On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:56:51 +0000, smiley783
wrote:


My boyfriend went to de weed the grass and it spread lots, we have loads
of dead grass circles everywhere now! Its a rented property and im
really worrying what the landlord will say about it when we next speak
to him.
This is our first ever garden and we were really looking forward to
making it pretty.
We really dont know what to do, we are trying to water it, not sure if
that will actually help.
Please someone give us some advice on what to do!

If your landlord complains simply tell him to care for the F'n lawn
himself. No landlord should automatically assume that tenants know
anything about lawn care. Normal brained landlords automatically have
the discussion prior to formally accepting a tenant about caring for
lawn, garden, the entire property inside and out, covering all aspects
including who's responsible for what. It's extremely rare to have a
tenant who knows anything about gardening, at best most know just
enough to be dangerous, as in this case. Few tenants know not to
flush tampons, don't expect tenants to know didly about lawns. Any
landlord that is the least concerned about the lawn and garden should
be wise enough to supply a lawn care and grounds maintenence service
(really a big waste of money with the vast majority of tenants,
they'll just F it all up anyway, no grounds keeper on the planet can
stay ahead of a typical tenant). I've been a landlord most of my
adult life (some 50 years), I've owned several rental properties
simultaneously. I never concerned myself with how tenants cared for
lawn and grounds or even if they did anything but pay rent... I
learned very early on and the hard way not to expect any level of
grounds maintenence from tenants... about all I told them was to
please notify me if a large tree toppled over. I learned to operate
on the principle that I couldn't see the rental properties from where
I lived, far healthier that way... truth is a landlord can no more
expect a tenant to keep the grounds neat and clean as the inside of
the house neat and clean, or even themselves... especially themselves.
Before anyone becomes a landlord they must have a very serious talk
with themselves so that they truly comprehend WHY tenants are tenants.