We are military and recently moved to FL in June. My husband and I stated when we moved into the house that we didn't want to be dealing with the lawn so we agreed to continue with the current service that was being used for the property. The landlord offered to put it in the lease as an additional service and my husband stated that after about 6 months he will reassess the service and see if he will be willing to care for the lawn. In Sept. I received a call from the landlord in reference to the bushes and that they were needing cut. I explained to him that this was suppose to be part of the payment we send every month ($145). He stated this was extra and it was our responsibility the money goes towards the mowing. The next day the lawn service came out and I spoke with them and they stated that they come out every other week and charge $35. This means that they are getting paid $70 per month with the exception of 5 week months it's $105. My question is where's the additional money left fro the $145 going towards? We have paid well over $800 for lawn care and only half of this has been used. We confronted our landlord and he suggested we look for other service. We tried to keep the current service, but he's willing to give up his contract because he says their friends.
We found another service and informed our landlord and this was his reply:
"I am not cancelling the agreement we set with the lawn company. I discussed this with you, prior to you both signing the lease, when you told me that you were to busy to maintain the yard that it would be best to contract the service. So I entered into that contract with our lawn company that averages the costs out to $145 a month. You can't just cancel out half way thru the contract.
We have used this company for over 4 years and I will not use another company that I am not familiar with or trust. Sorry!
We took very good care of our home and yard and our intent is to keep it as nice as possible.
Please refer to the agreement to lease second paragraph under lawn and yard and gutter maintenance.
If you want to discuss this issue further, please give me a call. I think that would be best!"
Can he really do this? We are thinking he's about to be out of some free money and now he's upset and trying to force us to keep his lawn service. He also expects us to continue paying for service during the winter months as the grass do not grown. He claims that the yard gets winterized and according to "his" lawncare friend, " your house is not on the list." What should we do now?
We found another service and informed our landlord and this was his reply:
"I am not cancelling the agreement we set with the lawn company. I discussed this with you, prior to you both signing the lease, when you told me that you were to busy to maintain the yard that it would be best to contract the service. So I entered into that contract with our lawn company that averages the costs out to $145 a month. You can't just cancel out half way thru the contract.
We have used this company for over 4 years and I will not use another company that I am not familiar with or trust. Sorry!
We took very good care of our home and yard and our intent is to keep it as nice as possible.
Please refer to the agreement to lease second paragraph under lawn and yard and gutter maintenance.
If you want to discuss this issue further, please give me a call. I think that would be best!"
Can he really do this? We are thinking he's about to be out of some free money and now he's upset and trying to force us to keep his lawn service. He also expects us to continue paying for service during the winter months as the grass do not grown. He claims that the yard gets winterized and according to "his" lawncare friend, " your house is not on the list." What should we do now?
