The first move to be ready for yard care season is to make certain that the lease explains the landscape responsibilities of the renter and the landlord. It is essential to put into words who will be responsible for which tasks so that they aren’t overlooked amongst the other day-to-day chores.
In addition, getting your South Meadows tenants to cooperate with the yard care is just as necessary. Landscaping maintenance can be a heavy load for renters owing to the fact that it calls for so many specialized tools. For instance, if a tenant has consented to tend to a rental home’s lawn, they would need to possess or be able to borrow the correct tools for the job. A lawn mower, rake, and other tools are basic necessities. It would be unwise to ask a renter to scatter fertilizer or weed killer products as tenants may not be proficient at using the proper chemicals in the proper amounts and areas.
Keeping flower beds in good condition and other areas of the yard weed-free are some things you can ask your tenants to carry out. If so, they’ll require tools such as hand trowels, shovels, and other weeding tools to keep the yard looking neat. The more serious tools are involved in difficult yard maintenance jobs. Many times pruning and trimming hedges, bushes, and trees will necessitate the use of pruning shears, hedge trimmers, and landscaping saws and should be wielded by skilled professionals, not renters.
Your tenants can be counted on to do the many duties that yard maintenance requires for as long as they possess the needed skills and have the necessary tools. Sadly, many tenants may not be knowledgable about yard care or don’t care to make landscaping maintenance a priority. In the bustle of regular life, they will probably fail to remember to do those sporadic gardening tasks. There’s even the probability that a tenant could accidentally damage or kill plants or trees on your rental property.
Regardless of who is answerable when it comes to yard care, landlords have to do regular evaluations to make sure that the surrounding grounds of each rental home is being kept in good condition. This amount of oversight is unavoidable and important, but it will take time. Employ Real Property Management Corazon to manage the work for you. We will oversee the condition of every area of your rental home and check that all needed yard maintenance tasks are done on a periodic basis. For more information about how we can make South Meadows rental property management a breeze, contact us or call us at 775-826-1414.