Your condenser is loud and blows air. You have some service entrances, and this area is kind of a utility work area with the hose bibb and what I am assuming looks like the driveway (guessing you removed a fence section to the backyard because of the peek hole for the dog?), and can see it all from the front of house.

So with all that, I would question why you would want a decorative paver installation of any type here that attracts attention or has no functional use. If it's just weedy grass (which BTW has complete sun on it in the pic) that you are trying to think of something that looks better, then I would suggest planting a shade tolerant grass and maintaining it better, or softscaping (plants, beds) that can also buffer this utility work area.

So yes, I completely agree with everything you're saying here! There is sun about 4 hours per day over that area but is otherwise in shade. I initially had all bermuda grass around that area but it has slowly died off and and it filled in a lot of areas with moss, which I've raked out. So as it has gotten uglier, I've added edging and mulch to cover everything up. I'm now in a position of trying to figure out a new option and it's at the side of my house that everyone can see when they drive by. It's often got lots of weeds. So I'm really just trying to come up with a better approach for that area that won't be a mossy, weedy, mess mixed with dead grass.

Ahh, no wonder the problems as Bermuda needs more sun. State your climate zone and nearest big city (some zones extend across the U.S.) and provide a pic of the front landscaping. Some other commenters might swing by that are more fluent than me in softscape species and can offer suggestions that will tie this area into the front for a balanced concept.