The sense of age is definitely enhanced by the lack of colour; all the colour in the life of this house has long faded away. It's a sad thing, to see something once so solid - so "there" - now left to dissolve under the beating rain and wind.
That looks like it was a great house one day. It's almost sad to me (maybe from looking at so many houses) to see this grand house left to rot. The living room there in the front, if you use your imagination, you can still see the kids waving out the front window. I do find it rather humorous to see the outhouse right out the picture window! I don't know if that is the picture most people would want to see. I just keep shaking my head, that was one fine house.