One of my tenants has been parking his van consistently on the loan even though I asked him several times not to do it. Some spots in the garden have wilted due to this.
The tenants are moving out soon: should I keep any of the deposit for damages to the lawn and if so roughly how much for many tyre marks a few spots where the grass is wilted? I guess I can then buy some seeds to restore the grass?
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if he’s leaving, personally, i’d just leave it. grass will grow back
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I’d deduct enough to cover some grass seed to resow the lawn. If you do resow, you’re best waiting until autumn when it’s wetter and follow an online guide to doing it right.
I had to do this once when a tenant installed a bl**dy great rabbit hutch over half the lawn and the blighters ate every blade.
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Seriously the seeds cost £10, just forget about it and move on
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er… they don’t where I live. £25 for a small lawn’s worth. Why not make the deduction? That’s what the deposit is for and it takes virtually no effort at all to do.
Are you forgetting that it’s a business?
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No I am remembering that there are more important things in life than haggling over a handful of grass seeds!
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Haggling is what you do when you go on holiday to Morocco. Deducting from the deposit is what you do when your tenant leaves the property in a condition worse than when they moved in. Simples.
But hey, you carry on not taking deposits.
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Why do you think I don’t take deposits? Strange leap in logic. It’s hot today, stay in shade.
What’s the point in taking a deposit if you can’t be bothered to deduct from it and advise others to follow suit?
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I think it is clear that @Graham is only recommending ‘not to bother’ with a deduction because of the perceived small scale of the cost of rectify. A box of grass seed & some watering is not expensive. As per my post, I agree with this view.
Clearly it is a personal opinion, which I believe is what @Dorothea would have been asking for when she posted her question. You have a different opinion, which I respect, but it does not make other peoples opinion wrong.
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I also think there is a bigger issue here that you state that he has been asked not to but is still doing it hitting him in his pocket however small the deduction is may be the wake up call he needs for wherever he moves to next
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You sound like Inspecteur Clouseau ~ parking on the loan 
But hey I hate people messing up grass verges parking outside the property ~ never mind the front loan 
You’d need to put a spade on it 
( no spade emoji) and boots 
to tread it flat first before any grass seed sprinkling…
Could have been all of the lawn… it will grow back. And if you like add some grass seed. Love Bunnies 
Why are you even considering rectifying the damage yourself? Your tenants damaged the lawn and without question should pay the going rate for a gardener to put the damage right.
If your tenants left the property in a filthy state you would contact a cleaner to restore the property so why consider doing any of the work yourself? This is why we take a deposit which you should get estimates to put the job right and make a claim accordingly. Even better if you have supportive before and after pictures and any written communication requesting your tenant to remove the vehicle and not to park on the lawn again warning him that he is responsible for repairing damage.
A picture of the car parked on the lawn would be good together with the damage after they have left
I have run myself ragged in the past cleaning up after tenant damage and lack of cleanliness when they vacate my properties. I don’t do anything anymore and simply claim against their deposit.
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It didn’t. I had to resow it. I love bunnies too, but not when they require permission to take up occupancy in one of my properties and that permission was not sought.
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