BigJohnsPens
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Anyone have this in your garden? Any issues?
The neighbour vacuum's their's regular.I like it. I think some of it looks smart these days. Don't you have to vacuum it sometimes though (which might be a pain).
I am not so sure it devalues your house there are lots of people who would see the low maintenence of artificial grass as a real plus for a propertyI don't have it, but the issues you can come across include getting weeds constantly pushing through it (I go on a lot of walks and see a lot of artificial grass with weeds pushing through, must be very irritating) and if you plan to sell your house at some point it can devalue it as majority people want grass, and its expensive to take out due to chemicals used and all the sand laid etc, several tons of topsoil needed on top. I can see an argument for it if people have dogs and its a constant mess, but something about it has always just seemed odd. Grass is fairly easy to look after, looks good and is natural. For the cost of it, so many better things to spend the money on around the house than plastic grass. Plus need to brush it regularly so time saved mowing just goes on that. Leaves and other debris get caught on it that would be lifted by mowing. you still need to apply weed killer regularly, and even if weeds don't push through they will be at the edges. you're meant to use products on it for pet waste, obviously doing a BBQ on it is out of the question unless you want a burnt patch.
I've never seen one that looks as good as a cheaply laid lawn, and I've seen a lot of expensive ones that my mates have had done. 5KG of premiership pro grass seed is about £29 and very hard wearing. Each to their own though, they're obviously just my views!
Proving once and for all that grumpy old gits will play as big a part in saving the planet as yoof.Never a valid option. It's bad for the environment and wildlife.
Just buy some dog rocks off Amazon to put in her water bowl and the problem is solved.We have a female dog who leaves big yellow patches after she has been for a wee. We are having the garden landscaped so thinking of having artificial grass as it won’t look that bad. We are in two minds though.
Tried them they dont workJust buy some dog rocks off Amazon to put in her water bowl and the problem is solved.
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.I am not so sure it devalues your house there are lots of people who would see the low maintenence of artificial grass as a real plus for a property