Tiles it up. Kautim.

You want cheap and easy maintenance, don't use taiwan/philippine/japanese grass la.
Just plant the common cow grass, the type of grass that cows like to graze on?
It is actually cooler to touch than the exotic species.

Yup, that's the one. It doesn't look too bad even with minimal maintenance.

You try walk barefooted on cow-grass compare to other grass and see the difference.
Carpet grass is high maintenance. It looks nice if well maintained like what you see in the golf course putting greens.
But, it looks horrible if you don't know how or don't have the time to maintain it properly.

Get the hose that the color is dark green with some cross white line around it. Not sure what name and the price now. Brought it 14yrs ago and last till now. Whole year at the garden with sun and rain. And never leak or show wear. 1 hell of a good garden hose.