We live in a rental property (me, DH, DS and DD)
There’s a slab of concrete in our garden which had a beam of wood on the outer edges that’s now gone rotten and has started to just fall part. I asked if we could have the wood either replaced or removed and the landlord said no and to just put the wood in the general waste - which Ive checked on the counsil website and it isn’t even allowed!! They also said that they won’t be removing the concrete (which I didn’t ask them to do, I was only referring to the wood)
we are now going to replace the wood and dispose of the old wood correctly. But I’m not going to be asking permission to replace it as it’s something I feel HAS to be done- the concrete edges are sharp! And I feel it’s unsafe for the children if they were to fall on it etc.
the landlord has previously said we can’t do certain things around the house e.g. paining, putting up curtain poles etc. previously. However I feel like this is probably different?
I just wondered generally if this is even our responsibility as it doesn’t state in our contract regarding the garden.
AIBU to replace it without asking? I’m a bit miffed about this tbh