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And a screen to hide your bins

Agree lighting driveway and also your side view show the benefit of layered planting. Bring this around to the front. Particularly where the driveway drops off to the left. Does that need a barrier?

My priority would be to install a balustrade on the left hand retaining wall of driveway. A new black metal balustrade to match in with a new black balustrade to replace glass balustrade. Remove lattice above porch. Or paint it dark to match your roof. Add modern black outside lights. Terrace the garden from retaining wall on the left of driveway, down to lower area with planting.

And agree, driveway needs to be a darker colour.

Thank you for the advice, I love these ideas. what about the house colours, I was thinking of colorbond surfmist?

Yes, surfmist would be good.

Thank you for the great ideas. It is a strange subdivision of the block of land the left side of the drive way doesn’t belong to us.

For safety, still install a balustrade. Doesn’t matter who the block is owned by. If you or your friends fall, they will hurt themselves.

Surfmist would be great , just lighten and modernise it enough . The glass panels I like , and although the glass bricks date it a bit , with a lighter main colour , it all gels .

Personally , I would put new lights at the bottom of the list -- they are the same era as the glass bricks , so it all looks about right .

What I would focus on is the driveway -- go a charcoal similar to the roof . That terracota reddy orange is just wrong , whilst the grey tiles look great , but carrying the rest of the driveway in that tone won't look great , and will mark .

Finishing touches would be do the garage door and possibly that lattice above the door , in a lighter charcoal than the drive , but not as grey as the tiles . Personally , I think I'd actually remove the latticework , have a 'stepped in' solid panel , and add a 6 or 8 sided fake vent -- go for the Surfmist on the 'beams' ; the garage door light charcoal on the stepped in panel , then the dark charcoal on the vent .

One other slightly risky sugestion would be to stick with the above ( Surfmist , lighter charcoal , darker charcoal ) but do the garage door and that fake vent in a green that matches your palms ( well , your palm trees , not the ones on your hands haha ) . It may look too busy , or too 90's green , but if you get the shade right and modern , it will tie everything in together .

Oh , and one other thing that I'd do -- a low ( 30-40cm tall ) concrete fence along the front , 2 'entry' posts ( 1 a mail box ) -- it just needs a transition IMO , and will add heaps at resale -- just looks a bit bare and open at present -- you don't want to be walled in , but a complimentary fence that looks like it was built at the same time and style as the house would be the go .