Restoring lawn cost?
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garycat

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5,126 posts

232 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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Our tenants have moved out and left a patch of lawn that has had a 12' trampoline on it for about 18 months so now there is no grass just bare earth with lots of weeds.

Can anyone estimate how much it would cost to bring it back to health - I'm assuming it would need to be turfed rather than seeded.

Akers

463 posts

257 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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Assuming you are going to do the work yourself.... 12ft x 12ft = 144 square ft area = 13.5m2 x £3 per m2 from local garden centre = £40.50p plus a bit of sand to go down underneath.

£45 and a bit of your time.

Simpo Two

91,058 posts

287 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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Or rake, seed and water for pennies.

neilsie

952 posts

268 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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just had a leaflet through the door - some company will do just that for £75 up to 100 sq metre.

http://www.lawn3.com/leightonbuzzard

Simpo Two

91,058 posts

287 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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^ That's for restoring/maintaining an existing lawn. The OP has a 12' bare patch, a rather diferent prospect!

RYH64E

7,960 posts

266 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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Simpo Two said:
Or rake, seed and water for pennies.
This is the easiest way, and certainly the cheapest. I often have to re-seed parts of my lawn when the kids have destroyed it, just remember to water the patch regularly.

eldar

24,842 posts

218 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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RYH64E said:
Simpo Two said:
Or rake, seed and water for pennies.
This is the easiest way, and certainly the cheapest. I often have to re-seed parts of my lawn when the kids have destroyed it, just remember to water the patch regularly.
True, £2.50 for seed from a decent shop and 20 minutes with a rake. 6 weeks later good grass, as it were.