u/Desperate_Reach_7657

First time Reddit poster, I want to renovate the side of my house but wanted feedback on my current plan. The house is on a hill with grading down to the backyard and a steep cross slope towards my neighbor's property. It currently gets very muddy and is hard to walk down.The plan I have is as follows:

1. Reduce grading to a more manageable slope towards my neighbor's property while still maintaining some slope for water management, by removing soil against the side of my house. Make slope towards the backyard constant. Excavate a few inches besidethe neighbors stairs so gravel doesn't spill onto their property. Compact dirt.
2. Add a heavy duty weed fabric to the entire area, then add some kind of edging (plastic or brick) at the bottom side under the gate.
3. Add 2inches of a compacted granular base (something like crushed limestone with the same slope as the dirt below. )
4. Add a stepping stone walking path, then fill in the remaining area with high performance bedding (gravel), leveling the gravel to be flat and only sloping down to the backyard.

Let me know if you see any issues with this plan. Thanks for any feedback!

please see photos below:

https://imgur.com/a/dojDGoY