Rent inc gardener ?.

[blade7]

Some time ago a landlord told me it was beneficial to include a gardening service within the rent, not sure what the benefit was other than making sure the gardening was done and having a regular look at the property ?.

[trickywoo]

blade7 said:

not sure what the benefit was other than making sure the gardening was done and having a regular look at the property ?.

Isn't that benefit enough?

Keeps the neighbours happy and one less thing for you to worry about.

[blade7]

Landlord was quite clued up and I got the impression there was more to it tax wise.

[anonymous-user]

I can't see any obvious tax benefit to it myself.

It's not a bad idea though, so long as the rent reflects it. We rented a house some years ago with a gardener and it was great.

[Rude-boy]

blade7 said:

Landlord was quite clued up and I got the impression there was more to it tax wise.

Depends who the gardener, or who owns the company employing the gardener, is I would suspect...

[blade7]

Rude-boy said:

blade7 said:

Landlord was quite clued up and I got the impression there was more to it tax wise.

Depends who the gardener, or who owns the company employing the gardener, is I would suspect...

I think the landlord did the gardening or said he did...

[Blatter]

trickywoo said:

blade7 said:

not sure what the benefit was other than making sure the gardening was done and having a regular look at the property ?.

Isn't that benefit enough?

Keeps the neighbours happy and one less thing for you to worry about.

This.

Plus we also find that it can be quite a good bargaining tool if prospective tenants are wanting to knock the rent down. Instead of reducing the rent we throw in a few hours gardening a month.