Depending on the type of housing you live in, there are garden areas like front and backyards that are your responsibility to maintain.
The type of maintenance you may need to do to keep your garden areas tidy includes:
- mowing lawns
- watering
- controlling weed growth
- trimming shrubs, climbers and small trees.
If you don't know what garden areas you're responsible for phone South Australian Housing Trust on 131 299 or email housingcustomers@sa.gov.au.
Communal areas
South Australian Housing Trust maintains common areas in groups of units such as walk-up flats, cottage flats and villa flats. The residents must keep these communal areas clean and free of obstacles.
In these common areas South Australian Housing Trust will look after:
- lawns
- garden beds
- concrete areas
- irrigation
- trees.
For help with these issues phone South Australian Housing Trust maintenance on 131 288. When a tree needs to be pruned or removed, South Australian Housing Trust will:
- seek permission from the relevant local council
- comply with relevant legislation.
What South Australian Housing Trust helps with
South Australian Housing Trust will provide help in your private garden area by:
- treating extensive toxic weeds and shrubs such as caltrop or three corner jacks
- removing or pruning dead or diseased trees or large shrubs
- removing or pruning trees or large shrubs that have been assessed as a danger to you, your home or sewerage systems
- responding to storm damage.
Horticultural advice
A South Australian Housing Trust horticultural representative can visit your property and give you advice on:
- the garden areas you are responsible for
- the type of garden work South Australian Housing Trust will do
- developing and maintaining your garden.
This free service is available by contacting South Australian Housing Trust maintenance.
What South Australian Housing Trust doesn't do
South Australian Housing Trust does not supply these materials or services:
- lawn seed
- trees and shrubs
- sleepers
- gravel
- mulch, pine bark or woodchips
- poison
- fertiliser
- paving or concrete slabs
- dripper installation
- lawn cutting or edging
- construction or retaining walls
- cutting or regular pruning of trees and shrubs
- reconstruction or landscaping of tenant-maintained front and backyards.
Related information
On this site
Other websites
- Horticulture policy - South Australian Housing Trust
- Provide feedback about South Australian Housing Trust - South Australian Housing Trust
