Which grass to lay?

Soft Leaf Buffalo (St. Augustine grass) or Sir Walter were the buzz words used whenever I asked about which turf should one lay down for a lawn. Further research showed there were several varities of Buffalo such as ST91 (Buffine) and ST26 (Austine). Each would have it's own advantage, eg blades of grass of one variety are less broader, another would retain it's green colour throughout winter, and so on.

In my readings, I came across Empire Turf (Zyoysia japonica 'SS500') which has appealing qualities such as finer leaf, requires less frequent mowing, is low thatching, and highly rated for it's water efficiency, thus requires less watering, competes well with weeds and Buffalo, generally a low maintenance and look good turf.

However, my neighbours who have laid turf over the last year have all gone for some variety of Buffalo. And I must admit some of them look very good - and this makes the decision that much harder.

My current plan is to lay a variety of Soft Leaf Buffalo (St. Augustine grass) at the front and lay Empire Turf at the back of the house. Hope it won't be too weird!

Now I just need to measure out the areas for turfing and go visit one of the many turf farms to look at the different turf with my own eyes.

Updated: I require a total of 120 sq.m of turf.