I was just wondering about that a bit too. In the photo, the trees in the background of the first picture look as if they are standing significantly higher. If there's still a meter difference anyway and you would want to even that out, maybe we're only talking about a meter above the terrain and not two anymore?
That really comes across. If you look at the first photo, the street level where the photographer is standing is maybe 70-80 cm lower than the street on the other side at the back of the house (where the trees are visible).
In the photo from the side looking at the front door, the neighboring flower beds are also higher (although nowhere near as high as the door).
Yes, as already mentioned: All houses on this street are elevated like that, but we are about 70 or 80 cm higher again. The house next to our front door, for example, also doesn’t really have a garden, just a raised terrace facing forward.
Regarding the terrace, I think there are a number of possibilities. I’m also running through in my head a bit what I’ve seen with hillside houses before... So something like: terrace as a "deck"/balcony-like and from there you go down steps into the garden. Or designing the terrace over several levels. Or first a staircase descending to the terrace, which is more or less at garden level (or slightly above). Or not having the terrace directly at the house and swinging a bit of a path there (possibly with a few steps here and there). Or or or... How realistic any of that is given your conditions, I can’t estimate.
Either way, you will probably need a good garden landscaper. Going back through the previous drafts again is certainly not wrong, but breaking away from them a bit is probably better.
And as already said: If you don’t include the side door in the terrace planning, then you will probably need a fall protection there. But I think that is the smaller problem :)
Thank you for your advice!
