What Julie said :) A landscaped garden out the front would really lift your home. I would also consider pressure cleaning your roof... and if my eyesight has not completely failed me, what about adding some external, decorate wooden timber shutters to your windows (I think your neighbour has something similar?)... might help to lift the street appeal. There's been similar threads recently Rochelle about rendering older homes that you might find helpful :)

Is the tree in front yard struggling to thrive? It's hard to tell from photo. Do you know what species of native it is and how large it will be fully grown? If it's root system is not an issue for the foundation, I suggest adding quality mulch to the area around the tree (not too close to trunk) and extend that garden bed to help retain moisture. What plants are already in that bed and do you plan to keep or replace them?

It would be good to include native plants which birds and bees love, and the addition of a bird bath would be beneficial to them as well (if there's not already one) and look good.

It appears the grass is struggling - reducing the amount of grass would enable you to significantly extend and improve the existing garden bed (next to driveway on street side) incorporating the two trees already there. I would make it large enough to follow the curve of the street and cultivate the soil at an appropriate distance from trees so as not to disturb their root systems, then add additional quality topsoil and create some undulation to the bed which will add order visual interest and variation. Maybe add a few large rocks to the bed and, mulch well and plant appropriate native groundcovers, creepers, and shrubs. I also recommend installing a drip water system if you can to help establish the new plants and maintain the existing ones.

Even considered plantings of iceberg to play off the gum leaf green

Rochelle, may I ask what colour your render will be? Also, do you already have any potted plants at your front entry?

I would enlarge your driveway along left side (beyond the nature strip & crossover allowance) all the way to where it connects to path running alongside house, by making it curve rather be the narrow sharp angle it is now.

A short curved path from drive to mailbox would also be visually pleasing and could be matched to any other path material you may add, ie Julie's pics. Will you paint the mailbox to match render or leave as is?

The tree is a type of gum tree which is very spindly (mature tree about 4 m tall). Randon old roses in garden bed.

Annb- thinking about moving mail box to to the edge of the block to define this

Thanks for that Rochelle. I have to agree with JE C regarding the spindly gum tree, and I'm loathe to suggest cutting it, but it looks to be planted too close to house foundation and tree roots seek out any surrounding moisture (your foundation) and cause damage, not to mention fail to put down an adequate tap root if starved for water and the tree can become unstable. If it were me, I would have it removed in favour of a different feature tree of a more appropriate/smaller size. At the same time, the roses can be pruned and lifted (fall/winter best due to slow/dormant root growth), and either relocated within your back garden (?) or potted and given away or sold.

A larger undulating bed could be cultivated in the area of current one, with the new feature tree planted in a more elevated position (for good drainage and to give added height to it visually) in the bed at a point further away from the foundation.

Good idea to relocate the mailbox.

Such great suggestions from Julie, I think the key with natives is that they're quite sparse, so risk looking ratty and messy very easily. To counteract that, it's important to plant en masse, and only stick to natives (so remove the roses), so cluster say 3 of the same plant together for impact, and repeat with half a dozen types of different shapes/colours/textures/heights. The great pictures Julie has shown such as this one below that I love, show this done really well with mixing texture and colour - spiky, strappy broad leaves (deep green), soft fine leaves (grey green). Then these lower plantings can make your larger trees (existing) look more balanced. Of course, I don't know your location/climate with the suggestions below, so speak to your nursery...

Use the existing larger feature trees (not sure whether you want to keep the existing tree in front of the house depending on its shape/proximity to the house), but your bottlebrush etc are great) then arrange the others around each of them to create a couple of nice focal point and more impact. Try westringia, lomandra, native violet, acacia limelight, dianella... Add in a beautiful Gymea Lily as a statement piece too if suitable climatically.

And being a corner block it would be nice to plant more along the side/corner to delineate your property a little more nicely. Maybe replace the agapanthus with a row of woolly bush or even water gum (planted further away from the house at the side.

It might even be worth getting a landscaper in to help with arranging them, perhaps ask at your local nursery, and then you do all the dirty work - actual marking out, digging and planting yourself.