How much does the garden cost? Got the first offer

I like it Thanks for the pictures. Yes, it should be pavement, only we are a bit color illiterate and imagination has its limits, so I always appreciate pictures.

Find it consistent as well. Also nicely broken up with the stone beds. We also wanted it to be low-maintenance. Therefore, we ultimately decided against a wooden terrace. The porcelain stoneware slabs are very low-maintenance. They do not absorb dirt and anything on them can be easily wiped off or pressure-washed if necessary.

I should have trained as a landscape gardener.

My wife would see that differently.
She still likes her apprenticeship profession but no longer wants to work in it.
For a woman, it’s relatively tough – paving work, setting curbs, building stairs, or "simply" mowing meadows 0.5 - 1 m high all day/week with a Stihl brushcutter on her back. A profession where the workers are significantly underpaid (similar to nursing professions – although not comparable).

As a woman – with children – especially "nice": being on different construction sites daily from morning till evening, where the work often extends beyond regular hours so that you don’t have to drive 100 km again for 2 hours the next day. Especially great with fixed daycare closing times.

Hello, I have spent about 10,000 € just on materials for paving stones, slabs, and curbstones. Everything was installed as DIY (almost finished). I reported on this here: What is still missing is a retaining wall, the spreading (and possibly hauling) of the topsoil, as well as the lawn. Your offer is therefore very cheap. The question is whether cheap is always good. You should have the quality of the stones (so that you don't have moss all over everything in 5 years) and the workmanship (references) shown to you.

Were at a reference project on Friday where the landscape gardener was also working - exactly with the stones in basalt black. It was not our color. The stone was tumbled and dyed all the way through... I couldn't see any more. Otherwise, it is just a stone for 18 euros net, so I assume it is okay. Asked if it is also available in Muschelkalk.

It always depends on personal background.

... and physical condition.
At 1.85 m and 65 kg, it becomes difficult to carry and set boards weighing > 40 kg.
During the season, the weight sometimes tended towards 60 kg.
Well - patching was neglected in her apprenticeship anyway, so she hardly did it later.

However, there were weeks of continuous work with the brush cutter. Back then, after 2.5 weeks, it was over due to tendon sheath inflammation (only men on the go-kart track do constant throttle work).