Don't confuse don't have with don't want, or those who would happily take it.The amount of people who want artificial grass is infinitesimally smaller than the people that want traditional grass, as evidenced by looking at gardens wherever you live. I'd hazard a guess that under 1% of people have them, so you're appealing to a far smaller pool of people, akin to doing your bathroom without a bath imo, or converting the only garage space into a mancave. It will appeal to those people that don't like baths, or don't want a garage for storage or parking, but its definitely a far smaller pool of people it will appeal to, and the cost of undoing the artificial grass is not insignificant. The people it doesn't appeal to will be looking at costs to undo any work, if I was looking at a house with it, I would certainly factor in the cost of taking it out and replacing it with traditional grass, or look elsewhere (the more likely option). Even if you DO want them, you can still use it as a reason to negotiate. The below link suggests £150 per square meter to take it out, which is probably about right given how much topsoil you'd need and then if you didn't want to grow from seed you would need turf supplying and laying. Artificial grass isn't really that low maintenance either, you still have to weed it, treat it with chemicals, brush it etc to keep it looking "good" (subjective). you just do different things to it. Besides, grass is low maintenance. It takes minutes to mow and very little looking after unless you buy supermarket grass seed.
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Anyone that thinks it looks like real grass is deluded, you can tell right away its artificial no matter how much you spend. Weeds push their way through tarmac, they will handle weed membrane eventually. There is always a way for weeds to grow under it as it will have an edge. The ones I see on my walks have plenty appearing which they must pluck out, but the edge is also bordered by a load of weeds. Once they're under it, they will spread with rhizomes. They treat the soil with incredibly powerful chemicals which are really bad for the environment to try and prevent this, which is why its so expensive for people to take out as you need to dig out that soil and replace with new topsoil to make sure anything put down grows properly, but weeds find a way, as you can see any time you walk down along a tarmac path.
I can count on a fingerless hand how many gardens I've seen with artificial grass that make me say "They've done a cracking job there".
You can train dogs where to go in your garden. If you want a landscaped lawn, just create a small area for the dog to go & train them to use it. It may surprise some people to learn that dogs don't need grass to go to the toilet and many people have dogs and no grass or anything that looks like grass in their garden. Getting artificial grass because of dogs yellowing the grass has to be one of the least cost effective solutions available.
spot on, the dog dragging mud through the house and clay causing the ground to resemble a paddy field for 6 months+ were part of my decision to go AG. Ideally I'd have a lovely natural lawn, that I could walk on without leaving a huge footprint that never really goes away, and wouldn't have a huge bare bit near the trees, but the reality is that is that it's a pipedream to have good grass where I liveI've been looking at houses and one of the things I've been checking is how wet the grass is, as I'm not putting up with a soggy garden again. I appreciate I'm probably weird in this respect and most would not even think about that.
I don't think you can equate AG with owning a Ferrari because anyone can install AG with a YouTube video on the cheap so if they wanted it, they would have it. If people could have something that looks like a Ferrari but doesn't have quite as good specs and cost not much more than laying a carpet, they'd have it. The fact that most gardens aren't full of plastic grass suggests it's a minority.Don't confuse don't have with don't want, or those who would happily take it.
<0.1% of people have a Ferrari, but I bet >50% would have one if they could, even moreso if someone else had footed the cost and not passed that cost on.
AG is expensive, especially for larger areas, I'd love it but don't fancy paying the 10k for it, so I put up with a garden that's like a mud bath and clean the dogs paws 5 times a day I didn't fancy paying 5k to get it turfed and the drainage sorted, as even then it's still not really going to be usable in winter.
I've been looking at houses and one of the things I've been checking is how wet the grass is, as I'm not putting up with a soggy garden again. I appreciate I'm probably weird in this respect and most would not even think about that.
The cheap AG does look poor though, compared to good grass, but I'd still take that cheap AG over soggy grass (mud). Decent AG looks good I think, but is a premium most can't afford.
And it's still bad for wildlife and the environmentI don't think you can equate AG with owning a Ferrari because anyone can install AG with a YouTube video on the cheap so if they wanted it, they would have it. If people could have something that looks like a Ferrari but doesn't have quite as good specs and cost not much more than laying a carpet, they'd have it. The fact that most gardens aren't full of plastic grass suggests it's a minority.
you can spend 10k on AG and it will look like AG. You can spend 30k on it. It's still Instantly spottable even the most premium stuff. If you do it yourself on the cheap people will still have to pay to take it out.m because you'll still have to use the chemicals and sand, which will cost to take out, and it has a useful life so needs redoing at some point.
if your lawn is a boggy mess as grass it will be a boggy mess with AG as you'd have worse drainage than a natural lawn. Just lay a French drain. Plenty of
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I could build a car on the cheap with bits, it doesn't mean the end result would be good.I don't think you can equate AG with owning a Ferrari because anyone can install AG with a YouTube video on the cheap so if they wanted it, they would have it. If people could have something that looks like a Ferrari but doesn't have quite as good specs and cost not much more than laying a carpet, they'd have it. The fact that most gardens aren't full of plastic grass suggests it's a minority.
you can spend 10k on AG and it will look like AG. You can spend 30k on it. It's still Instantly spottable even the most premium stuff. If you do it yourself on the cheap people will still have to pay to take it out.m because you'll still have to use the chemicals and sand, which will cost to take out, and it has a useful life so needs redoing at some point.
if your lawn is a boggy mess as grass it will be a boggy mess with AG as you'd have worse drainage than a natural lawn. Just lay a French drain. Plenty of
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I think the garden looks loads better for it.No matter what you spend it will always look awful, and is also really bad for the environment/wildlife
I disagree that it will always look awful, only if you buy the cheap one tone stuff, if you have 7+ different colours in then it can start to look natural.No matter what you spend it will always look awful, and is also really bad for the environment/wildlife
It's not always that simple. We love the natural world. I have 50 bonsai, a growing allotment etc.Artificial grass.
You've bought the wrong house. Move to somewhere with a back yard if you can't be bothered with the natural world. It is terrible on every level from aesthetic to environmental.
If you have a lawn, let it grow long till the grass seeds and the clover blooms your garden will fill with lovely bumble bees. Cut it when it gets beyond that maybe once every six weeks it will cut up less when your dog runs on it as the roots are stronger and the kids can still kick a ball on it, this isn't Wembley you're trying to create. I despair of people buying houses with gardens and turning them into barren deserts. Don't.
Taking up a natural product and replacing it with plastic is just wrong on every level. Grass will help with natural drainage, provide food/habitats for wildlife and insects. Plastic grass will do none of this, an when it’s inevitably past it’s best it will be thrown in landfillI disagree that it will always look awful, only if you buy the cheap one tone stuff, if you have 7+ different colours in then it can start to look natural.
As for being worse fo the environment, I don't use any harmful grass feed, or gallons of water every year.
The harm is done once when created and thats it, not a constant waste of water, feed etc.