Resale on (London) home with AstroTurf instead of grass?

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I am considering putting AstroTurf in my garden. We have kids, the space isn’t huge, and I have sliding doors that lead directly out - so I like the idea of it being mega easy out there, if that makes sense, and no lawn-mowing!

But my question is: would astroturf put buyers off? We plan to sell in a few years. Would buyers prefer grass? (It’s onlt a 20ft london garden.)

We want the best quality AstroTurf we can afford, so it will be a big investment, I just want to make sure it isn’t a bad one!

I don't like it but it serves a very useful purpose in making a typically small and dark London garden into a space that is useable all year round

Talk to your local estate agent, if you have a decent one, and see what they say about the local market?

We're just about to lay it, back g suffered many years with a clay based, swamp. We've spent a lot of money and a huge amount of effort on our lawn but it still looks dire. I cannot wait to have our fake grass fitted! 3 weeks to go 😀😀😀

V popular in London and v easy to rip up if you don't want it.

Most definitely not a deal breaker. And quite the reverse with loads of parents.

I think eventually though it would be minging wouldn't it

All the stuff that gets dropped or spilled on it, all the stuff like leaves rdropping on it and getting stuck, birds and cats crapping on it but no way to clean it as it's not like you can sweep it.

It doesn't look terrible, I had thought about it but the above put me off.

Ginkypig you can sweep it so all the leaves and other stuff that is blown on it gets swept off. Bird poo is just washed off with hose pipe.

I think eventually though it would be minging wouldn't it

The rain gives it a good wash and you do need to do some maintenance. Lots of football pitches are Astro and they are fine.

Growingboys A decent artificial lawn should be laid on top of a 50mm layer of hardcore, with a 25mm layer on sand on top, that's after stripping back the existing lawn to a depth of 75mm. That's a lot of stuff to be carted through the typical London terrace. Of course it can be removed, and a new lawn laid, but I wouldn't describe it as v easy to rip up if you don't want it.

How does it work with a big dog?

That's good to know. From this thread Iv said to my neighbor it might be an idea for her tiny bit at the back as she's finding it hard to keep on top of it now she's getting on a bit.

A friend of dd's recently sold a small London house with a small, narrow garden that had been very nicely redone with an area of artificial grass. She had a toddler and very likely sold to someone similar. It's likely that grass would have struggled in a garden like that anyway.

Hillingdon I don't know about really big dogs but our neighbours have a very active springer spaniel and she's part of why they got fake grass, she was destroying their real lawn. It seems to stand up well.

I live in London, but haven't moved in a while. However, Astro turf in a garden or for that matter anything that is easily removed such as decking, slabs, gravel, etc etc.

Put it down and enjoy it.