Need engineering advices

Looked at a foreclosed house. Nice hill side house with lake view. A lot of work. My major concerns are

1. 2000(yes, this is not a typo!)  ft straight gravel drive way (grade 3%)  that does not have proper drainage, so the water just run the driveway and washes out the surface. Any idea of remedies and cost.

2. Also water seeping from hill upside of the house make the soil around the house (especially the back side, which is facing the uphill) wet and could leak into the basement. I suppose one could make a french drain and guide the water away and make a little pond to keep the water.

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• 考虑过泥石流吗？ -big-guy- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/02/2014 postreply 09:06:14

• That's probably not a worry. The terrain was covered by trees an -borisg- ♀ (40 bytes) () 05/02/2014 postreply 09:12:54

• Pave the road. $7/sf, for concrete, $4/sf asphalt . -Qiaoshe- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/02/2014 postreply 09:58:23

• Darn, you are talking about >100k already. -borisg- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/02/2014 postreply 10:07:35

• Or DIY save 50k -Qiaoshe- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/02/2014 postreply 10:13:11

• 不懂，但是这样的地方冬天不要太冷啊！ -9876543- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/02/2014 postreply 09:26:33

• 25min to ski resort, 5 min to yacht club. -borisg- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/02/2014 postreply 09:32:32

• 做短租也不错。 -big-guy- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/02/2014 postreply 09:36:40

• 无冰雪，不冻，且自住，可买。不然，弃之。修路，移土，非重械不可行，贵也。 -Pssci- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/02/2014 postreply 09:41:10

• 小土机百刀，中机两百，大机三五百刀一天。你看看要多天，多刀方知也。 -pssci- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/02/2014 postreply 09:58:53

• No 2 is feasible, but it depends on the slope. Grading is also i -SunnyCreeks- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/02/2014 postreply 10:33:11