Yes the eastern states have been copping it. Snow etc, I am not a fan of cold. In the west has not been as bad, just a bit of a whinger when I think how cold you guys have had it, even Brisbane. I am waiting for those new solar panels with battery storage capacity (tesla) to come down in price in the next few years, before we retire I would like to have them in and paid for.

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Can you closely match the bricks ? That would be the first question I'd ask . Your house basically has two brick tones -- one is a redder orange , one is more orange . Personally , I'd try for the orange , brick would be great but if you can get a close match with colourbond ( or plasterboard and paint , but I suspect colourbond would be less hassles ? ) , colourbond would presumably be the cheaper option , although with any of them , if you don't match it too well , it will show -- even a 'new' look as opposed to aged will 'jar' until it fades and gets some age . Rather than your greeny grey garage door , I'd go white though . The other option would be to try and do the garage door the same as your roof , but that would need a pretty good painter who can do a decorative effect -- some swirls and different tones to reference the roof . Just one other thing -- the house and garden is really nice , but that natural timber front garden looks out of era and out of place to me -- do the wood charcoal the same as the fences , and it will blend in ; or white the same as your trim , to make it a feature . But at present it just detracts IMO .

In process of pool works- spotted gum timber deck on one side- light grey bluestone pavers in front of pool shed and on other side. Glass fence. Pool shed was once old garage so kept the shell with lovely curved corrugated iron roof and Tile Cloud tiles on floor.