Hi, we are purchasing a 1926 brick home in the country as a vacation home for now.

I cannot cut & paste the picks of the house, but I googled some very similar. The front yard has NO driveway, it is mud and dirt, until you reach the very small front terrace.

Let's start with the FRONT of the house.
1 - I want a driveway, of course because it snows there and I don't want to be stuck on mud in my front yard.
2 - I would love a long covered porch with lounge chairs!
Here is the catch, I want modern!
The house will stay exposed brick.

The back of the house has a smaller deck than the one you see in this pic, It is actually on the main floor which becomes the 2nd floor at the back of the house because it is on a slop. The full basement is on the bottom. I hate the deck it has now and we will probably tear it down since it really does not have purpose only to go downstairs to the yard. . We like to be outside a lot, we have a firepit and a hot tub we are bringing up north and would like the access to be from the bottom floor (basement area).

We haven't discussed budget yet because we haven't met with an architect or a general contractor. I figure we can start with ideas.