Make a roof and take the peak that’s on the house moving it forward. Unless you want the whole thing covered?

To his is my front door area. Just enough

I agree with the poster above from an historical preservation POV. It may even be that the front 'porch' wasn't even original to the building - can you tell from how neighbors houses are laid out or anything? I imagine in practice it would be a huge bummer to get rid of that finished-ish square footage.

The front door was probably further back and there was an enclosed porch before. I don’t know when it was changed. I’d rather not give up the square footage at this point, but that isn’t totally out of the question.

I'd remove that false peak and run the roof out to just cover the deck and stairs.

I would first contact your zoning official and see if there is no restrictions having a roof over that porch.

Thank you. I did that. There aren't any restrictions. There is no front set back or other restriction.

IMO best would be a redo of that gable to extend over the door or something simple like this please get rid of the lattice and install a proper railing system and some big planters in front of the rest of that lattice

To push the front door back, you don’t have to remove all the enclosed space to the right, just the area where the door is.

These are very helpful. The lattice is definitely going to go.

Sometimes they enclose the porch, but leave access to the covered from door. Also the steps would have extended directly from the door to the side walk.

In terms of pushing the front door back, we are considering that option. However, I'm not sure the utility justifies the cost.