Returfing the garden

vampiress88 · 30 Sep 20, 08:41 PM

I have two bits of garden
5x7 and 4x7 so about 63m2 is needed to lay new turf

Hardly needs any top soil at all and we have already landscaped to how we wanted saving thousands.

I can buy the turf for �300ish or I can have a landscaper to do it for �670

What do you think? Is that a reasonable price?

Part of me wants to do it myself and save the money but the other part doesn�t.

tspill · 30 Sep 20, 08:44 PM

Would it not be a lot cheaper to seed it?

Blue nose · 30 Sep 20, 09:06 PM

I'd pay. To remove the old turf and take away will take time and effort (and probably a skip).

I think that price sounds fair.

Mikeandrach · 30 Sep 20, 09:44 PM

If it�s just a question of laying turf do it yourself, it�s a doddle, the prep is the hard bit.

My lawn is about 80m2, once the soil was level I laid the turf in an afternoon, easy job wouldn�t pay someone to do it

snowbelle · 30 Sep 20, 09:59 PM

I prepped a strip in the garden roughly 10x4 seeded it a month ago and I have already needed to mow it , it looks great and the seed cost me �6:99 for a box , we went around a lot of places looking at turf and it was disappointing.
Took about 3 hours all told ,Including hand sieving stones out and a good watering before and after.

jdouds · 1 Oct 20, 08:09 AM

Price sounds ok . The other points made are also valid

Ingram01 · 1 Oct 20, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by Mikeandrach

If it�s just a question of laying turf do it yourself, it�s a doddle, the prep is the hard bit.

My lawn is about 80m2, once the soil was level I laid the turf in an afternoon, easy job wouldn�t pay someone to do it

I agree here. Did ours last year and laying the turf is the easy part. The hard work is all in the prep - removing any existing turf, clearing debris, levelling, fertilising.

vampiress88 · 1 Oct 20, 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by Blue nose

I'd pay. To remove the old turf and take away will take time and effort (and probably a skip).

I think that price sounds fair.

Already removed the old and taken it away

This is what it is currently. Only needs turf and bit of top soil

Ingram01 · 1 Oct 20, 12:27 PM

You've done the hard bit. Judging by the photo, laying the turf will be a doddle. I'd save the �370 and do it yourself. Shouldn't take more than a day to do.

Blue nose · 1 Oct 20, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by vampiress88

Already removed the old and taken it away

This is what it is currently. Only needs turf and bit of top soil

Definitely already done the hard part. Go for it!

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	30 Sep 20, 08:44 PM tspill Imagineer
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	30 Sep 20, 09:06 PM Blue nose Imagineer
Blue nose Imagineer Join Date: Mar 16	I'd pay. To remove the old turf and take away will take time and effort (and probably a skip). I think that price sounds fair.

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	30 Sep 20, 09:44 PM Mikeandrach Getting Excited
Mikeandrach Getting Excited Join Date: Aug 20	If it�s just a question of laying turf do it yourself, it�s a doddle, the prep is the hard bit. My lawn is about 80m2, once the soil was level I laid the turf in an afternoon, easy job wouldn�t pay someone to do it

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Ingram01 Helping Minnie Join Date: Nov 19	You've done the hard bit. Judging by the photo, laying the turf will be a doddle. I'd save the �370 and do it yourself. Shouldn't take more than a day to do. Edited at 12:30 PM.