Okay not quite flush, just higher than the DPC. So how to mitigate the obvious issues? The photo shows the intended small patio area within the red. My initial idea is to build a small wall along the green line as a retainer for the patio to the right, and leave a trench area to the right to avoid bridging the dpc and then put in a suspended floor over that trench, this could essentially be a drain grid or just decking. the garden is virtually level so a fall away from house is easy. And the soil is very sandy and free draining with foundations directly on sandstone. I wasn't going to provide anything other than straight into the ground below the trench. The eaves here are 600mm on single storey lean to here, but does face west so gets lashed at our low rainfall east mids location. Does this sound okay? Any better solution, and source of suitable linear drain grid? They seem extortionate. Thanking you!