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Garden Maintenance for Landlords and Letting Agents

Rental-garden maintenance works best when the responsibility, visit frequency, access process, approval limit and expected presentation standard are recorded clearly.

Rental-garden maintenance works best when the responsibility, visit frequency, access process, approval limit and expected presentation standard are recorded clearly.

Define the instruction

State whether the work is routine maintenance, a tenancy-change tidy-up, a safety issue or a quotation for larger work.

Coordinate access

Confirm who will notify the tenant, how the contractor enters, where waste can be handled and who can approve additional work.

Use useful records

Dated job summaries and agreed photographs can support property files without replacing a formal inventory or inspection.

Avoid preventable clearance work

A modest recurring schedule can be more predictable than allowing lawns, hedges and weeds to become a major end-of-tenancy job.

Local service context

TJ Gardening Services works from Brighton to Seaford and considers suitable work elsewhere in East Sussex or the wider South East. Advice in this article is general; the actual garden, plant condition, weather, access and legal responsibilities should be considered before work.

About this guidance

This is general gardening information. Plant condition, weather, wildlife, access and the actual site should be checked before work.