{"id":143138,"date":"2025-05-24T08:06:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T08:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/homeowner-claims-to-have-a-good-reason-not-to-pay-gardener\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T08:06:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T08:06:27","slug":"homeowner-claims-to-have-a-good-reason-not-to-pay-gardener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/homeowner-claims-to-have-a-good-reason-not-to-pay-gardener\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeowner Claims to Have a Good Reason Not to Pay Gardener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/1mOM2iLixvKgK-IdPQ2ONNGjU3U=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/woman-standing-amidst-plants-stock-photo-051925-1010f7e37b234aa9b9900499638fda86.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>A lady returned residence from a household journey to find that the grass had been trimmed in her entrance and yard<\/li>\n<li>Venting on Mumsnet, she shared that the earlier proprietor of her home hadn&#8217;t talked about their contract with an expert gardener<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI told him no, sorry I\u2019m not paying and he needs to take it up with them,\u201d she mentioned<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> A lady is withering up amid a dispute with a gardener!\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The girl defined in a put up on the U.Ok.-based discussion board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mumsnet.com\/talk\/am_i_being_unreasonable\/5335999-not-paying-for-garden-work\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mumsnet<\/a> 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&#8217;s massive entrance and yard, she \u201ctook ownership\u201d of the gardening as soon as settled in.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cAnyway, I\u2019ve been away for the last week with family and came home on Wednesday to freshly cut grass, weeds pulled, etc.,\u201d the lady wrote. \u201cI requested my neighbors if they&#8217;d seen anybody however they have been at work.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cIt turns out that the previous owners hired a company to do the work and hadn\u2019t notified them that they\u2019d sold the house last year,\u201d she continued. \u201cI only found this out yesterday as the gardener turned up with the invoice.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/people\/id6740392789\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The PEOPLE App<\/a> is now accessible within the Apple App Store! Download it now for essentially the most binge-worthy celeb content material, unique video clips, astrology updates and extra!<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Man mowing grass (inventory picture).<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Elena Medoks\/Getty<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The girl mentioned she politely defined to the gardener that she wasn\u2019t conscious of the association and he ought to contact the earlier house owners for cost.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> 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\u2019s \u201cthe one benefiting from the work.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cI told him no, sorry I\u2019m not paying and he needs to take it up with them,\u201d the lady mentioned. \u201cI do feel bad for the gardener, but it\u2019s their fault. I didn&#8217;t ask for this. They were awkward during the conveyancing process too so this doesn\u2019t surprise me. AIBU [am I being unreasonable]?\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Responses to the put up have been divided on whether or not or not the lady ought to pay the gardening bill.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cI think you ABU [are being unreasonable],\u201d a commenter wrote. \u201cIf this happened to me, I&#8217;d be happy to pay half and ask the guy when he was free to come again!\u00a0 But I hate gardening, so\u2026 The gardener shouldn&#8217;t have to be put in an awkward position. It&#8217;s fair that the previous owners pay half although you are benefiting.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <strong>Never miss a narrative \u2014 join<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free each day e-newsletter<\/a> to remain up-to-date on the very best of what PEOPLE has to supply\u200b\u200b, from celeb information to forcing human curiosity tales.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Woman and man speaking (inventory picture).<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Vladimirov\/Getty<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Disagreeing, one other mentioned, \u201cOP [original poster] is not &#8216;benefiting&#8217; as she&#8217;s a person who is happy to do her own gardening! This is totally on the previous owners. They didn&#8217;t cancel the service, they owe the fee.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> A 3rd chimed in, \u201cThe 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.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cFor me, the issue sits with the previous owners AND the gardener,\u201d one other wrote. \u201cThe 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 \u2018oh we don\u2019t live there anymore!\u2019 response. Not your circus, not your monkeys.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] NEED TO KNOW A lady returned residence from a household journey to find that the grass had been trimmed in her entrance and yard Venting on Mumsnet, she shared that the earlier proprietor of her home hadn&#8217;t talked about their contract with an expert gardener \u201cI told him no, sorry I\u2019m not paying and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[632,10961,222,10960,220,168],"class_list":{"0":"post-143138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-claims","9":"tag-gardener","10":"tag-good","11":"tag-homeowner","12":"tag-pay","13":"tag-reason"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}