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Help towards doing up our garden...
owensmum75
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Hi,
We rent our house through a very nice, reasonable landlord. Unusual I know!!
The garden is all slabs apart from a little border around the edge. We're not gardeners at all so it's a mess.
We've got a 15 month old who obviously can't play in the garden because of the slabs making it dangerous.
Do you think it would be unreasonable of me to ask the landlord to pay towards buying turf for the garden if we do all the work that needs doing? It's not a big garden so it wouldn't cost much and having the garden done will obviously benefit him in the long run.
Em
We rent our house through a very nice, reasonable landlord. Unusual I know!!
The garden is all slabs apart from a little border around the edge. We're not gardeners at all so it's a mess.
We've got a 15 month old who obviously can't play in the garden because of the slabs making it dangerous.
Do you think it would be unreasonable of me to ask the landlord to pay towards buying turf for the garden if we do all the work that needs doing? It's not a big garden so it wouldn't cost much and having the garden done will obviously benefit him in the long run.
Em
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You should ask the landlord, you've nothing to lose.
For what it's worth if I were him I'd probably be against the proposal since grass needs cutting while slabs are more maintenance free, as you say you're not gardeners and the next tenants probably won't be either so after a while the lawn might become a jungle.
Don't really understand why your 15 month old can't play on the slabs - esp if you had them steam cleaned and perhaps put a couple of rugs out.0 -
I used to play on slabs when I was little. Never did me any harm - well a few stubbed toes, but no lasting damage."Mrs. Pench, you've won the car contest, would you like a triumph spitfire or 3000 in cash?" He smiled.
Mrs. Pench took the money. "What will you do with it all? Not that it's any of my business," he giggled.
"I think I'll become an alcoholic," said Betty.0
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