Thanks annb we just try not to think about it too much, there's the offending neighbours house of brick then a brick fence 1200 and then 1000 to the front bedroom wall and a step back of approx 3 meters to our dining open plan. We have planted a Ficus hedge on the wall and planted Olive trees in front which we keep trimmed, just a funnel. I think with power costs he doesn't use it so much thankfully, As always thank so much for your support and positive input, Forget the Claytons. x

consider a comprehensive front landscaping solution that takes the attention away from the building to the garden/external elements, with repetitive and layered planting. If you want to go further bagging the brickwork and/or just painting it with a contemporary grey would certainly give the whole thing a significant makeover. This photo/project below was a 60's cream brick monster that we managed to tame/control a few years back - you could do get similar result with yours with just strategic cosmetic and landscaping investment - good luck :)

dark windows can look great in certain contexts, but not on this type of residence. Lighter is always better on these. The problem with the tiled sills is more the window colour clashing with them, rather than the colour themselves. I'd be inclined to change the window colour rather than paint the tiled sills. The orange roof colour should be reconsidered because the orange overload is due mostly to this aspect. Perhaps it may pay to invest in some professional design/architectural consultancy to help balance all the various elements involved - they all need to be working together and be complimentary, and colour will play off adjacent aspects one way or the other and it would be worthwhile for you to get experienced advice and work through options. Best of luck Cheers PD :)

When I read the heading and the first few sentences , I thought OMG -- orange bricks and an orange terracota roof ! But yeah , I'd call that a blonde , with regrowth on top haha ! So its reasonably pleasant , but what to do ? Dark windows would look good , BUT even then , the overall design and even the window size all screams 80's , so you'd spend $20k or whatever to do the whole place with new windows , and it'll just be modernised 80's . And to expand on that , what Julie Herbert alluded to -- the gardens and fence look 80's too . The front fence also looks oranger than the house too -- are they exactly the same as the house , or newer and/or oranger ? One possible 'tie-in' would be some long and low panels of Coloursteel where the rails are ( basically , keep the bricks on the fence , just do in-fill panels in Coloursteel , only going the same height as the pillars ) . The roof looks a charcoal , so I'd stick with that in coloursteel for the roof , IF GOING IN THAT DIRECTION . Why I say that is because I actually think the roof would look okay if you added some mid grey terracotta tiles -- go for a speckled look . Those light grey ones would look too harsh a contrast IMO , but go go mid grey and the existing charcoal would look 'interesting' IMO , it may be cheaper than a full coloursteel roof ( you'd want to check the labour cost though ) , and if say 80% of the existing tiles can be re-used , its probably better both cost but also waste wise ? And that leaves the brown -- obviously , go charcoal there too , along with more modern plants and garden design . And while some people criticise me , because I often say do a 'sunny' ( bright red , yellow or orange ) front door , not only will it look better , it changes peoples focus , so the less attractive features aren't noticed as much -- whether passer-bys love or loath the bright front door -- they'll look at it and comment , rather than noting the brown base or orangey fence bricks .