u/Realistic_Heron9685

Complete newbie doing my Lawn (& looking for advise)
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Complete newbie doing my Lawn (& looking for advise)

So I bought my first house November last year (new build) which came with a jungle for a garden. A few weeks ago my neighbours had turf put down and I asked them on how much it had cost (professional landscaping) and it was around £5k. I thought to myself how hard can it be and decided to do it myself.

I’m not from the UK and honestly there is hardly any DIY culture in my home country so I basically had 0 experience.

I basically asked chatGPT about how to do my lawn cheaply and followed whatever it suggested. I’m now 3 weeks into this project and after countless backbreaking hours of work I think I’m ready to lay the turf.

1st picture - Before picture
2nd picture - 2 weeks after spraying weed killer
3rd picture - weed pulling and stone removal (part I found the hardest)
4th picture - putting down compost and topsoil

ADVISE NEEDED : Being a complete newbie I’d appreciate any tips and tricks for the turf laying part and anything I can do before the turf arrives.

TIA 😃

u/Realistic_Heron9685 — 4 days ago