Front Garden ideas - Hive mind of HoL

Just finished major works on our ladder house, including upgrading the water supply. This led to our (already in pretty poor condition) path being completely wrecked. I've had quotes to have it replaced with a traditional victorian tile path, and I'm tempted as they do look nice. But now I'm wondering if I'm planning on spending that much money, should I think about what could and should be done to completely remodel it?

Current set-up and potential limitations

I'm on one of the hillier bits of the ladder, so the level of my front garden is very different from one side to the other. The path entrance is the closest to pavement level, but even that has a step. At the other side of the house there is a big drop from front garden to pavement level

We have 3 wheelie bins. It would be nice to think of a specific place to store them where they don't look too bad.

The current wrecked path has a raw edge to the tiling. Frequent dragging of bins over that raw edge chipped the tiled and even dislodged a few

The rest of the front garden (i.e. all apart from path) is currently loose stone chips. Good for draining and looks ok... but very annoying for dragging the bins along

We have a frequently used bike shed in the front garden. It could be moved, but seeing as it has a sheffield stand inside it concreted into the hardcore it would only be realistic if we were planning something major

See attached sketch of garden. Hatched part is stone chips. X is where we leave the bins currently

Initial thoughts

Move the bike shed - move it to the far left of the front garden, and have a small tiled/paved area right next to the new path for the bins. No more dragging the bins over the path edge? Downside, now bins right by the pathway and not as tucked away as they are now.

More extensive idea - make an area where the current bins are stored and lower it to closer to pavement level, and an extra entrance on that side just for bins. Ott? Maybe. Probably expensive.

I'd be very grateful for observations, ideas, suggestions, comments on things I have not thought about yet... thank you!