When I leased this house a year ago (brand new home), the landlord stated in many emails (which I still have) that the backyard landscaping would be done, at his expense. He had a patio put in, but they left huge chunks of concrete in the yard and never came back to finish up, and they ruined the underground watering system at the front of the house near the side fence. The owner was notified over and over about this. The concrete is too big for me to move and I'm not paying to fix the mess they made.
The yard is a total overgrown mess, I've never been able to use it in ANY form, which I estimate to be about 20% of the property.
I'm getting ready to move. My lease states that I am responsible for yard upkeep, which I have in the front yard (which was ladscaped by the builder), but not the backyard.
Will this come back to bite me in the behind, or do I have legal rights, with the copies of emails, etc., that I was/am not responsible for the yards condition. THANKS!!
2006-07-14 03:35:30 · 3 answers · asked by Jaze 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
The e-mails are not going to help you at all. Your lease almost certainly states that notification must be made in writing. E-mail does not qualify as writing.
However, a yard that is still full of construction rubble would be a pretty good defense of your not having to maintain it since it was impossible to do so. If it comes down to it, having photos of the condition when you moved in would be helpful. Lacking that, any photos that clearly show the rubble and the condition of the property will help quite a bit.
2006-07-14 03:50:51 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was crap to begin with, than you upkept it in it's current form. Since neither yof you have pictures of yard in good condition, than you will be all set
BP
2006-07-14 10:41:14 · answer #2 · answered by billyandgaby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you have covered you bases pretty well, and won't have any issues.
2006-07-14 10:42:19 · answer #3 · answered by s2point2k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋