Hi i have tried several times to add a picture but it just hangs when I add one and doesn’t upload it.

You have to wait until it's a clear pic, before you hit submit. Can take a while sometimes.

Yes as Carolina says, it is a bit slow but wait until the picture goes from opaque to clear then submit.

Eventually I was able to upload a picture of our house.

We had our solid wall 30s semi externally insulated. We had our new windows pushed out slightly so you don't get that sunken look that you get with external wall where windows haven't been replaced. We went for white windows (like everyone else on the street), worrying that I'm a few years time grey would look as dated as 1980s wood with diamond leading does now. We did go for a different colour render from the other half of our semi though

Thank you for the tip about getting them pushed out I hadn't even thought about that. I think we are going to go for white windows as well. And I saw something on another similar thread that someone said white windows and white render is ok if you make the door look a bold colour, so I think that is what we are going to go for. And maybe paint the porch. Thanks again.