[QUOTE=sushee;3194079]As a landlord I would expect the garden to be maintained in the state I rented the house in. My tenant's lease runs for a year and I don't expect it to be overgrown between inspections, if you know what I mean. I think to me, it shows a general lack of care towards my investment.
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And thats understandable. I didn't like their approach to it, like they did a drive by and then sent a nasty text message. Especially because of the time of year it was, I'm sorry, we have 4 young kids and they take up a lot of our time - we don't get a chance to garden much. We were planning on getting it done in DH's holidays - after his exam week. I guess it was the nasty text message that we didn't like so much, plus the thought that we are being spied on - we're trying to treat this as our "home" and who wants to think that they are being watched all the time in their home?