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Had the garden tweaked. 
RIP Lawnmower, Hello Artificial Grass
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Could have had a new lawn laid but its just easier, they are a pain in the arse to care for and gardening is annoying so minimal is good, also dont have any pets.
Its so nice to walk on/lay on.
Need a leaf blower/hoover thing though.
Sheds not that old, just needs a paint and the fences are a bit random, half of the panels blew down so different colours. Other side is falling down but lady next door is ancient and dont want to hassle her too much.
Yup.
Yeah its an olive tree, planted it from a small pot when we moved here about 10 years ago, was about 1m high! Needs a trim.
Leased Astra
Low maintenance and tidy was our goal and we like it, kids love the "grass". To be honest we didn't give a thought to any environmental impact, which in this day and age may be irresponsible.
Though now I have read up on caring for the grass I find it might actually require a fair bit of maintenance keeping it clear and other bits and pieces.
Just need a pagoda thing and corner sofa
for the end bit.
Maybe next time when it wears out.
Some kind of plant life will be added to the raised beds once we decide what we would like. Plus probably a herb garden one side of the patio and some other furniture as well when funds allow.
Is corner seating outside in the same bracket as corner seating inside. 
Hah, sadly not, I didn't do anything at all.
Do Gucci do outdoor corner sofas?
Not had it long enough yet, was only finished yesterday!
I like the patio and beds, but hate artificial grass sorry - it looks like a 1980s greengrocer.
But it's not something that will be too difficult to change in the future, and as someone said would be great with a robot lawnmower and turf. I'd maybe have got the fence on the right fully redone (assuming it's yours as a couple of panels were replaced) as it looks all over the place.
How long did the work take?
Just over a month, on and off, some materials were quite hard to source and there were some delays. Was hard to get the rear fence posts/kick board things, concrete, sand, a load of the tiles turned up smashed!
Will swap the older fence panels out next so they all match at least but not going to redo the whole lot.
Will check next time its hot. Unsure on quality, it feels great to me, from a company called Quick Grass. Had a sample pack and just picked the one we liked, it was £29 m2. Did not look elsewhere to compare prices/quality.
Unsure on quality, it feels great to me, from a company called Quick Grass. Had a sample pack and just picked the one we liked, it was £29 m2. Did not look elsewhere to compare prices/quality.
Yeah actually sounds like it more effort than mowing a lawn. Clearing leaves, brushing, weed killing couple of times a year.
Not sure there is much argument against any environmental impact. Though less insects suits me.
This is what I don't get. To keep it tidy you'll probably end up hoovering it more often as any leaves will be more visible and end up spending as much time looking after it Nice square lawn like that shouldn't really take much longer that 30min to mow every couple of weeks.
It does look neat though.
Yes. Didn't think about it that much.