Artificial grass - pro or con when buying a property?

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I second that Mollygo. There's no need for unkind remarks is there.

my back garden has fake grass,after years and literally tens of thousands of pounds to sort out the drainage the only thing that would grow was/is reeds.Its a mudbath if left to natural plants and that despite the 60 feet of trees along the back of the garden.We do have real grass ,rowan trees and loads of bushes at the front but its not somewhere the kids can play as there are no gates or fences allowed in the deeds and the road can get busy .
Since we laid the fake grass its good to watch our GC enjoying themselves and not getting covered in mud.Andthe cats love a blanket to lie on when the sun shines .Must be nice to be so perfect that other peoples choices ,regardless of reason causes such unpleasant remarks

My daughter has fake grass, she bought it as a new build, after 6 months the leather jacket infestation just destroyed the grass. Cue many £££’s, digging, treatment and new turf, after a season they came back.
So, fake grass it is, she would prefer real grass, but not made of money.

karmalady

I chose not to have a lawn, I have sedum and geranium ground cover with apple trees, fruit bushes, roses and other permanent pops of colour. Plenty of diversity for bumble bees and birds. Rubber stepping stones and variable heights make this garden quite a magical place. I hardly need to weed, it pretty well takes care of itself

Your garden sounds lovely.

It's horrible stuff. Bad for animals, bad for the environment. And if you have a dog which does its business in the garden, then I'm sorry, but it stinks - no matter what you use on it.

Our neighbour has it. He was making a terrible noise for ages the other day. In the end I was curious and he has bought a vacuum cleaner for his ‘grass’ but it wasn’t picking up very well so he was having to bend over, pick up the bits and feed them in!

It's horrible, & I'd rather mow than vacuum. But I don't think it should affect the houseprice that much? A lovely natural garden helps to get buyers to fall in love with your property, but as long as it's tidy I don't think the state of the garden has very much influence on the asking price in the grand scheme of things?

I really don’t like artificial grass and at my home have a very large and well cared for lawn. (DH’s pride and joy).

My DD rents a house in London with a small garden which gets very little sunshine, it has artificial grass and the children play ball games cartwheels and picnic on it. For them it makes a very good substitute.

Horses for courses etc

lixy

A friend had a huge garden and used to have goats to keep the grass under control. He replaced the goats with a robot mower and was very proud of it - it would even take itself off to the recharging point when it was beginning to run out of energy!
I think they are a great solution to the mowing regime demands.

My recharging point when I'm beginning to run out of energy when mowing is the kettle! Sometimes have to 'recharge' more then once......