Depends how much money is in the budget. Remove landscaping or at least those evergreen bushes and the tree by the corner. It is too large and crowding the house now. Black roof, paint the brick and gables gray, add black shutters, and trim white along with garage door.. That center area under the overhang kinds looks like a second thought. You probably don't want to remove it, but replacing the window with perhaps three double hung might help. If that stone was taken off and some matching sized brick located it could then all be painted the same color to match to tie it together. I think I see green carpet on stairs too that needs to go..

Do not paint the brick.

Get rid of the large shrub by the garage door and plant another shrub that is 1/2 the size.

What is the white blob on the ground, in front of the left side of the house?

The sale sign. We just bought it:)

I love that style of house. You might want to post this on the Home Decorating for for additional comments. I would get the streaks off the roof, redo the foundation landscaping, and paint the white parts of the house, possibly a color that matches the mortar, which is likely gray. I would paint the front door a bright color that goes well with the brick. I would make a wide, graceful, curving walkway from the entrance to the driveway.

I second not painting the brick. I have brick, white siding and black shutters on my house, so I'm partial to keeping white as your paint color.

I would remove all the landscaping and start over. I'm wondering if you could create some kind of a porch? Can we have a close up of your entry?

I agree with gray wings about a walkway, but I don't think you would necessarily see that from the curb.

Ditto what Lazy said.

Cheaper and faster and better than removing old shrubs: there's need to remove healthy old foundation shrubs; rehabilitation pruning will do the trick. Lace out (thin out) that large shrub on the right hand side near the garage. Search on "rehabilitation pruning", there are some decent guides to be found on the internet, or get a trained pro to do it (not a guy with a chainsaw who says he knows how but doesn't). No point to removing old shrubs (unless they are dead or diseased) when the general practice is to just replace them with new ones--the old ones are often just fine, they simply need to be pruned correctly by someone who really knows how.

Also agree with Lazy, a walkway visible for visitors is welcoming and adds a lot of appeal to the home. Make the walkway wide enough for two people to walk comfortably side by side. If you move and enlarge the walkway away from the house, you can widen the planting beds to provide enough space to plant layers of plants (tall in back, medium in the middle, small edging plants in the front). A wider planting bed with layered plantings looks far better. The rule of thumb is make the planting bed at minimum 1/3 the height of the home.

Paint the door a cheerful accent color.

Agree on the pruning. Don't remove the shrubs or it'll be naked. Maybe plan to remove them later when OTHER stuff has grown in. I'm guessing at least the big one is yew? Go to the landscaping forum AND the decorating forum.