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Remove concrete path, lay gravel path/brick pavers, tile small porch

We have a path running along the front of our house with the front door and a small porch halfway along. It seems to have been concreted originally but only some of this remains. It has broken off and eroded away along the house side (the house is built on a slope) and there’s just soil and stones there. There is a small bricked area in front of the porch which can be cleaned up and left as is or replaced/taken up depending on the level of the final path. We want the old concrete path broken up and removed and the whole area levelled. We’d like the whole path gravelled with pea sized Irish gold (or similar), with recycled bricks (I can source these) laid in pairs and singles as stepping stones, at intervals along the path (see example in second to last photo of another area I have done like this). We think getting the path to the right level may require going up the wall of the house slightly, if so it will need an edging and/or damp proof membrane to protect the house cladding. To one side of the door, there is a drainpipe laid along the path above ground, which we’d want painted black and/or hidden as much as possible. There is an old drain but nothing drains into there now so it can be blocked and filled over. At one end the path will meet a deck, at the other it meets a slope where steps down will be built next year; until then some kind of timber retainer will need to be put in place to hold the stones back from the slope. Finally, old tiling has previously been removed from the small front porch and it’s been roughly cemented over, this has flaked. We’d like this tided up and new cobbles laid. Happy to answer any questions but hopefully the photos will help. I can add more if there is anything specific you want to see. Measurements in final hand drawn sketch.