Lawn advice!

[TheOverworkedHairbrush]

I've really neglected my front lawn in the past year (had a baby which was quite distracting) and now it looks awful and I'm keen to make it good again.
Do I need to get it all returfed? Or would some digging out weeds and moss along with lawn seed and related care suffice? I've added an image here for reference. I am really skint and can't afford to get someone to do it for me, and on that note I'm keen to do the seed option as it's cheaper but if it won't work as I've let it get so bad I'll do the turf! Thanks in advance for any advice. Also, if anyone has within their advice a recommendation on when to do this, that would be great too.

A lot of those weeds will go of their own accord once you start mowing again in spring. Scarifying (basically just raking your lawn to break up and remove some of the thatch) would help - I think better to do in spring when the grass is growing.

with the moss, you can either embrace it (I quite like a bit of moss as it feels lovely), or you can put down a moss remover before scarifying.

After you scarify it might look a bit sparse, but the grass will quickly grow in and fill out smaller gaps, if you have big bare patches then look to fill in with a bit of seed and topsoil. Regularly cutting it during the growing season will encourage the grass to thicken out while weakening weeds.

I'd do the following:

• To remove moss you can scarify or rake.
• To help the grass recover feed it with fertiliser.(Optionally add grass seed at this step too)
• Then mow it weekly.

I wouldn't attempt any of the above until late march in a dry spell.

Laying turf is expensive both capital and labor. If you don't maintain it regularly then it'll just end up looking the same eventually anyway.

Apply some Miracle Gro Complete 4 in 1 Lawn granules - a handful of two every square metre, every 6 weeks, start in February.
A big bag costs about £20 but it goes a long way unless you have a massive area.
It'll kill the moss and the grass will grow really well as long as you keep it up - it's miraculous!