My Aloe Vera has had it, hasn't it?

[luzzbightyear]

It's gone all brown and soggy - is there any way to recover it other than dry it out and stop watering for a while? There seem to be little green shoots appearing.

If it is just the outermost, oldest leaves that are going bad, then there is every chance that it can still do well, esp if new shoots are appearing. Letting it get quite dry for a while would probably be a great way of helping it if it is struggling. But if the centre leaves are soggy at the base it might be a terminal case.
Are the 'new shoots' new leaves growing from the centre, or are they little mini-plants growing from the soil at the edge of the plant?

The green shoots are from the centre of the main plant so maybe there is still hope?

I'm not sure what that is. Get it out of the pot, see whether the soil is moist or wet (if wet, you have definitely been overwatering). Report it in some barely moist compost to which you have added sharp sand or grit for drainage. Don't water it until the soil is bone dry, and try to avoid watering in winter.

There's just a remote chance that it could be getting too much sunlight - have you recently brought it out from the shade into the sun? In which case, the colouring is natural and don't worry.

Mine goes through phases of looking like that. Don’t write it off yet!

How often do you water it? I would ignore it completely I find that normally helps revive plants

that looks like overwatering to me
Tip out any excess water and do not water for a while and see what happens

They are really easy to propagate too - you can do it by taking off a section from the base and repotting. SO you might be able to salvage another plant from it

Yeah, that’s overwatered. I killed an aloe by overwatering. Succulents really do thrive on neglect. Neglect and tons and tons of sunlight.

As pp, tip out excess water and leave it to dry out.

They don't like a lot of water.

Personally I'd repot it and stick it on a sunny windowsill for a bit.

Thank you all very much! It has now been repotted in line with advice and is in the sunny porch for a bit although not in direct sunlight. Neglect of house plants is my speciality, so it should perk up in no time

Ooh, that looks like a lovely plant. If the leaves are still reasonably firm, the colour could be from getting more sunlight than usual, as someone mentioned upthread. This isn't a problem. Lots of suclulent plants take on a reddish colour in strong light and a greenish colour in weaker light. It doesn't mean that the plant is stressed by the light; it's just adapting to optimise itself for a different envionment.