Lawn Maintenance in MA

[Ray Hayward]

We have been renting out our single family. When negotiating with our tenant, the tenant agreed to maintain the lawn and snow removal after we asked for an additional $150 a month so that we could hire a professional landscaping company to maintain the property. The tenant has not kept the lawn, the grass has not been cut, though there are leave piles that have been there for many weeks, and has a dog that has been tearing up the yard and digging many holes.

I am planning to go over and clean up the yard, reiterate our agreement, and offer a referral to a landscaping company. Hopefully this will solve the problem and retain the great relationship we have.

However, I am curious to know, do we have any leverage do we really have in this situation to enforce regular care?