In the financial planning for the house construction, costs for the garden design fall under the heading of ancillary construction costs. The financial outlay for professional horticulture is by no means insignificant. This applies regardless of whether you want to create a new garden or redesign it. Please delve deeper into this cost overview in order to realistically assess the financial effort.

Planting a garden can cost a lot of money

Two rules of thumb indicate the direction

A rough estimate of costs is beneficial before hiring a landscaping company to create your outdoor space. The following two rules of thumb have proven themselves in practice as a valuable guide for budget planning:

  • Guide value for the garden design by a gardening company: 12 to 18 percent of the construction sum
  • Alternatively: 40 to 100 euros per square meter of garden area

Both calculation methods refer to the creation of the house entrance, garage entrance, fence, patio, planting and lawn. There are also additional costs if you want to create a new pond or stream or integrate other design elements.

Central influencing factors for budget planning

Once the general direction has been determined, the central influencing factors on the level of costs come into focus. The following brief overview gives you all the important positions:

  • Building materials for paths and terrace: from 10 euros (concrete stone paving) to 100 euros (natural stone) per square meter
  • Garden design with stone including laying by a gardening company: from 90 to 250 euros per square meter
  • Shrubs for fencing and scaffolding: from 10 to 60 euros per square meter

You have maximum leeway when it comes to structuring costs when choosing the plants, as the following example illustrates. If you plant a hedge as an enclosure, the type of plant and size determine the price. You can get evergreen privet as 40-60 cm high roots for just 1 euro each, with a plant requirement of 5 pieces per metre. A privet at the right privacy screen height, on the other hand, costs a whopping 36 euros, with a plant requirement of 2 pieces per meter.

Own work reduces the cost pressure

If the construction financing is sewn on edge, you can significantly reduce the cost pressure by doing your own work. This applies equally to house construction and garden design. Therefore, subject the financial planning to a close examination of what work you can do yourself with friends and relatives.

Preliminary work, such as the removal of old flagstones or trees and shrubs, can easily be carried out by non-professionals. You commission a horticultural company to carry out technically demanding work, such as paving paths and terraces. If you plan with foresight, the costs will also shrink. If an excavator is on site to excavate the basement, it should excavate the planned pond right away.

tips

When purchasing the building plot, make sure that it is on level ground. You can usually straighten a slight incline yourself. On a slope, however, you will be confronted with considerable additional costs, such as retaining walls, palisades or similar methods of slope support.

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