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Updated almost 10 years ago,
How to have 2 separate tenants share lawn maintenance?
We own a mixed-use building with 2 commercial tenants on the bottom floor and 2 apartments on the top floor. The building has a total of 4 separate addresses and has a small lawn behind it that's used by all the tenants.
I'm in the process of revising the commercial leases and would like the 2 commercial tenants to share responsibility for the maintenance of the lawn. When I lived in town it was easy to handle this maintenance myself, but now that I live over 1,000 miles away, I'd rather hand over the responsibility to them. It would also make it easier to ensure that the work actually gets done. It's a tiny area (about 15' x 15') so finding a landscaper willing to do the work is difficult.
Ideally I would like the tenants to all be able to share the area and somehow share the maintenance of the lawn. If I put just one tenant or the other in charge of the lawn, I see them wanting to become territorial about it.
Any suggestions on how this could be done?