Turffed out of the Nation

[the-e-dealer]

I've got a really small back garden and have been quoted ?800 for turfing it half labour and half the turf. Seems a lot to me anyone know a cheaper supplier than plantnation?

[henryb]

You could seed it yourself. Although it is a bit late in the year for that now plus it takes a while.

[kford]

Try this lot:

http://www.londonlawnturf.co.uk/product-calculator

[jamesb]

the-e-dealer Wrote:

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> I've got a really small back garden and have been

> quoted ?800 for turfing it half labour and half

> the turf. Seems a lot to me anyone know a cheaper

> supplier than plantnation?

How small? ?800 does sound a lot.

[KidKruger]

Extortionate amount.

If you're healthy enough, it'll not take you long to lay if it's a really small back garden.

Anyway, the main effort is in preparing the ground, before the turf arrives ! So ?800 is OTT.

[Penguin68]

Looking on-line you can get 60 square metres (i.e. will do a 10 x 6 metre lawn, for ?140 including VAT & Delivery - much smaller amounts cost proportionately more per sq metre when you include delivery (which must have a fixed cost element). Estimate about ?2.50 a metre. That's quite a large lawn for ?400.

Most of the effort, as said above, goes into preparation, to ensure a solid earth base with no hollows or humps (even if you were to seed a lawn, that amount of preparation would probably be necessary for a quality finish). And now's not the time. At a gardening labour cost of ?20 an hour - ?400 buys you 20 hours work - or a full day (and then some) for 2 people.

On my estimates ?400 buys you 160 sq m of turf, i.e. a lawn size of 16m x 10m. Which would probably take less than a day for 2 people to prepare and lay - but that assumes that there isn't concrete to be brokem up and moved etc. (and assumes that you won't need loads of lawn sand and topsoil to achieve a level, which you might). Some gardens need quite a lot of preparation work, particulary where the surfaces are bad/ compacted etc., before they can take a lawn that survives.

I would suggest that you get more than one quote.

[the-e-dealer]

Lawn is about 15X25

[KidKruger]

If that's feet, then it's like ?50-60 plus a bit of laying.

[the-e-dealer]

Yes feet.

[Sue]

Try getting quotes from some local gardeners?

ETA: Are you absolutely sure you want grass in such a relatively small space? You've got to store the mower and then keep mowing the lawn!

[TandTGardening]

?800 is an awful lot, we would be happy to provide you with a free quote. Please get in touch if you still need the work doing

Leah

T&T Assistant

www.tandtgardening.co.uk