To me both are fine as long as you remove the goofy shutters from the first example. They're not really adding anything and are completely out of scale and wrong for those windows.. That's really the only thing that jumps out at me. Obviously the house is sort of a mashup of a bunch of different styles, but I think the one on the right feels more like a New England colonial from the 50s or 60s with white clapboard siding, the one on the right I'd carry the brick all the way up.

I'd say the picture on the left. I think white is over used on homes unless it's colonial style.

The white siding is a bit more traditional / timeless.

I prefer the brown version. The color choice complements the brick, and provides a more unified look to the house. But I agree with ncreature - remove the shutters. They are too thin and out of proportion to the size of the windows. Good luck with your project!

Brown. the white/brick is ordinary.

Teri, I think because the renderings were made from different angles the porch does look larger on the combo house :) The brown house has more potential and I agree about the shutters, ncreature. The house on the left needs to be drawn the same way in the front to really compare accurately though. the porch is odd on the side and steps look wrong, as do the plantings.

Put the parking area for cars in the back or on the side but not out in front. Garage? Agree shutters are wrong. Would prefer either all brick or all siding.

Brown/brown is my preference. The white/brown brick combo reminds me of many homes on the street where I used to live that were all built in the mid 60's to late 80's.

Open steps on the front look wrong. The tree to the right of the steps is too big to be that close to the house. Are bay windows still in style? Both houses should have white painted or white composite porches and steps, not natural wood.

This does look like 1960's to me with the use of bay windows, wide siding, pillars, partial brick and the three pane windows in the top level. That said, I like the house!

The brown minus shutters. And paint veranda/front step railings dark gray as roof colour. Glossy navy blue or maroon door

I like a house like this to be one color, be it all brick or all white.

I would prefer no shutters, some muntins in the windows and no bay window in this style of a house.

judyg, is that balcony for doing Shakespeare in the backyard? :)

Brown. House blends and the detail come out.

I have this thing with symmetry and windows. I do not care for the two different sized windows on the upper right side of house. Lose the bay windows. I think that all windows should be from same manufacturer. The bay windows have more trim than the other ones. Actually the more I look and type, the more I realize the size of the windows are too mall and do not fit this house at all. Windows added to the side of the house would give it a better look.

Additional thoughts: The porch should be the full length of the house. The black roof is too stark for the house--perhaps a gray or brown. Neither front door fits the house.

You'd get a better response if, in Sketchup, you just save the file as another name and repaint the house in exactly the same position. Your differing POV, roof pitch, lack of chimney, stretched/resized components, etc., make the comparison slightly apples/oranges. The human eye picks out these differences and is distracted by them...

I like the one on the left! Looks more home-y and more put together.

The first one looks nicer. It's classier and more modern.