Whats the question, I don't understand what I'm answering.
the answer:The narrator controls what information your reader receives about events in the story and what the characters are thinking.
Can you please sweep this floor
What are the choices given here? Anyway, if the question is whether the sentence "The couple looked closely at the exterior of the house, they noticed; the paint was in disrepair." uses correct punctuation, I shall answer that it does not.
It could possibly be: The couple looked closely at the exterior of the house; They noticed the paint was in disrepair.