Plan courtyard entrance (house already exists)

Icandoit, by variant 2 do you mean going straight out of the garage and then narrowing towards the street?

The thing with the neighbor would now be my next question; for me it has been clear from the beginning that the area of the carport needs to be retained. However, the neighbor has also excavated from his garage to the street to make his driveway smoother, so he has modeled the natural terrain level downwards, while I am filling and raising the level myself? Is he then also involved in terms of securing the slope?

Nothing is happening with the neighbor; the excavation material has been lying there for 5 years, the driveway is only gravelled, and his stair landing consists of pallets. Therefore, I think he will let me do my thing for now, if he ever even does anything himself.

We have almost ...... the same problem. The house is also higher than the street. The driveway is about 90 sqm. The slope from the house wall to the street is good, so there is never any water standing ;) Only the snowplow always pushes everything nicely to the end of the dead-end street, where the driveway is ....... see pictures.

@ Caspar yes, the topic with the snowplow is familiar and for us it might still be early enough to avoid the issue before you regret it in the coming years.

How big is your carport? 8mx6m?

The slope is not particularly steep in variant A, it is probably around 6-8%, which is completely unproblematic - even if nothing is cleared and normal two-wheel-drive vehicles with winter tires are used. Only in the case of the area icing over do you have to be a bit careful. Here in the Bergisches Land, you see these slopes at every second house, no one has a problem with it. The slanted variant also still looks good - very unpretentious.

@ Caspar yes, the topic with the snowplow is known and maybe for us it’s still early enough to deal with it before we get annoyed in the coming years. How big is your carport? 8mx6m?

7x7 concrete slab and the roof is 8x8 meters, wanted to have 50cm roof overhangs on each side ;)

Is he then also on board regarding securing the slope?

Yes, if he has made a cut into your property, certainly. You can try to negotiate.

Make a counter calculation of how much deeper you have to lay foundations because of his intervention and how much retaining wall he saves by not having to build it.