State Specific Question About: UTAH (UT)

Since I've owned most of my homes and units for decades, I have large profits in my rents. Therefore I include weekly gardening service in with my rents. It is an added service I give to my tenants, even though they really pay for it out of their monthly rent.

Snow removal: tenants responsible

Grass cut: found a landscape company that charges me flat 25 a cut regardless of size or shape of yard

To get bids for stuff like tree removal, call all the nearby companies, have them all drive by and give a bid. This lets you quickly find the cheapest

Same here with the SFH - they are responsible for yard. If you are particular in what you want - then you will need to hire out (or do it yourself). If you do that, make sure that you include that cost into your rental amount (collected).

I've even offered for some that if they are not interested in doing the lawn themselves, we can "take care of it" for an extra $$ per month. Some take it - some don't.

It's also in the lease that if they are responsible for it and they do not follow the guidelines then we will give them notice and if not taken care of - we do it - with a charge (and you can be sure that charge is double what it would cost since it would be overgrown at that point) - which is typically what the lawn people charge.

Done by me until it gets so stinkin hot outside I

can't do it. Then I hire it done by a friend who

Answering your questions: We have 2 properties that need yard care: On one of the properties our guy cut the lawn 3 times for the month of May, June and August. For the month of August he cuts the grass four times. On the other property: He cut the lawn 3 times in May and once or twice the rest of the summer months depending on then need.

We also have a guy that sprays weed killer and fertilizer on the lawn 4 times a year at both properties.

Spend that $ on re-landscaping any property. Properly done you will have to do 1/4ly clean up only like I do.

Use drought resistant plants. Put down black plastic sheeting with landscaping pins cut small holes in it and plant a ground cover. I like the ice plant type of stuff I think it's called red apple? Bushes use various types of junipers, ordinmental bamboo, there other good plants to use. I'm sure others will post their favs.

Artificial turf is another good thing. I install my own. Pavers, a rock waterfall turned into a rock garden is another good landscaping choice.

Trim your trees way back to cut down on leaves.

Then there is the native plants - get rid of grass lawns program offered by the city. up to $2000 here in Long Beach CA.

You will save not only on yard upkeep costs/time investment. You will save on water costs.& things like lawn food.

Spend that $ on re-landscaping any property. Properly done you will have to do 1/4ly clean up only like I do.

Use drought resistant plants. Put down black plastic sheeting with landscaping pins cut small holes in it and plant a ground cover. I like the ice plant type of stuff I think it's called red apple? Bushes use various types of junipers, ordinmental bamboo, there other good plants to use. I'm sure others will post their favs.

Artificial turf is another good thing. I install my own. Pavers, a rock waterfall turned into a rock garden is another good landscaping choice.

Trim your trees way back to cut down on leaves.

Then there is the native plants - get rid of grass lawns program offered by the city. up to $2000 here in Long Beach CA.

You will save not only on yard upkeep costs/time investment. You will save on water costs.& things like lawn food.

Spend that $ on re-landscaping any property. Properly done you will have to do 1/4ly clean up only like I do.

Use drought resistant plants. Put down black plastic sheeting with landscaping pins cut small holes in it and plant a ground cover. I like the ice plant type of stuff I think it's called red apple? Bushes use various types of junipers, ordinmental bamboo, there other good plants to use. I'm sure others will post their favs.

Artificial turf is another good thing. I install my own. Pavers, a rock waterfall turned into a rock garden is another good landscaping choice.

Trim your trees way back to cut down on leaves.

Then there is the native plants - get rid of grass lawns program offered by the city. up to $2000 here in Long Beach CA.

You will save not only on yard upkeep costs/time investment. You will save on water costs.& things like lawn food.

Spend that $ on re-landscaping any property. Properly done you will have to do 1/4ly clean up only like I do.

Use drought resistant plants. Put down black plastic sheeting with landscaping pins cut small holes in it and plant a ground cover. I like the ice plant type of stuff I think it's called red apple? Bushes use various types of junipers, ordinmental bamboo, there other good plants to use. I'm sure others will post their favs.

Artificial turf is another good thing. I install my own. Pavers, a rock waterfall turned into a rock garden is another good landscaping choice.

Trim your trees way back to cut down on leaves.

Then there is the native plants - get rid of grass lawns program offered by the city. up to $2000 here in Long Beach CA.

You will save not only on yard upkeep costs/time investment. You will save on water costs.& things like lawn food.