A cute & honest house. I like it in a light colour, but having the window frames stand out more would lift it.
Is the light grey with white windows frames too popular for you? Every new build or reno in my area is either dark grey/black windows or the light/white. Do you want to blend in or stand out? Could add retro or beachy colours if that felt right?

Hello

The current windows are atleast 60 yrs old, with endless maintenance.

Do you think darker frames would enhance the look?

I would really like a beach or retro look or modern look?!

The exterior truely needs a facelift, something that stands out!

Check out this discussion on Houzz - https://www.houzz.com.au/discussions/3451116/paint-colour-for-ugly-fibro-house

This is an old thread but may give you ideas? Ignore the word ugly - I think retro has a lot of charm.

You need to decide your whole look plan first. You’ve said beach, retro and modern look. All will have different colours. And don’t forget landscaping which is a big part of street appeal. Many paint companies have look simulators to try colours on their website.

My two cents - Beach look with white windows and washed blue walls with a cottage garden.
Or a modern look and do the whole lot Monument with timber windows at the front and the same timber as a large deck at the entry and a modern lush green garden.

What about a mid century look. With a breeze block feature wall, Freestanding in front of the blank wall on the right. White walls and black window frames.

Those breeze blocks are really growing on me now.

I feel like a bluey aqua could work - then add a cactus garden 🌵🌵.

I'd go paler than pic, or maybe just the door for a safer approach (& easier to redo)?

Wow that light blue looks

Great combination ..most likely choose white window frames?

@pottsy. Where r u on this?

Yeah..this is a post he should give his 10c on!!

Curious now!

There are so many variables , but I'll just throw a few ideas . Really , you'd need to know yojur personalities and tastes , the houses in your suburb , your budget and what you want to achieve , whether you want to live there for 20 years or sell in 8 , and 1000 other questions .

To me , the roof looks great , and it looks like the fences are stained charcoal . So thats a great starting point , but it also means its difficult to go mid-century or beach chic .

I'd keep away from greys or beiges , but keep it light -- I just looked at Dulux Australia , and if you want to go 'interesting' , something like Lexicon Half or My Chincilla are subtle but not too shy -- My Chincilla looks like a grey with a slight purple tinge ! Either of those two I'd do stark white window surrounds , and probably white aluminium windows , but then charcoal powdercoating would actually be great IMO , and add a bit of Wow .

Obviously whites and offwhites are more logical , but then you'd pretty much have to go with black or charcoal windows , and white or off-white surrounds . BUT if you did that , heres what I would do -- that front eve and the 3 'tall' windows ( yes I know the glass is only about 1/3rd of the frame ) I would do in a light teal , and then continue that to the wrought iron , and then a really bright but not fluro teal for the front door .

Now , you may continue the light teal onto other window surrounds ( personally , I'd do the ones on the veranda in stark white , and the 'rear side' one in light teal ) , and all the 'other lower stuff' you can see , like the terrace boards , the bottom 100-150mm across the front , etc ) in charcoal to visually 'ground' the house .

From there , a narrow , low stone and rock garden across the front of your house would make it look a lot better , with a few grasses and cactuses and low leafy bushes and red leaved bushes etc .

One other idea -- those front windows aren't too bad ( although you say high maintanence ) so if replacing them , maybe cover them with 12-15 vertical wooden battens -- I'd do nicely varnished natural timber 50mm square and around 2 1/2 metres tall each . They will add a natural wood look , add a bit of privacy , a bit of interest , without cutting out all the light .

Obviously , that is a pretty budget once-over-lightly idea , but it will change the whole look and feel of your place for maybe $5k materials , whatever labour costs ( $10k ? ) and whatever windows cost .

Thanks for the many ideas and inspiration,!

any suggestion of an app or online color simulator to see how the exteriors would look ? Thanks

I was thinking of window frames in the colorbond monument.

Oh when I saw your post I immediately thought of this exterior reno I saw on Youtube the other night - they talk about window framing and also exterior colour and (in this case) cladding. https://www.threebirdsrenovations.com/blog/episodeonehousetwelve

thanks

Wow. Seafoam green would certainly stand out!

Actually the original window are steel. But lots of issues with securing them, so i have decided to change to new windows. Perhaps a silver grey? A timeless colour.