Help with dark dingy outdoor passageway to our front door?

[MyGodMyThighs]

Please help me with this awful damp dark dingy little passageway! It’s north facing and gets very damp and algae ridden in winter. It’s now had two jet washes and a sweep.

First two windows nearest steps are our neighbours house so can’t do anything with that wall. And annoyingly they keep their wheely bin at the top of our steps… but the rest is open for anything.

Its got to be seriously cheap though as I’m skint.

Am building a wooden cover for the gas bottles.

I tried to post pics but it won’t let me - I’d go full on Mykonos vibes. Get some white masonry paint and paint the floor like the the Mykonos pavements (google narrow Mykonos streets and you’ll see what I mean) whitewash the wall, then get some aqua/bright blue hanging baskets/pots for the wall (charity shops/freecycle etc, paint them yourself) you could use fake hanging plants if there’s not enough sun to keep real ones alive.

I wouldn’t go white because of how blinding it is when it does get the sun.
pale blue, pale green, pale terracotta - all beautiful.
id also do lots of ferns and things. Think Victorian folly!
and the painting tiles on the floor idea is great, you can get stensils for concrete that make it look like tiles as well as paint stensils. But I think I’d also get a quote for actual tiles as well, because the longevity of it will save you so much money in the long run. the paint won’t take repeated jet washing and constant damp and cold for long without showing signs of wear.

whatever I did do though, I’d use miniature versions up the steps on the bit holding the step up (not the ledge you step on, the underneath of it)
So as you look back it all follows through.

its going to look amazing. Good luck