Tenant asking me to clean the backyard

[Peter Morgan]

Hello,

I have a new tenant who rented my apartment and they have an easy access to my backyard.However the backyard is not part of our lease agreement but I offered them as a freebie. There is a portion that is clean enough to hang around and another part is

not clean enough with dry leaves from my neighbor's trees and other debris.My new tenant is pushing me to have the backyard fully cleaned. Is it something I must take care?

Appreciate your feedback.

Thanks

[Matt Ziegler]

Peter,

If it is not in the lease, then no, you do not have to take care of it. You could if you wanted to offer to supply the tools
(rake and shovel and some bags) for your new tenant to clean it themselves if it is important to them.

My grandfather used to say" don't grow thirsty trees", meaning, set the standard early or they will expect you to provide this as an ongoing thing.....