The garden you hand over is the standard you can hold someone to. That makes the void period worth using.
Clear and reset the garden during the void, photograph it, and hand it over at a standard a tenant can realistically maintain.
The two things that matter most are safety and evidence — dealing with anything dangerous, and having a dated record of the condition at check-in.
There is a practical distinction between a garden a tenant can keep and a garden they cannot. Handing over an immaculate ornamental garden with intensive planting to a tenant who works full time produces disappointment on both sides. Handing over a cleared, simple, robust garden usually produces a garden that still looks reasonable at the end of the tenancy.
| Feature | How it does in a rental |
|---|---|
| Simple lawn | Good — easy and obvious to maintain |
| Hard surfaces and paths | Very good |
| Robust shrubs | Good |
| Gravel and bark areas | Good, with membrane beneath |
| Intensive borders | Poor — high maintenance |
| Fast-growing hedges | Poor unless you maintain them |
| Large trees | Fine, but keep the maintenance in your own hands |
| Ponds | Consider carefully, especially with children |
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Yes, where it needs it. The void is the only time you have full access with nobody's belongings in the way, and the condition you hand over sets the standard you can hold a tenant to.
Anything dangerous — dead or unstable trees, branches over property, rotten decking or steps, failing fencing, uncovered ponds and trip hazards.
Yes. It is a safety matter needing qualified, insured people, and it should not depend on a tenant noticing or reporting it.
A simple lawn, hard surfaces, robust shrubs and gravel or bark areas with membrane. Intensive borders and fast-growing hedges tend not to survive a tenancy.
Dated photographs at check-in and check-out from the same positions, a detailed garden entry in the inventory, the maintenance responsibilities written into the agreement, and receipts for the work.
Yes, explicitly — mowing, hedges, borders and what happens to waste. "Maintain the garden" is too vague to enforce.
Usually. It costs little, photographs very well and makes the property look cared for.
Yes — clearance, tree work, hedges, fencing and washing in one arrangement, which matters when a void period is short.
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