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We’re a small group of villas. Most of the villas have a small garden at the front, and although technically these gardens are Common Property, we encourage the individual Owners to maintain their gardens. In the majority of cases, this is what happens, and these Owners plant the sort of stuff that they like, and this adds to the overall look of the strata. One or two of the Owners seem to show no interest in their gardens, and as a result, they tend to be overgrown, detracting from the properties.
The Body Corporate is responsible for the upkeep of Common Property,including gardens. However, if a gardener was employed only to maintain those gardens where the Owner doesn’t do any of the work themselves, this would be unfair on the majority who look after their patches at their own cost.
Is there any solution by which the non-maintainers can be encouraged to look after their gardens, say by a levy on all gardens, but refundable to those who can demonstrate that they are carrying out their own maintenance? – any other solution would be welcome