{"id":171848,"date":"2026-05-24T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renting-has-its-downsides-but-ive-decided-to-stop-waiting-and-start-living-plants-garden-furniture-and-all-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T20:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:56:29","slug":"renting-has-its-downsides-but-ive-decided-to-stop-waiting-and-start-living-plants-garden-furniture-and-all-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renting-has-its-downsides-but-ive-decided-to-stop-waiting-and-start-living-plants-garden-furniture-and-all-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett\/","title":{"rendered":"Renting has its downsides, but I\u2019ve decided to stop waiting and start living \u2013 plants, garden furniture and all | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nYes, I could worry about all the money I\u2019ve \u2018thrown away\u2019 but, like my fellow renter the Princess of Wales, I\u2019m digging inIt was cheering to read that William and Kate\u2019s new lease for Forest Lodge in Windsor stipulates that they must keep the grounds \u201cclean and tidy\u201d and \u201cfree from weeds\u201d. Solidarity, comrades! How relatable. For I too am a renter, and know how it feels to live under the landlord\u2019s cosh. My own tenancy agreement says something similar.Not that the landlords have ever enforced it. They take what I might euphemistically call a \u201chands-off\u201d approach, which I acknowledge is preferable to the alternative. I was outside weeding this very afternoon, not because I\u2019m legally obliged to but because I have decided, after four years of letting it slide, to enjoy my garden again.Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett is a Guardian columnist Continue reading…
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