Hi SSers,
So I'm at the point of pre-start meetings on my 4x2 rear duplex build on 375sqm in Bayswater WA. I have gone for a lawn-free (small) courtyard but got nervous when the builder seemed surprised and told me 'that will never rent to a family with no grass'. I beg to differ, but it got me thinking anyway, so I thought I'd get your opinions.
What I'm proposing is to scrap the lawn and have the (roughly 8x6m) courtyard as a small covered alfresco, paving (with a couple of small trees) and water wise low maintenance garden strip along the fence. My rational is that it will otherwise be too small a lawn area to be of much use and won't be maintained (too small to justify buying a lawn mower).
The target marker is a mix of families, double-couples and professional's sharehouse.
What are your thought? Put back the grass or keep the paving+garden?
So I'm at the point of pre-start meetings on my 4x2 rear duplex build on 375sqm in Bayswater WA. I have gone for a lawn-free (small) courtyard but got nervous when the builder seemed surprised and told me 'that will never rent to a family with no grass'. I beg to differ, but it got me thinking anyway, so I thought I'd get your opinions.
What I'm proposing is to scrap the lawn and have the (roughly 8x6m) courtyard as a small covered alfresco, paving (with a couple of small trees) and water wise low maintenance garden strip along the fence. My rational is that it will otherwise be too small a lawn area to be of much use and won't be maintained (too small to justify buying a lawn mower).
The target marker is a mix of families, double-couples and professional's sharehouse.
What are your thought? Put back the grass or keep the paving+garden?