Options for repairing lawn

[DannyRowntree]

Hi, 

I am looking to repair my lawn, which you can see is in quite a state, and was wondering on which option you'd recomment:

1. From what I can tell, it's Kikuyu grass, do I stick with that and try to reseed and repain the dead patches and create a new patch next to the small decking?

2. Dig it all up, start fresh and lay with new pre-grown turf (like Sir Walter Buffalo)

Cheers,
Danny

[JacobZ]

Hi @DannyRowntree,

Thank you for your question and welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community, it is fantastic to have you with us.

I can't say for sure what species of grass you have but it looks like it could be kikuyu. 

If you were to go with option 1, you would need to aerate and level the patches where no grass is growing as it appears they are low spots where water sits, killing any grass that is there.

I think option 2 is better as it will allow you to level the whole area and start fresh with guaranteed ground cover.

Allow me to tag @Dave-1, @Nailbag and @TedBear to see what they think.

Jacob