In financial planning for building a house, costs for garden design fall under the category of additional construction costs. The financial outlay for professional gardening is not at all irrelevant. This applies regardless of whether you want to create a new garden or redesign it. Please delve into this cost overview in order to realistically assess the financial outlay.
How much does it cost to create a garden?
The cost of creating a garden varies depending on size and materials, but on average is between 40 and 100 euros per square meter. Including garden design by a specialist company, the costs amount to around 12 to 18 percent of the construction sum.
Two rules of thumb give the direction
A rough estimate of the costs is advantageous before you hire a gardening company to create your outdoor area. The following two rules of thumb have proven to be useful in practice as a valuable guide for budget planning:
- Guideline value for garden design by a horticultural 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, terrace, plants and lawn. There are additional costs if you want to create a new pond or stream or integrate additional design elements.
Central influencing factors for budget planning
Once the rough direction is clear, the central factors influencing the level of costs come into focus. The following brief overview gives you all the important positions:
- Building materials for paths and terraces: from 10 euros (concrete paving) to 100 euros (natural stone) per square meter
- Garden design with stone including laying by a horticultural company: from 90 to 250 euros per square meter
- Woods for fencing and as scaffolding: from 10 to 60 euros per square meter
You have maximum scope for cost planning when choosing plants, as the following example makes clear. If you plant a hedge as an enclosure, the type of plant and size determine the price. You can get evergreen privet as a 40-60 cm high root product for just 1 euro per piece, with a plant requirement of 5 pieces per meter. A privet at the right privacy height, on the other hand, costs a whopping 36 euros, with a plant requirement of 2 per meter.
In-house work reduces cost pressure
If the building financing is on point, you can significantly reduce the cost pressure by making your own contributions. This applies equally to house building and garden design. Therefore, carefully examine your financial planning to see what work you can do yourself with friends and relatives.
Preparatory work such as removing old paving or woody plants can easily be carried out by laypeople. 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, he should immediately excavate the planned pond.
Tip
When purchasing the building plot, make sure that it is on level ground. You can usually straighten a slight slope yourself. On a sloped property, however, you will be confronted with considerable additional costs, such as retaining walls, palisades or similar methods of slope support.
