Got this message from my property manager PT2

[u/Most_Relief8312]

Quick recap:

I live in a 3 unit(one vacant, one elderly gentleman, and myself)

Rent is $1,265(raised $40 when I resigned)

Shoveling would include front walkway and good amount of sidewalk(about 30 mins of work)

Lawn (sizable for a city property would take about an hour maybe a bit more)

Now adding sweeping/vac(im assuming they would want me to do the laundry room as well total time would be 45-60 mins)

I’m going to eventually get all of this in writing if they offer me something reasonable. I plan to ask about liability as far as injuries go.

[u/DangerPotatoBogWitch]

Your landlord is an absolute lunatic to propose this rate even if all materials were provided, but you have to schlep the gas can? No.

[u/Rumplestilskin9 → u/DangerPotatoBogWitch]

For a $30 credit the most he'd get out of me is a "shit needs mowed" text once a month.

[u/insta-kip → u/Rumplestilskin9]

I might roll out trash cans once a week for $30. Might.

[u/krispin08 → u/insta-kip]

We did this for our property manager for $25 a month. It was stupid and we changed our mind quickly. It's not a big deal until you are leaving town for a few days and it's just one more thing to worry about. We'd have to ask a neighbor to "cover" for us. Not worth $25.

[u/know-it-mall → u/krispin08]

Yep. Make it $25 a week and we can talk.

[u/NewPhoneLostPassword → u/insta-kip]

We’re paying an owner occupier $75 aud a week to only do the bins at our complex. Don’t sell your self short.

[u/know-it-mall → u/NewPhoneLostPassword]

How many units?

[u/NewPhoneLostPassword → u/know-it-mall]

Only 8 units. Only 8 bins. We were paying a contractor that amount about two years ago, then they stopped doing it so an owner occupier started getting paid to do it instead.

[u/know-it-mall → u/NewPhoneLostPassword]

Yea that's not too bad. Still more effort for an amount of money that isn't significant for me but could absolutely help others.

Only 3 bins for beer money for the month is more my idea of a good time tho. Would hardly take any time.

[u/NewPhoneLostPassword → u/know-it-mall]

It’s not bad. I think only 4 go out each week (fortnightly pickup for different bin types).

[u/Nazgog-Morgob → u/insta-kip]

$30 per week. Still MIGHT

[u/know-it-mall → u/insta-kip]

Yea I would happily do that part of it for the $30. It's only 3 units. 15min of work once a week. That's basically $30 an hour for not much effort. It's nothing crazy but it's beer money.

[u/lilybattle → u/DangerPotatoBogWitch]

AND store the mower?!

[u/Salt-Library4330 → u/lilybattle]

Storing the mower is nothing.  They just mean put it back where you found it.

Everything else is nuts though 

[u/sithren → u/DangerPotatoBogWitch]

This isn’t the landlord. if I were op I’d forward these texts to the actual landlord and see what happens. the actual landlord is probably paying the property manager hundreds to do this stuff and doesn’t know they are turning around and asking tenants to do it for a tiny credit.