Waterlogged grass patch

[roitelet]

My Grand Daughter has just moved into a rented new build house. The patch af grass that passes for a lawn is so water logged that she can't let her daughter out to play on it. She obviously doesn't want to spend a lot of money on it. Has anyone any solutions to help solve the problem?

Thanks

[Greenleaves]

It maybe that the lawn has been planted over a clay pan that has been compacted by the construction phase. Perhaps she could employ the same tactic as groundsmen. Garden fork in 6" slight wiggle then repeat a foot away etc etc

[Potstubsdustbins]

Being careful off underground services, hammer a spike in, wiggle around and fill the hole with sand.

[muddled]

and later in the year when its dried out, combine the two solutions above....stab the lawn all over the fork, pour on a bag of sand and brush it around with a broom to fill the fork holes with sand to prevent this happening again next winter.

[roitelet]

Thanks folks I will pass on the advice.

[Nicos]

New build?

Just a thought...are the drains leaking?
Might be a joint somewhere which isn't connected properly????
What are the neighbour's lawns like?

One can't always presume a new build is 100% finished properly!!!

[roitelet]

Don't think it's drains, the whole patch is soggy and the house is a couple of years old. I think they are going to try the spike and sand method first. After that it's back to the landlord!!!

[donksey]

Trouble is with new builds is they often just turf over all the compacted rubbish and rubble.

[Alchemilla]

Trouble is with new builds is they often just turf over all the compacted rubbish and rubble.

Ain't that the truth!

[susieq100]

Some good ideas here folks. My back lawn is so wet that I was considering planting rice. However a bag of sand and a spiky thing will be my first option.