plants that you plant climbers eg a grapevine or bougainvillea into a half wine barrel or into other large pots or elsebreak up the concrete around the car port posts so plant a climber. A pandorea would be nice.Re earlier comment : forget nasturtiums unless for pots of annual colour as they are short living annuals only. You need sturdy perennial climbers to grow over and around the car port to soften it. Replace the white balustrade with something modern and place some lArge modern pot plants with large greenery on the balcony also to soften it. I would suggest a warm cream in place of the stark white to blend with the red brick. They greys and charcoals eg monument are verycookie cutter and a current trend that we are all heartily sick of. Using them will date the house very quickly.