Leave the brick alone it is the best part of the house. The siding needs to change color for sure . The prtico is all wrong for the house I do not see the crooked part. What you needis something simple like this iea where people coming to vsit have a cover and the entry is simple no fancy trim trying to be something else .Even the door in this pic would work. I love this color with brick and in your case all the trim a bit wider on the windows and all the te , trim the new potico and the siding all one color

Budget? If you remove and rebuild the vestibule/portico you can have it put back centered. That involves replacing the stairs and walk which should be a material complementary to the brick on the house. I don't like the mismatch look. Add wider trim on the windows. I like the brick would toning the siding down to the mortar color make you mind it less?

I don’t see the crooked part either. Why are the upper windows dark & the lower windows light? Having the windows the same would help. If the house is in a cold weather area the vestibule helps greatly with retaining heat during cold weather months. I do not know the cost for removing the vestibule. By adding an extension to the vestibule creating a shallow porch/portico area would add interest to the entry & house & provide protection from the weather. While reworking or moving the vestibule would require cost for reworking the landing & steps so would creating a shallow porch; but the over all cost would likely be less than tearing out, moving & an rebuilding the entry. The brick is fine the siding color needs to better coordinate with the brick

It looks like the siding was already painted. I’d re-side with a color to blend with the brick.

Without knowing what is inside the front door - do you want to lose that space and light with just an overhang?

I am assuming your house started out as a 1945-1960 ish Minimal Traditional brick cape more or less like one of these:

and that the large shed dormer was added later to increase the size of the house. The upper windows, I am assuming are offset because of closets or something else in the rooms upstairs that prevented them from lining up with the first floor windows. It was a purely functional addition with esthetics being secondary. These houses often originally had a large shed dormer exactly like yours but on the back where how it looked was not as important.

I don't know how opening the portico is going to add any "visual interest". The way you deal with asymmetry is to make the plantings asymmetrical, too, such as a taller clump of plantings on the left.

I would not paint the brick. My take is the house was once a small brick house. The second floor was a cheapish addition. The windows appear not to be symmetrical or centered over the lower windows. Painting the siding a darkish color will reduce the contrast between the siding and the brick.

However, the bottom line is that the additions (portico and second floor) were not well done and fixing that will almost certainly be a lot more money than selling it and buying something else.

What happens if you turn that enclosed porch back into an open one? Does the front door end up at the bottom of the the steps about 4 feet away? Does it put you right in the LR? There were probably practical reasons for enclosing it.

The other thing that you have to consider is context. Looking at this house by itself in a photo makes it seem not very attractive, right? But if many houses in the neighborhood have been similarly modified then it kind of fits in. There are many older suburban neighborhoods with entire streets of houses that have been remodeled and remuddled in the same ways, and nothing really sticks out because they All look like that.

I have a home of the same vintage with exterior asymmetrical quirks I don’t love, but try to embrace because we love our location and community too. The brick and vestibule on your house are charming.

I think landscaping can draw the eye away from the asymmetry. The vinyl siding is not great at all. A different paint color would help, but is replacing with a different material in the budget?

I don't know that the portico is an addition - the upper story yes - but I have seen a lot of 40's homes with a vestibule. Not an uncommon feature.

My mom always reminded my dad - we live on the inside, the outside is for our neighbors.

As long as the inside works for you and was attractive enough for you to buy I wouldn't spend a crazy amount trying to make the house into something different. Paint the upper level so it blends better with the brick. Put in some nice landscaping and know that you bought a home with a second story addition that made it function better and gave you the space you needed to enjoy living inside the home.

Couple of ideas to ponder: I added a small roof overhang to break up the front a bit. As I look at the picture, I can't help but think that the downspouts look like they're trying to be posts. Perhaps paint them a color that will blend them more with the brick. Also added a new door. It still feels like it's missing something, but I cannot figure out what that is.

Replace the upper siding with Hardie board, then paint it in a color you like with your brick. What I see immediately (in terms of curb appeal) when I look at your house is the walkway…..the 2 types of brick would drive me crazy. I’d replace the orange-y brick with one that matches the risers/house. Good luck!

I see you have posted several times about the curb appeal issue. Is there something about the suggestions you’ve already received that doesn’t work for you? The house is very nice. I agree with those who suggest better landscaping.