Money spent on our landlords bungalow.

mustrum_ridcully

speednut wrote: »

Who would buy nettle seeds? And more to the point, why would you need to? The !!!!!!s grow everywhere!!!

People who really really like nettle soup??? :eek:

speednut_2

Saves having to weed the garden i suppose if you're growing them on purpose?

Fiddlestick

Guys, please stop advising the OP to damage the property and leave it in a worse condition than it currently is in.

If the OP freely choose to upgrade the property and do some work on the garden then that was their choice. They can ASK the landlord to reimburse the work and they may well do so out of a moral obligation, but the landlord has no legal obligation to do so.

However, if the landlord is aware of the current condition of the property with the garden works (and the OP indicated that they are) and the OP maliciously damages the property, the landlord may well have a claim against them for criminal damage.

Ask the landlord to reimburse you a fair amount and if they refuse, just walk away with your head held high and know that you have the moral highground. Damaging the garden out of spite may well land the OP in court.

speednut_2

Fiddlestick wrote: »

Guys, please stop advising the OP to damage the property and leave it in a worse condition than it currently is in.

If the OP freely choose to upgrade the property and do some work on the garden then that was their choice. They can ASK the landlord to reimburse the work and they may well do so out of a moral obligation, but the landlord has no legal obligation to do so.

However, if the landlord is aware of the current condition of the property with the garden works (and the OP indicated that they are) and the OP maliciously damages the property, the landlord may well have a claim against them for criminal damage.

Ask the landlord to reimburse you a fair amount and if they refuse, just walk away with your head held high and know that you have the moral highground. Damaging the garden out of spite may well land the OP in court.

Don't worry, i'm a responsible adult and secondary school science teacher, not likely to do anything untoward.

My original question was one of possible monetary claim, but as i know what she's like and also that I have no legal comeback, the chances are slim. I'll just take my pots and plants and leave the rest and take it as a lesson learnt.

moonpixiewitch

:rotfl: oops I dropped my hemp seeds out of my fishing bag :rotfl:

Fang_3

Thistle seeds in the lawn, a few days before you go. Then you'll be gone before the problem occurs and the lovely woman will have a problem to deal with. Shame.

sequence

Fiddlestick wrote: »

Guys, please stop advising the OP to damage the property and leave it in a worse condition than it currently is in.

If the OP freely choose to upgrade the property and do some work on the garden then that was their choice. They can ASK the landlord to reimburse the work and they may well do so out of a moral obligation, but the landlord has no legal obligation to do so.

However, if the landlord is aware of the current condition of the property with the garden works (and the OP indicated that they are) and the OP maliciously damages the property, the landlord may well have a claim against them for criminal damage.

Ask the landlord to reimburse you a fair amount and if they refuse, just walk away with your head held high and know that you have the moral highground. Damaging the garden out of spite may well land the OP in court.

What a load of twaddle! The tenant only needs to return the garden to state he/she found it in when the AST started. What you saying is like saying the landlord could sue the op because he sawed his own dining table in half whilst it was on the property.

Old_Git

weed killer

DawnW

You have no recourse to sue, as someone suggested earlier, as you signed an AST agreement, and your contract is up. This is why it is unwise to spend money on rented property - it sucks, but that is the system we have. However, if the LL will not reimburse you (and she doesn't have to) I would certainly take / sell everything that is portable, while leaving the garden in no worse a condition than when you moved in. Eg, if you replaced a fence, you will either have to leave the current fence, or put the old one back. No fence is not acceptable, assuming there was originally one etc.

As for the poster who said that you would be liable for not leaving it in its current state, I think that is twaddle too - speaking as a LL.

Ulfar

Leave her with the bare bones, take all plants and shrubs you can.

Take the slabs if they haven't been cemented down.

The thistles idea is a great one, Ivy is also a pain in the !!!!.