Single-family house: Is the rate realistic? How much house can we afford?

A garden in particular is a "money pit" that you didn't have before. And then eventually quite expensive wishes come up for a playhouse, a tool shed, a bench here, a raised bed there, etc.

I can only confirm that. When buying the plants, I eventually stopped counting the costs, but it certainly added up to a high four-figure amount.
With a garden of >1000m2, it will surely reach five figures if you don't just want very young and small plants. Or it will be lawn, but then eventually a ride-on mower will be needed.....

I’m afraid we’ve lost the "Gerichtsdiener" now :(

No, we didn’t lose him, but his questions were simply answered and we (as so often) drifted off to other topics.

I can only confirm that. When buying the plants, I eventually stopped counting the costs, but it definitely added up to a high four-figure amount. For a garden over 1000m2, it will definitely be five figures if you don't want just very young and small plants. Or it becomes a lawn, but then eventually a ride-on mower is needed.....

no, if you don't see a garden just as an excuse for consumption, it's absolutely cheap...

no, if you don’t see gardening only as an excuse for consumption, it’s absolutely cheap...

Are you crawling out of the G-Class again…

I can only confirm that. When buying the plants, I eventually stopped keeping track of the costs, but it definitely added up to a high four-figure amount. With a >1000m2 garden, it will surely be five-figure if you don’t only want very young & small plants. Or it becomes just lawn, but then eventually the riding mower will be needed.....

With 1000sqm you only need the riding mower because your wife actually forbids you the toy ;) What exactly have you built into your garden? High four figures (7-8k?) would be more than just a few hundred plants or something very exclusive. As a reference, the range from Hof Berggarten (so rather high quality) where we will probably order quite a lot. There, the perennial bed is about ~10€/sqm, seed mixtures for perennial areas are at most half of that. All in all, I currently calculate about 1000-1500€ for a garden with quite a few plants, seedings, and shrubs. That’s more than the lawn + 3 apple trees + hedge of 10 small bushes garden that was in the calculation, but still not the end of the world. Of course, the shrubs will be rather small, but with 500-1000€ you could easily buy yourself a few years. Moving 5m tall trees isn’t really good for the tree anyway. The only thing that could really get expensive are the flower bulbs. 10-20 pieces/sqm at ~50c each over large areas...