If you have to go onto the lawn when it's boggy get yourself a couple of short lengths of scaffold board and lay them down to walk on ... it'll spread the weight and help prevent more damage ... otherwise I agree with al of the above.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It could be worth trying the builders, but unless you're there to see what they do, it can be difficult. I've not walked on my grass for months, other than to put some plants out at the front, but mine is always manky over winter. The window cleaner will have walked on it more than me, and he's only been twice since early autumn.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It does look bad. Am l right in thinking that other sections aren't so bad ? I think you have nothing to lose by lifting the turf (such as it is !), and seeing what's underneath. Have you contacted the builder ? I think personally you have 2 options. One is to cut your losses and maybe replace at least some of the lawn with paving , or either starting from scratch again and either doing it yourself or preferably getting the builder to put it right. Preparation is the key.
Are you a keen gardener, or wanting to do more gardening? The reason l ask is that it might be worth considering designing the garden from scratch and fitting the location with more suitable materials.
It’s all pretty bad I think, some is just worse from having been walked on by builders. It’s my first garden (always had a flat) and I would be keen to spend time on it but I have zero skill in that regard. I’d really like to get a summer out of it before tearing up considering I paid TW a grand to put it down!
Thanks all for the advice. I think carefully attempting some aeration and then if it’s still poor then pushing the builder to do something about it is what I’ll do.
Just out of curiousity @8x5s55zjkjfLvEe49k Do you live at the bottom of a hill with perhaps a field at the back of you? I ask because I live halfway up a hill with woodland at the side and back of me and when it rains the water pours down the hill and settles just at the back of the house. I dug a channel to take it into the field. I know that probably isn't the case with you but if you lived on a hill it might do.
To be honest - if you've had builders on it, that really won't have helped. I had an extension built a couple of years after creating a lawn here. With them laying stuff on it and trampling about for a month, it looked dire. It recovered well enough after a few months and some attention, but I then needed some chaps back to re surface the gable end of the existing bit of house, so more trampling. I'd made the soil suitable for the type of weather here - so it was largely gravel with a couple of inches of soil, and that worked very well, and would have been fine if not for all those workmen's feet.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've not walked on my grass for months, other than to put some plants out at the front, but mine is always manky over winter. The window cleaner will have walked on it more than me, and he's only been twice since early autumn.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://www.mybuilder.com/pricing-guides/garden-landscaping-cost/laying-turf-or-fake-grass-installation-cost
Do you live at the bottom of a hill with perhaps a field at the back of you? I ask because I live halfway up a hill with woodland at the side and back of me and when it rains the water pours down the hill and settles just at the back of the house. I dug a channel to take it into the field. I know that probably isn't the case with you but if you lived on a hill it might do.
I had an extension built a couple of years after creating a lawn here. With them laying stuff on it and trampling about for a month, it looked dire. It recovered well enough after a few months and some attention, but I then needed some chaps back to re surface the gable end of the existing bit of house, so more trampling.
I'd made the soil suitable for the type of weather here - so it was largely gravel with a couple of inches of soil, and that worked very well, and would have been fine if not for all those workmen's feet.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...