Depending upon whereabouts the meter and aircon unit is, try enclosing it or screening it with a timber screen or trellis work and grow a pretty climbing plant over it.

Hi Diana, can you add a photo of what it looks like currently?

Hi Diana, what is the room at the front there where the aircon unit is positioned? If it happens to be a living area, or even a master bedroom, I have a "crazy" idea for you!

You have a very generous front garden there and could afford the space for a lovely big patio area which would also give you some privacy if you put up screening, say, something like vertical merbeu posts supporting a veranda in one section and some trailing vines. You could then turn those living room windows into some french doors (Bunnings and Mitre 10 can order them in from Hume) and be able to walk out into your private sanctuary.

Just an idea! Good luck :)

How interesting! You could have a sunken lounge too :)

In the mean time I would just put up a Trellis fence in of the units and get some creepers to grow up it to make it look like it has a purpose but to be honest I would do nothing for now and just wait until you decide what you want to do with the front garden and tackle everything at one time. Can you paint air-con units? If you could painting it to match the house may help you blend it in if you think it is a real eyesore. Many people have them so I wouldn't let it worry you.

I think Vintage Green Design is onto something. You could put a soothing water feature in your private patio which would be a lovely place to sit and read a book, have a coffee in the morning whilst watching a morning breakfast show before heading off to work. Tranquil start to the day and a lovely place to relax on weekends. Love the idea V.G.D.. Diana you could put screening plants around if you didn't want to put up walls so the light and breeze will infiltrate your living room on a warm breezy day letting fresh air and natural light enter your living space, whilst providing privacy from the street and still covering up the air conditioner. However if you want it to be not seen at all from any vantage point then I'd suggest you might consider moving it to the side of the house or replacing it with an evaporative conditioner which will be on the roof.

I think that some sort of garden/hedge in front of that fence would help with street appeal.

Put a large sweeping garden across your block. No mean edge gardens. Try permaculture. It provides less weeding and better soil. Get the local tree man to dump 1/2 load good mulch on one side and the rest on the other. He should give you the load in winter, foc. Spread. Let rest. Plant. You wont be sorry. Privacy = beauty = birds = peace.

Fresh mulch, especially bark/wood chips, take an enormous amount of nitrogen out of the soil as nitrogen-drawdown. Nitrogen is essential to plant growth so you cannot plant for some time, until you either add nitrogen artificially or allow the mulch to break right down which could take years depending on your rainfall and the type of soil that you have.

Sustainable landscapes are about planting to suit the soil of your site, not modification of the site.

I agree with Annette - a hedge would be great. And Timandra's comments on mulch are very wise indeed.

Hi Diana! I would paint all 3 items on that wall the same colour as the bricks. Not too expensive and not too hard. Here's some instructions

http://www.whitecabana.com/index.php/2014/08/14/diy-how-to-paint-an-air-conditioner-unit/

The example air-con is not wall mounted but the method looks good. Good luck!

KERB!