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To not understand why my landlord has done this

18 replies

Prek · 04/07/2023 10:37

Just feeling a bit irritated but maybe I’m being unreasonable

I went away for a while a few months back and my back garden was quite over grown. I’ve now had it professionally done

this morning my landlord has sent me an old photo of the over grown garden and sent a threatening message and demanding that I have the garden sorted. I’ve messaged back saying it has now been done

Just don’t understand why he has sent me photos that were obviously taken by him a few months ago. I didn’t know he had taken the photo and he didn’t send it to me or ask me to sort the garden at the time

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Lovepeaceunderstanding · 04/07/2023 10:40

I’m a landlord and I think your landlord has zero people skills by the sound of it. Their first approach should have been to give you a ring and discuss it with you. I would send them a polite response saying that it has been done and enclose a photo.

Bacontoastie · 04/07/2023 10:40

Well I get why it’s annoying but there’s not much you can do about it now. He obviously thought you hadn’t got round to it, or maybe he was upset you’d let it get that way in the first place (if it was really bad) and was being a bit passive aggressive. Either way it’s been done now 🤷🏼‍♀️

Bacontoastie · 04/07/2023 10:41

Out of interest what was the threat in the message?

SOBplus · 04/07/2023 10:45

Landlord might have just received a complaint from a neighbor about state of the garden? What perspective is the photo taken from?

wutheringkites · 04/07/2023 10:46

Where was the photo taken from? Is it possible a neighbour took it and sent it to him? If it's from the property you're renting, where you aware that he'd been in?

SOBplus · 04/07/2023 10:46

Jinx! 😁

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Prek · 04/07/2023 11:10

The photo is taken from inside the garden so he must have come round at some point without me being aware, some time before it was done. it’s least a month or so ago that the photo will have been taken.

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OhmygodDont · 04/07/2023 11:12

I bet a neighbour took the photo and started bitching to the landlord. Landlord finally had enough of nosey Norman and has sent a message like. “Please fix the garden it’s in a terrible condition and as per tenancy it’s your job to maintain it blah blah blah otherwise we will send out contractors to fix and not renew tenancy” or some such shit.

Hankunamatata · 04/07/2023 11:13

Suppose depends on wording/tone of msg

wutheringkites · 04/07/2023 11:19

Prek · 04/07/2023 11:10

The photo is taken from inside the garden so he must have come round at some point without me being aware, some time before it was done. it’s least a month or so ago that the photo will have been taken.

Well he shouldn't have done that.

wutheringkites · 04/07/2023 11:20

In what way has he threatened you?

Spottedsox · 04/07/2023 11:25

Did you include a photo of the tidied garden in your text?
What was the threatening message?

Bromptotoo · 04/07/2023 11:30

You just tell him it's actually done and OK now and offer a time/date for him to inspect it.

Neighbour, if they're bothered, could I guess have entered the garden while you were out. I lived in three or four shared houses in my twenties all of which had gardens that had gone feral under previous tenants. In at least two neighbours were not happy at the contrast, making the neighbourhood look scruffy etc.

If stuff had been tidy when we moved in and a mower capable of cutting the grass - were talking thirties semis with 120 foot gardens - then we'd have had a chance to keep it tidy.

ManateeFair · 04/07/2023 11:30

He probably took the photo ages ago, meant to send it and ask you to sort the garden (which is a reasonable request), forgot to send it and then found it the other day and thought 'Oops, I never asked that tenant to do the garden - I'll send it now.'

"Please make sure the garden is tidied - it's your responsibility to maintain it."
"It's been done - not sure when you took that photo, but the garden was tidied on such-and-such a date so it's all sorted."

End of story. Really no need to over-analyse this. It's a non-issue.

wutheringkites · 04/07/2023 11:33

@ManateeFair

You do you realise you have just invented that scenario don't you?

Carpediemmakeitcount · 04/07/2023 11:39

wutheringkites · 04/07/2023 11:33

@ManateeFair

You do you realise you have just invented that scenario don't you?

My phone is shit at sending messages I have to press the message again and send it in a different format if it doesn't send. That could have happened.

wutheringkites · 04/07/2023 11:45

But we don't know what the landlord has said so why make something up? Also, landlords should not be letting themselves in without warning.

MooMooSharoo · 04/07/2023 12:12

Prek · 04/07/2023 11:10

The photo is taken from inside the garden so he must have come round at some point without me being aware, some time before it was done. it’s least a month or so ago that the photo will have been taken.

Yeah - I'd be pointing out that your garden hasn't looked like that for some time and that the picture appears to have been taken from within the garden, although you hadn't received notification of an inspection.

If he went in the garden, is there a chance he went in the house while you were away??

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