I would not replace the stone work with the same product. As you have said, it is dated. In my opinion it is not adding any cohesiveness to the house facade. I would use composite timber cladding. Installing the cladding from left corner to the new built support on the right. You then will not need to source bricks to match existing bricks, you just need to install a wall completely across that storage space, not necessarily brick, could be a stud wall. Then install cladding over the new wall.

Red lines are showing where I suggest you install composite vertical timber slats.

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Thanks for your fresh eyes, dreamer!

Before this happened, we were planning on making the gutters & garage door Night Sky.

have you considered installing a double roller door to fill the whole wider opening?

we have, not sure that it would work though. We have the internal plaster wall (frame pictured) dividing the storage/shed space from the garage. Ideally, I'd like to keep the 2 spaces separate and not remove that internal wall

The original build was a double garage. The last reno widened one garage/car space and turned the 2nd space into a shed. Not everyone's cup of tea I know but the extra storage works for us, rather than the extra car space.

Agree slats and do the same slats on a side gate

no need to remove the internal wall although it may need to be slightly adjusted to allow space for the roller door but keep the storage space with a simple wide garage door at the front

A double garage door looks better than a single and will add value to your property.

It would also look better with a window

A double garage door?? When the door is up to get your car in, this will then expose the storage area. If installing a wall as it was, seems a waste of good money to add a double garage door. Do you need external access to storage from front of house? If so, add a single roller door to suit the storage space, then they can be raised individually.

If the double garage door is sectional so that each opening can be raised individually, that could work and give the impression of a double door. Could look great but I am sure Jane has some great ideas now to make her decision .

I love the slat idea. Bonus points it you redo the letterbox to match so it’s not an orphan feature.

How gorgeous would that look bigreader.

Love that Julie, was that a custom or a product that can be bought?

Have you contacted demolition companies -- I'm in NZ , but those look a pretty standard brick here -- if you need 30 or 40 I suspect someone would have them ? Maybe an avenue to chase up .

Another thought would be similar bricks ( size , texture , etc ) but a different tone , and then paint the whole 'garage front' ( all the bricks on that wall , across to where it dips in ) in a complementary colour ( maybe a beige ) , or riskier would be a white ? Even riskier would be doing the pillars across the veranda the same -- white around the garage , and the pillars , would tie the whole lot together , so would a charcoal -- charcoal is more on trend , but riskier .

Vertical battens as suggested I love -- stained timber with a darker background would look great , and fill what was the stacked stone . Maybe even a larger window if you need more light , with battens below ? Another thought would be to do a 60cm wide strip of batten further over , maybe between the largest window and that smaller , higher one ? It then ties the whole front together too ?

Just thoughts , but I'd be reluctant to just do one part -- take this as an opportunity to add a few design tweaks across the whole house . I doubt it would be too expensive either ( depending what you can do yourself ) -- maybe $4000 in materials instead of $2000 , but it would look better if done reasonably cleverly .

Yes bigreader it’s from Milkcan an Australian company, they have some fantastic products.

Thx Julie will have a look. I’ll post back if I get one.