Lease addendum for lawn mowing and snow shoveling by tenant

[Kat Rathell]

We’re currently considering adding an addendum to the lease where we reduce the lease amount in exchange for our tenant mowing the lawn and shoveling the snow in the winter.

Can anybody share advice, templates or resources related to doing this? Anything we should be acutely aware of? Is there any way to do it wrong and open yourself to extra liability?

Thanks in advance!

[Christine Kankowski]

Have a remedy included in the addendum that if they do not do it, you will hire someone to do at their expense.