Idea generation entrance area

Yes, I know several people who only had a plan made for the garden. You naturally save a lot on natural stones because it also involves a lot of labor. However, the stones themselves are not cheap either, and renting machines costs money too. But 0.5 meters sounds at least doable. Getting quotes definitely doesn't hurt. We even had two landscaping gardeners here while the building was still in the shell stage to get ideas for the outdoor areas and to roughly estimate what costs we can expect.

How (reliable) long does a gravel road remain that way? Keep in mind that the road surface has a significant influence on how heavy rain affects it.

The street is privately developed, i.e. it will remain a gravel road until either the neighbor or I decide to pave it at our own expense. This will probably take a very long time or never happen.

Contact person: landscape gardener.
Affordable solution:
Shape the front garden three-dimensionally so that, in addition to the drainage channels, a small "polder" is created. Looks really nice when planted. is easy to maintain and inexpensive to make.
Pave the access to the house, given the location I would definitely include a step - also paved. For small areas there are sometimes very affordable beautiful leftover stocks.
Rethink why you even need a wall, a fence, or other barrier to the street. It’s not necessary at all as long as no cars drive into it or dogs run away... In our terraced house we had a small boxwood hedge that framed the front garden. Looked great and was really inexpensive. We always laughed about it because the idea came from the gardens of Villandry and adapting it to a mini plot was really fun.
I don’t have a photo of it anymore, but a look into our former terraced house garden shows some "Buchs" at the corresponding height and what lush growth can achieve. Just for inspiration.
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If you live in a very rocky area, you can get stones from the excavation sites of builders or you can inquire about stone collection sites. It is tedious and time-consuming, but usually free of charge.

How did the neighbors solve that?

Concrete L stones cost under 50 euros/m or is that already too expensive? Then just model and green the terrain.

Post a site plan here with elevation details of the street and finished floor level of the house. Let's see if something can be done with that.

Can you do something like this as a DIY project?