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Updated about 1 year ago, 11/10/2023
Lawncare should be built into lease?
Hey everybody! We have a rental house in the Greenville, SC area and have had great track record with tenants this far, over the last five years. No major issues or damage. We are careful and we are fortunate.
That said, each time we have rented to different families, they have trouble keeping up with the lawn. The city has sent multiple letters over the years, explaining that the grass is way overgrown and that we will be ticketed if not rectified. I am a reasonable person, and they arent wrong, it exceeds reasonable limits for sure. It becomes an eye sore.
Outside of again leaving it up to tenants, have thought of two solutions:
1. Utilize tremendous local lawncare service for $130 a month, with bi-weekly service. Ensuring it stays up. Passing charge through to customer, as it is built into the lease.
2. Leave it to tenants to secure own lawncare, but they have to ensure its done - or it will be two strikes and you're out. Then we hire service and they are forced to pay. This is not favorable because its kind of subjective and I dont want to have that relationship.
Would either of these be advisable, or maybe alternative solution?