rented properties. trees & driveways

dobymicks

Hi

Who is responsible for trees and driveways?

The tenant or are these something a landlord is solely responsible for?
The driveway is block paving and needs an occasional powerwash.
The trees are in the front garden and are about 15 foot high and they do need a prune from time to time.

Many thanks.

danlewi2

Depends what your tenancy agreement states.Personally the driveway I would say by default is the tenant.
Pruning a tree - I would refer to your landlord

davidmcn

If the lease is silent I would expect the tenant to be responsible.

Morbier

As a tenant, I've lived in a house with a block paving drive, which not only needed a hose down every now and again, but also constant vigilance to keep it weed free. As I'm a gardener, I didn't mind doing that but wouldn't like to think I was responsible for lopping trees :eek:

I would expect to see something in the tenancy agreement if that were the case. I may be wrong though. I had an excellent LL who left us alone, did any repairs on time and charged less rent than he could have got, so it was no problem for us to maintain the drive.

EachPenny

dobymicks wrote: »

The driveway is block paving and needs an occasional powerwash.

Beware of powerwashing block paving. Especially if it belongs to someone else.

It can be damaged quite easily (e.g. bedding washed out) and once damaged is not easy to repair properly.

Unless the tenancy agreement requires you to powerwash it, I would stick to using household detergent/gentle chemical treatments and handbrushing to clean it, rather than risk having the landlord make a claim you've caused damage when you move out.

(and if you use chemicals, test them in a small area first)