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

With 1000 sqm, you only need the ride-on mower because your wife actually forbids you the toy ;)

What have you actually installed in 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 rather at most half that. All in all, I currently calculate 1000-1500€ for a garden with quite a few plants, sowings, and shrubs. That's more than the lawn + 3 apple trees + a hedge of 10 small bushes garden that was in the calculation, but still not the end of the world. Of course, the shrubs are then rather small, but with 500-1000€ you could easily buy yourself a few years of time. Transplanting 5m tall trees is not so good for the tree anyway.
The only thing that could actually still really cost a lot is the flower bulbs. 10-20 pieces/sqm at about ~50c each over larger areas...

The worst was the 2m high Yellow River magnolia, which died on us after 3 months during the vacation. 400€ gone.....
The noble roses, Amber-

With 1000 sqm, you only need the ride-on mower because your wife actually forbids you the toy ;)

What have you actually installed in 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 rather at most half that. All in all, I currently calculate 1000-1500€ for a garden with quite a few plants, sowings, and shrubs. That's more than the lawn + 3 apple trees + a hedge of 10 small bushes garden that was in the calculation, but still not the end of the world. Of course, the shrubs are then rather small, but with 500-1000€ you could easily buy yourself a few years of time. Transplanting 5m tall trees is not so good for the tree anyway.
The only thing that could actually still really cost a lot is the flower bulbs. 10-20 pieces/sqm at about ~50c each over larger areas...

It was a pity about the 2.5m high Yellow River magnolia that died on us 3 months after planting while on vacation. 400€ lost...
Our Amber and sumac trees are growing well, the Acer palmatum only in the shade unfortunately. Ok, one is still fighting.
A eucalyptus is growing really well here, it’s already 4m tall.

For 1000 sqm, you only need the ride-on mower because your wife basically forbids the toy ;)

What exactly have you installed in your garden? Four digits high (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 bit. The perennial bed there is about ~10€/sqm, seed mixtures for perennial areas rather at most half of that. All in all, I currently expect for a garden with quite a few plants, sowings, and shrubs about 1000-1500€. That’s more than the lawn + 3 apple trees + hedge of 10 small bushes garden from the calculation, but also not the end of the world. Of course, the shrubs will then be rather small, but with 500-1000€ you could easily buy yourself a few years’ time there. Transplanting 5m tall trees isn’t really good for the tree anyway.
The only thing that could actually cost quite a bit are the flowering bulbs. 10-20 pieces/sqm at ~50c each over larger areas...

And around our garden pond, there are beautiful Leyland cypresses as a screen to the street, ok, some of them were cheap in the clearance sale.

Are you crawling out of the G-Class again…

Gasoline too expensive, only ride Dutch bike and subway now.

For 1000 sqm, you only need the riding mower because your wife actually forbids you the toy ;)

What have you actually installed in your garden? High four-figure (7-8k?) would be more than just a few hundred plants or something very exclusive. As a reference, the range from Hof Berggarten (rather high-quality) where we will probably order quite a bit. The perennial bed is around ~10€/sqm there, seed mixtures for perennial areas are usually at most half that. All in all, I currently calculate 1000-1500€ for a garden with quite a few plants, seedings, and shrubs. That is more than the lawn + 3 apple trees + hedge of 10 small bushes garden that was in the calculation, but also 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 time. Transplanting 5m tall trees is also not so good for the tree.
The only thing that could actually still cost a lot of money are the flower bulbs. 10-20 pieces/sqm at about 50c/piece over larger areas...

But with 500 to 1000 €, you won't get very far with that area. The plants on our rooftop terrace already cost more, where we have about 25 m2 of planting area. I really hate to take away your illusion there, but even 10 Euros / m2 for a perennial bed is not feasible in my opinion, unless you grow all the plants yourself or the plants are on average only a few cm high when purchased. And I can tell you from experience that some plants, e.g. lilac, take years to grow from a small plant to a usable size...

With 500 to 1000 € you won't get far with the area. The plants on our roof terrace already cost more, where we have about 25 m2 of planting area. I really don't want to take away your illusion, but even 10 euros / m2 for a perennial bed is not feasible in my opinion, unless you grow all the plants yourself or the plants are on average only a few cm high when purchased. And I can tell you from experience that some plants, e.g. lilac, take years to grow from a small plant to a usable size...

Right, if the cypress is supposed to be a privacy screen immediately, it has to be between 1.7 and 2.0m tall, which costs. And at 20x20€ you are already at 400€ again....

No, we haven’t lost him, but his questions are simply answered and we (as so often) drifted off into other topics.

That’s roughly how it is. I’m still following along lively, but gas prices for uninsulated, old existing properties just aren’t that interesting to me right now. :) And I somehow don’t need to comment on further speculations about which plants, riding mowers, etc. I will need… Otherwise I might still need a combine harvester and a moon rocket or something in the end...

Just a bit about the garden: All my relatives have big gardens, from which we can get dozens of cuttings and sometimes even larger plants for free. There’s even a riding mower available that we could borrow if necessary. One of my aunts also works in a nursery and could get us bigger purchases “with a discount.” Also: The garden doesn’t have to be “finished” on day 1. Plants just need time to grow...

Still, of course we would plan a certain budget for the outdoor facilities, that’s only logical. :) My parents now have a robotic lawn mower and for the lawn area we have in mind (which isn’t supposed to be that big), it would already be good to have one right away.