New House - What kind of sod?

Any specific variety of Bermuda or zoysia you’re looking at?
If you’re looking at a hybrid bermuda, you might be looking at more frequent mowing than once a week. Otherwise you may be dealing with scalping it, which stresses it and is downright ugly.
Will the pines be casting much shade?
Spend more if you need to and go with zoysia. Centipede gets hate and zoysia gets love on this forum for a reason.

I have not thoroughly researched the different types of Bermuda or zoysia. The pine trees in the back yard will most likely affect the grass trying to grow towards back property line. For that reason, I’d try and go with the more shade tolerant versions of the Bermuda or zoysia.

Enough reading has me convinced the centipede is inferior and I’m trying to have a lawn I can be proud of.

Any idea how much more zoysia would be? Google search is of no help. It has zoysia being cheaper which I’m fairly certain is not accurate.

You’d need to check with local sod farms to get a price.
Sod solutions owns the trademark on Empire zoysia and I see they have a calculator on their website. A very nice looking grass that’s been around for 20 or so years.
Many on this forum love Palisades zoysia, and I’m sure you can’t go wrong with that too. It’s pretty.
There’s Zenith zoysia available as seed that might not look quite as pristine; I’ve only seen pictures of it. But overall it would be cheaper than sodding. It’s labor intensive to get it going, with a high failure rate if you’re not consistent with starting with and keeping a clean (weed-free) seedbed and watering.

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but zoysia is all around tough to beat


They might not meet his goal of mowing once per week.

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I love my palisades zoysia, but it grows nearly twice as fast as my front yard (mostly centipede) and does produce a ton of hay. It is glorious to look at and walk on though.

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They might not meet his goal of mowing once per week.

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I didn't read it as being a "goal" to mow once a week as much as the availability to mow once a week is there if that is what is required to have the "best" sod.

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Wrong. I actually had a really nice Centipede lawn at my last house and received compliments from the neighbors regularly. I mixed some Black Cow manure with sand and leveled my yard with a leveling rake to where it was perfectly flat. I watered it only when it needed it and kept it cut (with sharp blades) and trimmed. it required very little in terms of maintenance and it remained full. Centipede catches a lot of shite on this site and I think most of it is unjustified.

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fair enough...

two houses next to and across the street from mine can't win with that stuff. across the street he works as diligently as i do and man, it seems like very cold snap or heavy ran turns his yard to shite. next door, they're just letting my bermuda take over...

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I’m coming to the final stages of the build. Centipede sod installation is what was in the budget. I’m wanting to pivot to Bermuda or Zoysia. I don’t mind mowing once a week. Front yard is total sun. Back yard has pine trees on the outside of the property line.

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Can you do Bermuda in the front and Zoyzia in the back? Or would the visual difference bother you?

Bermuda seems to need a massive amount of sun. It doesn't take much shade to thin it out, and then you'll be dealing with excessive weed control in the gaps.

But damn if the Bermuda doesn't look awesome when it gets the right care.