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Silver birch are a pretty tree but I dont think it would be right for our garden. It is too small for what is potentially a large tree.
Plus we dont want the seeds everywhere in the house. We have enough of that on the boat which is moored near to birch trees. They are a pain to clean up!
It does need something to break up the expanse of yellow wall though. What you cant see from the picture is that the majority of the other boundary is the yellow brick wall of the garage with just a bit of fence and a gate between the garage and the house. Low maintenance but a bit stark right now.
Birch was only one example, trees come in all shapes and sizes and there are plenty that wouldn't drop seeds everywhere. You give the requirements and someone can advise you what would fit the bill...
A few fruit trees - get them on dwarfing rootstocks and they shouldn't get too large. A row of different varieties would look fab along the wall outside. Look for self fertile examples, that won't need matching pollinators. Only issue might be people scrumping your apples, and blackbirds grabbing your cherries before you can harvest them!
