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We rent, and I have agreed to maintain a yard before. Our trouble came when the landlord expected us to get the space into a condition where it could be maintained-he promised to do the initial work but never did. It was awful! Question-would you allow them to plant? I ask because if a landlord wanted me to maintain a yard, I would-but I would want to put in some herbs, or a tomato plant. You could stipulate where, or only in planters, but it might help the tenants to be.invested

Also, with the lightbulbs, do you expect them to have a ladder? We always replace bulbs, unless we can't reach them

We rent, and in our lease, we have to replace bulbs, maintain the yard and change the air filters ourselves.

I've never rented, but I would think the tenants should replace light bulbs. They're cheap, and go out based on how much they use them. If they leave their lights on ALL the time, it wouldn't be fair to you to have to replace them.

For AC filters, I think you should should definitely send them filters to use. I think that would fall under owner's responsibility

We have been renters for years (but only for two more weeks wooooo) and it has always been our responsibility to purchase and replace light bulbs ourselves.
It has also always been our responsibility to purchase and replace AC filters ourselves - though I will say that it is FAR more likely that this will actually get done if you purchase them for your tenant. I would also definitely take @kjpugs advice and explicitly state that problems caused by neglecting to change the filters are their responsibility.

@Anagram: that's fair. I only bring it up because if a landlord asked me to do that, I think I would ask if I could put a few planters out there to grow some veggies/herbs. I totally hear you on not wanting it to be overgrown, but it may be wise to anticipate the question, because the people who will be ok with maintaining the flowers will likely have an interest in some sort of gardening themselves. If you specified potted plants (if asked-I don't think you have to do it up front), and asked that they be kept mostly off of the grass (so as not to kill it), I don't think that would be horrible. Especially because they'd be leaving with the tenants eventually.

Sorry, I hope this was helpful, not overbearing. I realize that landlords are trying not to get screwed over. But as late 20 somes who are likely renting for the forseeable future, it's nice to be able to make a space your own (within reason, of course).