Experiences with splash protection around a single-family house

Hello, we bought a 10-year-old house. Inside it was finished, but now everything outside depends on us. We still need to pave the yard and install the splash guard around the house. We have received several cost estimates and were shocked. Gravel, dimpled membrane, and concreted edging stones around the house (36m) are supposed to cost around €11,000. We actually did not intend to spend that much.

Are there any alternatives? Does the concreted edging stone have to be there? We have seen some places where they only used gravel without edging stones and then the paving starts right away. Would that be a solution?

-just for your information: it’s not that we don’t have any money left. We haven’t even used the entire loan. That is not the problem. You just have to see that with the splash guard and paving (70m2) we’re looking at around €25,000, and then you start to consider the balance between benefit and cost.

- 36m lawn edging approx. €180.00
- Dimpled foil or weed fabric approx. €50.00
- one ton of gravel approx. €15-20
- 15 sacks of cement approx. €30.00
- or ready-mix concrete approx. €150-200
- two tons of gravel approx. €80.00-100.00
- transport cost depending on distance, maximum €200

Material cost approx. €600.00-800.00 depending on the federal state, but never more than €1000.00-1200.00

If the workers earn €6000.00 per month, the price is reasonable. Otherwise, complete rip-off. Setting 36m edges in concrete is done by 2 experienced bricklayers or landscapers in one day. Then they still have one day to lay the foil and add the gravel, which actually doesn’t take a whole day. If I then add one day of earthworks like digging the splash protection, I come to about 50 hours for two colleagues. At an hourly rate of €60.00, that is €3000.00. That makes about €8000.00 for the contractor in three days. So, at most, it should cost half more than that. You can also do it without edging. But I would definitely set stones in concrete, otherwise, after 1-2 years you have to take it up again because everything will be crooked and uneven.