That front yard seems to be redone. It's little white pebbles again (for two days the couple were to and fro with shovel and barrow from a heap in the street), but there are some potted plants arranged in front of the window. On the other hand, where the porch got ripped off in the renovation, there's now a deck with a trellis/brise-soleil over it, and fancy deckchairs. I would have just kept/recreated the porch and got some shelter from the rain, but that's me. Actually I'd have kept the roses and the nasturtiums, too ...

That's the shadow of a light/traffic lights pole across it.

That's the shadow of a light/traffic lights pole across it.