Upstairs back porch/backyard

Here is the replacement window from the bathroom:

Here it is from the upstairs porch. As you can see the trim around the window was all removed when the replacement was installed.

As you can see here, they added foam insulation to fill the gap between the top of the window and the top of the window frame and then painted it white. Did they get this window on sale?? I just can't figure out why they didn't use something that fit better.

Here is a general picture of the upstairs porch. Our neighbor tells us that the DDPs were pretty surprised at how rotten it was and did a quicky redo on it to sell the house last year. Most of the porches in the neighborhood look like the one next door, in the background, so we plan to ditch the deck flooring and wrought iron rails in favor of nice pine floors and wooden railing and posts. We're having a carpenter estimate this project soon, but we have some other issues to address first.

This is a general picture of the backyard. Mr DDP was an architect (not a carpenter) and apparently designed the pattern that the patios would take. This will get reworked somewhat when we redo the porches because we're going to lose the deck (not shown) below and scale it back to the oringal porch size. This means that we will have to do something with the patios because there will be a big gap between the porch and the patio. Also, while they look cool, the patios aren't really functional in their current shapes and sizes. A large rectangular patio would be more practical for entertaining. We're going to fence in a little "room" in the corner of the backyard with the tool shed and wheelbarrow because we have no garage and the lawn equipment won't all fit in the basement. So the back patio will get ripped up this summer- probably soon. The fence contractor is scheduled to start in early to mid August. (We're having the fence replaced with a taller one because one of the dogs can jump it.)