Lease verbage for landscape maintenance?

[Jennifer Hillberg]

Hi -- I'm looking for some advice on what verbage to use in my house lease agreement for landscape maintenance. The house I plan to rent is in a nice neighborhood - so it matters that the lawn is kept mowed, the sprinkler system is used, and the flower beds are kept weeded (or at least not allowed to go completly wild). Any suggestions?

Thank you,
Jennifer

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Jennifer99,

I HIGHLY recommend you get a service to take care of landscaping/snow removal. I have bought lawnmowers, build sheds, supplied clippers, bags, and everything you can imagine including HD gift cards to get necessary items, and NO tenant has EVER lifted a finger.

If you have it done every two weeks, and they charge, say $50 a visit, then add it to the rent. You will be much happier.

Trying to get the tenants to do this is COMPLETELY pointless by my experience.

Luck!