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  • aliby21
    aliby21 Posts: 321 Forumite
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    If you want it, have it. First and foremost we live in our own houses and doing them for future buyers and trying to please all of them is pointless and just ends in compromise.

    This. Unless you are doing up to sell, or have actual definite plans to move, then do what you would like, it is your home to live in.
  • Tygermoth
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    True, as we looking to stay for some time that would make sense. I' will admit i was rather surprised at how many remarked it would totally put them off buying.

    Being our house has already got some limitations to potential purchasers adding another by choice seemed a bit....
    Please note I have a cognitive disability - as such my wording can be a bit off, muddled, misspelt or in some cases i can miss out some words totally...
  • bris
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    Price is a big hurdle for fake grass. the cheap stuff just looks terrible but the good stuff can look amazing.


    I have seen a small patch of the good stuff down and it does look great. Problem is it was £20 a square meter back when they got it and it hasn't came down much since then.


    You also need to factor in the preparation costs which takes a lot of work too, so it isn't the best option for most lawns of any decent size.
  • AdrianC
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    bris wrote: »
    Problem is it was £20 a square meter back when they got it and it hasn't came down much since then.
    Ooof. So £12,500 for the OP's 25 x 25...
  • kerri_gt
    kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite
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    We looked at fake grass for our garden but ultimately to have it weak laid and good quality, it was cost prohibitive. I would be put off by 1980s style AstroTurf but well done I wouldn't. Even if it was truly awful, if the rest of the house was right, it would just be under the list of things to change. Better than a fridge freezer, car tyres and 10ft deep brambles in the back garden to tackle IMO.

    One thing to note though is that the 'grass' can get very very hot in the summer sun. Something to bear in mind, esp with kids / pets.
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  • StumpyPumpy
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    I'd buy a house with artificial grass in preference to an identical one that had decking all over it or was covered in pea shingle like our current garden was originally.

    Artificial grass would, at least, be much easier to get rid off than the other two. I've had to manually shift several tonnes of pea shingle just to get some plants in and the soil beneath was compressed so hard it was like digging in concrete. Now most of it is cleared the garden drains much better than it did too (though that is probably down to the two or sometimes three layers of "semi-permeable" membrane that was underneath the shingle).

    In any event, do whatever you want to make your garden better for you, constantly looking over your shoulder to see what "the market" impact would be is no way to enjoy living somewhere especially when you are talking about something that is relatively easily changeable.

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  • AdrianC
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    StumpyPumpy wrote: »
    Now most of it is cleared the garden drains much better than it did too (though that is probably down to the two or sometimes three layers of "semi-permeable" membrane that was underneath the shingle).
    VERY likely. I dug a French drain a little while back, after an underground spring changed course... The membrane the builder's merchant initially sold me was UTTERLY useless. It floated, rather than permeated (if that's not a word, it should be). Right stuff in, and it worked perfectly.
  • [Deleted User]
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    someone in my village is trying to sell his house, he has artificial grass on one level and boulders on another. The grass might have been practical once but the 2 big dogs have pooped and pooped all over it, many many times, hardly ever removed and then it is played on by their children. Absolutely disgusting and any cat and dog mess would not be taken down by worms. I would not look past the garden, it would be a deal breaker, ie short cuts here in the garden, so what other shortcuts are there?
  • Skippy13
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    We!!!8217;ve got it and it looks so much better than the hideous, sunken weed patch that was there before. We!!!8217;ve got a very narrow garden and it was a waste of time getting the mower out for it so we decided to go artificial. Ours was around £45 per metre so we wouldn!!!8217;t have been able to do it if the garden was bigger.
  • Red-Squirrel_2
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    I wouldn't be put off because I'd just plan to get rid of it and get turf, but it might affect how much I was willing to pay.

    I don't particularly like the look, but that's not the main reason I am 'anti' fake grass, its the environmental/nature reasons that put me off.

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/04/growth-in-artificial-lawns-poses-threat-to-british-wildlife-conservationists-warn

    I love having birds in my garden for one thing, would never do anything that might reduce that.
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