Use of words on rental inventory

bylromarha

"Neat" - what does that mean to you in regard the garden?

The garden is "neat" and "trimmed" on the inventory. We left the garden very neat and even more trimmed.

Apparently it isn't neat and trimmed enough and a gardener has to be employed to make it neat and trimmed.

The original inventory missed some quite major points, like a 30cm tear in the carpet and significant scratches on the windowsill. Thankfully we took photos of those. But how can neat mean something different from August to May?

agrinnall

Doubtful whether either word has enough meaning for the LL to successfully claim that you should pay for a gardener. Are they trying to make a claim from your deposit, and if so are you challenging it?

Annie1960

Did you take photos of the garden when you moved out, or can you take them now before a gardener is employed?

These are very subjective words, so it would be difficult to prove in any case.

Cheeky_Monkey

Presumably, the inventory had photos of the garden. How do they compare with the photos of the garden now?

I would take 'neat and trimmed' to mean that the grass had been recently cut, no over-grown bushes/shrubs/hedges, no weeds, no 'junk' laying around etc.

AdrianC

How long a period was between the garden being "tidied" by you and the inventory inspection? Gardens do grow a bit, especially at this time of year (he says, knackered after mowing a couple of large areas and strimming a stack more stuff)