Consider using a cool stone facade on the left front-facing bits - something to break up the look.
ETA: Also, consider using some sort of edging - there are some great ones out there - to 'finish' the flat jutting-out roof bits. MTS2 has several.
I agree that it needs something to cover the floor edges, but that would violate the no-CC thing, which I don't want to do. It'd probably be a good idea to recommend them though.
Although I can't find them on MTS2 right now. I feel like a complete idiot, but the only ones I can find are from 4ESF.I'll play around with different walls and lights and stuff on the front. Maybe I'll find something that works.
*edit*
So it turns out there aren't a ton of options with Maxis wall coverings. (Surprise, surprise.) But here's my tentative new front view.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8364/exteriorfrontv2qh9.jpg(
This is the one I'm less happy with, if you need a reference and don't feel like scrolling up.)
I think it's a big improvement, although admittedly a big part of that was turning it away from the sun. (And turned shadows back on. They were off for the floor plan shots and I forgot to turn them back on for the earlier picture apparently.) I'm not 100% convinced I like the third palm tree. Part of me things it helps break things up, another part things there are too many identical palm trees in the front yard now.
I dunno. What do you guys think?