Hi, I’m brand new & was wondering if anybody had any suggestions for my situation.
I am in the middle of a divorce & my children & I are currently staying in our home but my husband is getting it in the divorce. Our riding lawnmower is broken so the grass has not been mowed yet this season. I’m guessing we have .6 to .7 of an acre of mowable land & the rest is wooded. Since I am essentially starting my life over, I really need to be making smart decisions with my finances & buying a new riding mower when the odds that I’m going to be able to buy a new house with enough yard for it are next to nothing. I planned to leave the riding mower here with my husband & just buy myself a new push mower after the divorce but that was before I knew the mower we have was broken & a push mower just isn’t a good option right now. I don’t have a way to get the riding mower anywhere to be repaired. My husband won’t get it repaired or buy a new one & he won’t let us borrow his parents’ riding mower because we have a leech field that everyone that has ever mowed our grass has gotten stuck in. It’s really just a convenient excuse because my 16 year old son has mowed our grass plenty of times without getting stuck. & of course he won’t do it for me.
It’s looking like an automower is probably the best option for us, but again, I really need to be making smart financial choices. Even $700-$900 is a lot if it’s not going to do what I need it to do & is only going to last a year. But investing thousands of dollars for something top of the doesn’t make sense either. I’ll list my “ideals” below but am willing to make sacrifices & welcome all suggestions or even other opinions on price point & if an automower is right for me.
.6-7. acre. After I move my yard is not going to be anything close to this. & there are areas of my property now that I can skip if I have to. I’m hoping to avoid spending more solely because of my current yard size.
The lower the cost the better.
But reliability is always important as is a brand that stands behind their products. I’d rather spend more on something that I can get a few years out of vs something that will get me a few months.
Something I can get asap.
I cannot have anything with wires as we have a lot of snakes & I am literally phobic of them. Which is why it’s so important that I make this decision soon. Edging is also pretty important as raffle snakes have been known to hide out in the overgrown edges of the property & I have my own kids & neighbor kids who tend to forget that.
I appreciate any advice!