Need a photo of the area. Search stamped concrete driveway photos on Houzz and you can see how some look.

lucky you! your water tank is below ground. I have to look at my 20,000 litre tank outside my kitchen window. It sits on a concrete plinth so I can't even plant around it. I'm too terrified to grow creeping fig on it incase it affects the integrity of the tank. At the moment it has wisteria draping over it, looks lovely in spring but deciduous and it's now becoming too invasive so need to get rid of it.. I also have star jasmine approaching from an arch beside - can't wait for it to take over the tank.. I love all the decorative features suggested but I reckon something like star jasmine might work with some other landscaping features to the side: bench, rock, more plants. The beauty of star jasmine is that it doesn't root, will drape over and can be pulled aside. Every couple of years I put the blower over the top of my water tank it to make sure the leaves don't mulch to create soil on top.

frcrooks, I wouldn't be changing the garage doors and removing the garage gable as the front of the garage will look like a poorly proportioned aircraft hanger. I think you have a good starting point with the teal garage doors and acid yellow front door. One of my clients lived in a very conservative suburb and trusted me with a choice for acid yellow cladding to the entry. Now that it is finished they love it and they get lots of compliments from neighbours about their exterior colours. Best of luck, please don't do another drab Melbourne colour scheme, and consider engaging a professional colour consultant who understands the architectural style of your home. Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls

I will need some structural advice please the roof is constructed with exposed rafters tails the eves on the side outriggers to code, because on my smart frame software I can't calculate the Outriggers to code because there is no option for not supporting structural fascia. roof will be colorbond steel and I will like to have a structural battens all around the top of rafters and outriggers colorbond roof built on top brackets to structural battens but no fascia gutter at the lower point. roof . but because its an special roof i need the calculations for my building surveyor to prove everything is top code.