One of my preferred colours for natural exteriors is urban grey.. It is between a dirty concrete grey or a grey toned coffee colour. It would be similar to the wallaby, I also like the shale grey as a nice cool base. Without seeing your facade, colour blocking is a risk. As I can't suggest where to apply colour for definition etc. your windows are a great choice, and wallaby is very versatile, both suited to contemporary architecture or traditional period styles.

Hi Filfy, some great ideas from everyone, mine will probably be quite similar. Firstly, depends how much you want to spend and what look you are after, modernise or modern? Anyway, here are some of my ideas. Take out the Yuccas from front area - they really close in the house there and make it look depressing, replant them, maybe along the front side of house. Repaint the brown timber cladding to something like, Dulux Malay grey or similar. Repaint the Fascias in same Dulux colour as well as the triangular piece on the roof. Take out lattice, do not replace - old and tacky now, very popular years ago though : ) Extend deck along front of house and also bring it forward(if you have the cash), stairs to come forwards (straight out) to meet with path. Decks make a big difference to a house and re-sale IMO. New railing in... Timber posts near Yucca's, are these painted or oiled and stained? See if you could sand these back (I hate sanding-takes time) and stain and oil them, possibly teak? You could re-paint them in Malay grey but stain and oil would make the property look more expensive. Or if you want to render, just do the front of the house and say a metre coming around the side of the house from the front. Could use a grey on the render, paint the slats either a light colour (something that goes with the brick and grey, close to white) or a very dark colour like domino….. Hope this helps.. : )) Below is a link to a big renovation I just finished on the Gold Coast. (Signed M) http://www.kwikclicks.com.au/viewproperty.php?id=3045 Michelle..

For a 20 year old house it has many elements that are still being used today. The red roofs aren't as popular but there is still quite a few so really that could already be modern. The separate roller doors are still done but a big single is usually a preference so still up to date there. Even the bricks look very similar to what is being used. However the roller door colour and the facia colour could be changed. But really it is the landscaping rather than the house itself. The landscape is quite plain so I'd spend my money there. Have a landscape designer come in and do a design and go from there.

Maybe provide some pics of the home and your samples?