Redrow garden

luizarios

Buying a brand new house with Redrow. I've been trying to get a free dishwasher (£540 to have it as an extra) as I'm asking the full asking price but sales lady won't give it free because they've already given me turf, fence, carpet, vinyl and white goods.

I proposed then to swap turf for a dishwasher thinking seeds costs next to nothing but OH thinks otherwise and demands his turf because he's not sure which state we will have the garden (they say it's going to be "topsoil in accordance with NHBC requirements", OH is afraid that if we have no turf installed we'd get just a lump of topsoil in a very uneven garden. Is that correct? Any idea what Redrow standard back garden will be like?

Would you prefer dishwasher or turf? We can't afford to pay £540 but we do have a free standing dishwasher we could bring although kitchen would look nowhere as nice.

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

I'd probably realise I'd gotten quite a lot already from the goose that lays golden eggs, and spend 150 quid on a dishwasher from Currys.

sleepymans

I'd choose the turf as there is labour involved, and I would like to spend more time in my new house than labouring!
Also dishwashers are easily bought in the sales...at far less than £540!
I'd prefer to wait for the dishwasher whilst sitting in my turfed garden, lol!

Belindav123

You should go for the turf.

When we moved into a George Wimpey house, we asked for turf, and they forgot. When we arrived at the house, the back garden was not top soil, it was worse than a tip, we could not even walk on it , so uneven and dangerous with broken bricks etc.

We had to wait 5 days for them to turf it, and could not access the back during this time.

So go with the turf. Dishwashers are not worth £540. ( this is their over inflated prices from the developers)

Good luck.

Belindav123

Also when are you moving in? You can't just throw down some seeds and expect a beautiful turf in Winter. (especially when the soil is not prepared correctly)

luizarios

Thanks all for taking time to answer.

Belindav123 wrote: »

Also when are you moving in? You can't just throw down some seeds and expect a beautiful turf in Winter. (especially when the soil is not prepared correctly)

I'm moving in September/October but I'm not a garden person (I have Molluscophobia which means I'm scared of slugs, have a cat too, so can't put pellets down), really I wanted artificial grass or slabs, another alternative would be spread egg shells everywhere then grow grass from seeds to make sure the slugs can't get to the turf, however none of this could be done if the garden is in the state you've just described.:eek:

What's the point having a lovely turf if I won't go anywhere near it? (once I lived in a house with garden and didn't go out not even once, my currently house is deck and I'm out every day as long as it's sunny enough)

Slinky

luizarios wrote: »

Thanks all for taking time to answer.



I'm moving in September/October but I'm not a garden person (I have Molluscophobia which means I'm scared of slugs, have a cat too, so can't put pellets down), really I wanted artificial grass or slabs, another alternative would be spread egg shells everywhere then grow grass from seeds to make sure the slugs can't get to the turf, however none of this could be done if the garden is in the state you've just described.:eek:

What's the point having a lovely turf if I won't go anywhere near it? (once I lived in a house with garden and didn't go out not even once, my currently house is deck and I'm out every day as long as it's sunny enough)

You should check out Growing Success Advanced Slug Killer. It's little blue granules which are pet safe. We used them on our strawberry patch and the affect was almost instant. They work by the slugs eating the granules, then apparently they dig themselves into the soil and die underground so you're not left with dead slugs lying around.

Marvel1

£540 for a dishwasher :eek: I would rather wash them by hand (I do now ).

dominoman

luizarios wrote: »

I'm moving in September/October but I'm not a garden person (I have Molluscophobia which means I'm scared of slugs, have a cat too, so can't put pellets down)

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

luizarios

cjdavies wrote: »

£540 for a dishwasher :eek: I would rather wash them by hand (I do now ).

:eek: <-- That's the face I had when she said £540 hah I think I also screamed WHAAAAAT in disgust, so embarrassing

However, I haven't seen the dishwasher but my microwave is going to be a Smeg branded one which costs £599 on ao.com (it won't let me post links but you can good on ao.com SC445MCX1), I was shocked as my current microwave was £30, didn't think anyone would spend more than £120 on a microwave!

hah I can't stop thinking about what this dishwasher would be? Might phone and ask for the dishwasher brand and model to see if it's any good

Eejay

So you'd rather have a dishwasher and a dump of a garden, just because you don't like slugs? Your OH would prefer a nice garden, and I'm fairly confident your cat couldn't give a damn about a dishwasher, so it's 2 against 1 - use the sink or put up with your current dishwasher