How to get rid of artificial grass

[jobnockey]

Hi all,
In process of buying a house at the moment which has a lovely sized and garden which I can't wait to get my hands on. HOWEVER, one area of it is covered with plastic grass. I passionately hate artificial grass and want to remove it immediately but feel like I need a plan before I start ripping it up on moving in day

Does anyone know what is going to be underneath it? Will I be able to seed the area, or should I try and splash out on turf? Should I wait until a specific time of the year to do this? It's a decent sized area , perhaps 4x5m.

Finally, what should I do with it? I feel conflicted about selling it (although the money would be useful) as I don't want to perpetuate the stuff, but on the other hand if someone is going to use it anyway, at least it saves it being produced and bought new again... Reusing is probably better than recycling right? Does it actually recycle, does anyone know? Would it have to go to a specialist place for recycling?

If anyone has dealt with a similar situation who can offer any words of wisdom that would be great.

Just saw this on Twitter and thought of this thread 😆(sorry OP I know it's been massively derailed)

This kind of sums up how I feel,...

This is officially the most popular thread I've ever started... nothng like artificial grass to start a massive argument eh?

Haha @TheNewUpdateIsShit "more life on a nit comb"!

Back to the actual query... @notanicepersonapparently when you say you laid the turf on top of the hardcore, you must have put a layer of topsoil first I assume?

I haven't read any of the thread - just saying 😉 - but wanted to say to OP (and appreciate this may well have been covered already above) before you rip it out be sure it isn't under trees / a very shaded north facing area / very dry soil.
If it is you may find grass just won't grow very well and you'll end up with bald dusty scraggy grassy patches in summer. And mud in winter.

We used to live in a north facing garden terrace with a large and thirsty buddleia shading much of it. We tried proper grass and it just never worked.

shitlawns deals with whataboutery:

When the WhatAbouterers hit you with "Yeah but my Artifical lawn is good for the environment because I save mower fuel" Dude you litterally flew your #ShitLawn all the way from China!

Yes I did put down 2 inches of top soil. I did read that in Edwardian times grass paths were laid over some hard core or cinders so they would stay drier and not go muddy.

I would think if there is hardcore under the plastic grass it would be better to remove it if you can. It wasn't possible for me to do this due to the size of the area involved.

Thanks @notanicepersonapparently , guess I have to wait and see but that's really helpful to know you've done it before. The garden faces SE so should get a lot of sun. I really want a lawn with daisies, clover etc so may save up for turf which includes these