Yard Maintanence for Basement Suite

[Cory S.]

 Howdy everyone,

 Just a quick question regarding yard maintenance, such as shovelling and mowing the lawn in a shared rental property with a main floor suite and a basement suite. 

Who would you say is responsible for this maintenance? I find that people who are applying for the basement suite would like to use the yard, but don’t seem to think they should do the maintenance. The main floor folks usually expect it, but I don’t imagine they expect to do it all?

 What about raking and trimming trees back or weeding gardens? Are those things also requirement of the tenant(S)?