The bins do usually go in the garage. It was bin day and I dragged them up the drive being lazy! That house is amazing! I'm leaning towards keeping the windows white and changing the door and cladding too. I've been on at husband to make me a larger planter for under the window . Years. I guess I'll learn myself or ask another unrelated man friend just to undermine husband's masculinity! Lazy sod!

I think your bungalow looks lovely with the painted window frames and the purple and white plants in the front garden. I‘m not sure renewing the guttering would be a priority for me, unless they needed replacing. It all looks pretty good to me but you could perhaps consider painting it the same colour as the window frames. Looking at your garage mock-up I would say this needs some more thought. Imho this could look much better. Admittedly I wouldn’t know how, but I’m sure the clever people here will come up with some nice ideas.

There is always a difficulty with semi's as too much change can make it look weird, but you're only linked through the garage so I think you've got some leeway. You could add a small roof over the front door, although I think it would look much better if you added a whole timber built porch and tied it into the roof. You could have it in white to match the windows, or plain wood and reclad the first floor in matching timber, maybe natural edged? Or you could paint it all the same. I think there are a number of things you could do to update it and add a bit without changing it too much as the base is sound if bland. You could also add some nice clipped bushes in pots, they always add to a front.

Windows- I think they suit this house but I understand the instinct to add more decorative elements to a house that is handsome but plain- perhaps instead of costly new windows you should concentrate on curb appeal. Porch- wouldn’t this make the drive too narrow? Would you even see a new front door? Why not just paint your front door and add great lighting and some expensive looking planters? Brickwork- I would ask a painter decorator to experiment on a less visible part of the side brickwork- perhaps a couple of darker colours sponged on with a protective layer of brick sealer would help disguise the mismatched brick……. It might also be possible to have the mismatched brick replaced with a better match and I would probably spend money on this rather than change windows that look fine to me. Curb appeal- this is the area I think you should concentrate your spending. I would upgrade the drive, build a low front wall with railings mounted on it. I would plant a hedge inside the wall and add some tall planting to the front garden. I would put a border of shrubs in front of the front window and a wide trellis roof the right of the front window, then a path for the window cleaner, then remove the shingle of the front garden replacing with either formal garden, easy maintenance shrubs or a paved sitting area to enjoy some privacy behind your new hedge. And I would stain the fence you share with the neighbour and the one at the end of the drive- you should make your decision on colour after the drive colour is chosen- personally I think you should choose a drive to match the roof colour and the fence should be a stone colour. Whatever you decide - best of luck