Nice! avoiding recessed lights is a great idea. The Brightgreen website is a great resource. You can calculate the amount of light required for each space by changing beam angles, ceiling heights and color temperature. The calculator isn't set up for wall scones however the same rules apply. Ceiling mounted lights are also a great alternative to wall scones. Hope this helps. https://brightgreen.com/led-lights/d900.sh-curve-downlight 

Great to hear that you have decided not to paint the brickwork. Can I offer my opinion - I'd suggest painting the garage door and surrounding frame and the adjacent beam and column (currently white) in a dark charcoal/brown to match the ground floor brickwork try Dulux Namandji or Mali. I would redo the retaining wall with large boulders in a more freestyle layout than the current straight line and take up some of the concrete drive near the retaining wall to create a garden on the lower level, curved to still provide access to all of the undercroft unless you wish to enclose part of it with a large full height window. I'd love to see the wrought iron balustrade painted black. My home in the mid sixties had salmon coloured bricks, white window frames and fabulous turquoise gutters! The downpipes were painted to match the bricks thankfully - turquoise might have been a bit over the top! Good luck with your project, would love to see your progress. W

Hi there, re the fence my choice would be the same colour as house with either same colour slats or your window surfmist both would look classic, definately NO timber here. Because you are on a corner block I'd be planting a hedge inside the fence with something like Murraya asap, Jim Henson could advise. I would consider Pleaching them up to where the slats start so that you could under plant with something pretty, I'd also consider adding garden lights as per attached photo. plus I would also consider putting "Eye lid" down lights on the exterior posts of the fence, this could add great street appeal for your wonderful very large house (is your whole family moving in. The garage, either same as wall colour or Monument is my choice. cheers,

So good to have everyone's input...thinking at this stage,to try to colour match the 'paperbark'coloured pergola roof with the main part of the roof .then a mid grey, in tone with domino(or even just domino) for fascias and barges. Our bricks have black highlights, so should work well. Then, a lightish grey like Surfmist under eaves(as suggested). And finally keeping domino posts.I did also like the look of the photos and the Magnolia house with timber features.