This is my first post and I figured I would open a thread about my front yard KBG reno. This is my first renovation ever and I am hoping this turns out well.
A little back story, I bought my first home in may 2015 in Western Massachusetts and after about a year I decided that I wanted my next project to be getting the front lawn in better shape. 2500 SqFt and no irrigation on site.
This was a pic of the condition of the lawn earlier this spring.
The a strip along the fence was destroyed prior to moving in due to an agreement of a new spetic system to be installed at closing in the back yard. The contractor cleaned it up pretty good and then seeded it with contruction seed and put a ton of weeds in the lawn.
Over the first year I filled it in with some pennington northern mix seed along with that green circle in the front, it filled in ok but looked ridiculous with how different the texture and color was from the existing grass. This is when I decided I was going to kill it all and start fresh.
Before we get to far let me inform everyone that I am still learning and finding plenty of mistakes as I go. I also have 2 kids and work 40+ hours a week, I've tried not to cut any corners while staying on schedule and budget and assuring the wife that this really is a good idea.
Not 100% sure on some of the days but this has been my journey so far.
Late July-sprayed application of RU on 2500sqft of front lawn, a week later it was scalped and bagged.
Early August-I then decided that there were parts of the lawn I did not like its grade and was concerned with compaction from the contruction crew driving over the lawn to install the septic system. (I didn't see how they prepped before seed, I am assuming the packed it and seeded). So I decided to till the entire yard.
I am not sure this was necessary or even a good idea?
I then raked out all the old dead grass and roots and hauled them off the my dump and anywhere else I could legally dispose of it. This was extremely back breaking and labor intense work, would not wish on my worst enemy. The budget did not including paying anyone to remove it so I did it myself. 
This is about 1/2 way through, things started greening up so i sprayed again and keep hauling it off. Just looking at some of these pictures makes my back hurt!
Mid August-My wife then said what about a sprinkler system?
At first I said nah I think it would be too expensive...but then I priced it out doing myself and turns out I was able to install myself for about 250$. I think she might have regretted saying that? For a small piece of land I could probably get away with a sprinkler/timer on the faucet but I wanted the discreet look of the underground system and I do love me some plumbing. 
Since the ground was already opened up trenching and installation was actually very easy and only took about 4-5 hours. 200ft of 1/2" poly, 4 sprinkler heads,a bunch of barb fittings, timer and an anti siphone valve was about all there is to it.Sept 1st Seed down, early I had purchased a KBG mix of 30% Arcadia 30% Fielder 20% Merit 20% Quantum Leap.
Dropped starter Fert
Sprayed 4oz/acre rate Tenacity
Raked and rolled into soil and kicked on the sprinklers to water it in.
Only 5 photos i guess...Will post on reply after.
The early sprouts just popped up on 9/7 looking good.
Looking back I would have liked to do a few things differently. Maybe get a soil test? I'm pretty sure my wife would have killed me if she found out I paid to have someone analyze our dirt.. but hey I got about 99% of what I wanted done and things are looking good so far.
I look forward to hearing comments questions and advice as this project continues to move forward!
