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My yard has no grass at all. My landlord is trying to say that I am responsible for the cost of replanting or laying sod. When I moved in there was only a small patch of grass, foolishly, I trusted this man at his word and did not do any sort of official walk-through, so this fact is undocumented (I do have pictures of a grass-less yard dating from about 4 months after we moved in though). I live in Austin Texas and we've had a drought for over a year and 100 degree plus temperatures everyday. He says the dogs killed the grass, to which I reply that it was the weather. There is nothing in my lease stating that I am required to water my lawn or any mention of lawn condition period. It does, however, stipulate that a landscaping service is included in our rent. I don't think that I am responsible for this cost since no mention of lawn care is made in the lease and we've been paying for landscapers, what do you think?