Philippine grass is prolly the easiest and most resilient. Pearl and other fancy is trouble some and not consistent in growth.

I spent about 1.3k to dig up 250sq ft of land about 12 in deep, irrigation and drainage piping, top soil replacement, full carpeted Phil grass, a tree, some bamboo on planter box...3 days job by landscaper. 2 truck load of debris and soil replacement. In 4 weeks, the grass stabilized and all the border of carpeting is gone. Water every day for first 4 weeks. Grass is green and nice. Only trimmed every 2 months. I dont even water the grass now once its matured. Once trimmed, I will water and urea fertilized them. Dont trim too short as it will have browning effect. I will trim and fertilized them to have them thick and bushy so it have a consistent look.

wdarke

My apology. It was 2.2k because when the landscaper started to work, we found a bed of concrete that was almost 100sq ft where some as deep as 20in otherwise at least 12in deep. F***ing developer actually use my garden as cement mixing ground. So the jackhammer was operated for 1.5 days! Just to clear the concrete. One truckload alone is the stupid concrete. Thats it always flood after rain at first. Now even with heavy rain, no flooding at all. That $900 extra was for the extra truck trip and additional soil replacement and the stupid unexpected work. How often yuo see landscape do the work with Jackhammer LOL!

I'm sure glad I did not DIY.....