Homeowner Claims to Have a Good Reason Not to Pay Gardener

A lady is withering up amid a dispute with a gardener!

The girl defined in a put up on the U.Ok.-based discussion board Mumsnet that she bought a home in December final 12 months that had been standing empty for no less than two years after not getting used as a rental. Having been unaware of how the previous house owners managed the property’s massive entrance and yard, she “took ownership” of the gardening as soon as settled in.

“Anyway, I’ve been away for the last week with family and came home on Wednesday to freshly cut grass, weeds pulled, etc.,” the lady wrote. “I requested my neighbors if they’d seen anybody however they have been at work.

“It turns out that the previous owners hired a company to do the work and hadn’t notified them that they’d sold the house last year,” she continued. “I only found this out yesterday as the gardener turned up with the invoice.”

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The girl mentioned she politely defined to the gardener that she wasn’t conscious of the association and he ought to contact the earlier house owners for cost.

However, he quickly was at her door once more, claiming they have been solely prepared to pay him half of the sum and she or he ought to pay the remaining as a result of she’s “the one benefiting from the work.”

“I told him no, sorry I’m not paying and he needs to take it up with them,” the lady mentioned. “I do feel bad for the gardener, but it’s their fault. I didn’t ask for this. They were awkward during the conveyancing process too so this doesn’t surprise me. AIBU [am I being unreasonable]?”

Responses to the put up have been divided on whether or not or not the lady ought to pay the gardening bill.

“I think you ABU [are being unreasonable],” a commenter wrote. “If this happened to me, I’d be happy to pay half and ask the guy when he was free to come again!  But I hate gardening, so… The gardener shouldn’t have to be put in an awkward position. It’s fair that the previous owners pay half although you are benefiting.”

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Disagreeing, one other mentioned, “OP [original poster] is not ‘benefiting’ as she’s a person who is happy to do her own gardening! This is totally on the previous owners. They didn’t cancel the service, they owe the fee.”

A 3rd chimed in, “The previous owners should pay him in full. If they want you to pay them back half, then they should get in touch with you directly, not expect the gardener to be their messenger.”

“For me, the issue sits with the previous owners AND the gardener,” one other wrote. “The POs [previous owners] should have informed the gardener they were moving, and the gardener should have sent them a reminder text/email to say what date he was coming, which would have prompted a ‘oh we don’t live there anymore!’ response. Not your circus, not your monkeys.”