Landscaping Option on Lease to Avoid Fines

[Zachary Rymarcsuk]

So the tenants in one of my Fayetteville, NC units aren't the greatest at keeping the landscaping in check.  I have been threatened with a citation from the city twice and have actually incurred a fine for the first offense, which was not taken care of quickly enough.  This fine has been passed on to the tenants.  I have been discussing options with my PM for when the current lease is up, at which point I intend to raise rent closer to market rent.  I am leaning toward giving the tenants 2 options for lease renewal.

Option 1: Rent gets raised $80/mo and landscaping is still fully the tenants' responsibility (potential to incur additional fines)

Option 2: Rent gets raised $55/mo ($25/mo discount), but PM will arrange for landscaping to be taken care of for me, at an additional $100/mo for the tenants (comes out to total rent increase of $155/mo)

Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with similar situations?  Or found a better route to go?

Thanks in advance for any input!

[Colleen F.]

@Zachary Rymarcsuk  I would not give options I would raise it and charge for the lawn service separately.    Rent raise of $80 and lawn service billed at $100/month if you will provide. Maybe for rest of season?  Do you need lawn service year round?  Or they may contract with their own lawn service. In any case they are still responsible for fines.