My first thought was to change the paint color! Nothing says old fashioned like an older paint color that is not trendy. You could go with a dark paint color like navy blue, charcoal gray, or even black! BTW--Great house and I love your landscaping!

Are you wanting modern as a style, or modern as what is being built today?

And another picture or 3 will help.

Paint it dark grey or greige

Modern or updated? There is a difference.

New paint,a dark color, as suggested by Bev. New door, or paint front door in a contrasting color. Solid garage door. Modern railing over garage. Modern house numbers. I think the sculpted bushes along the curb also date the appearance. Nice house, lots of potential!

I am sorry. I should have clearly mentioned it in my question. The house is not mine. This is a house on the market that we are going to bid on. We were looking for a new house but there is nothing coming in the market within or even 25% above our budget. This house is in the area that we want and we are thinking whether we can update (modernize it slightly) it after we get the house and how high should we bid.

Oh I see. It's a nice house from exterior and could look fantastic with some of the changes mentioned above. Good luck!

Thank You everyone. What will be the estimated costs of such updates. I understand it depends on a lot of factors and may vary a lot..but am I looking at 10-25K or 25K-50K or 50K+