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Random Question #2654161351561!
So I'm still reading this preparing for the military life book. It's pretty informative, but I had another question about something she wrote. She was going through pro's and cons of living on base, one thing she mentioned is if you're on base it's mandatory you mow your lawn once a week. (Seriously this is not a deal breaker, I'm just curious)
Our recruiter told us a plus of living on base is you don't have to mow your lawn, or shovel if it snowy or any type of outside maintenance.
Does this depend on whether housing is privatized at that base or not?
Thanks for putting up with me! ;-)
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Re: Random Question #2654161351561!
It varies from place to place. The first post, in our village (there were like 6 or 7) we had to mow while some of the other villages had theirs mowed. Second post they came out and took care of the front and sides, we just had to keep up the back. We were overseas for the last and in an apartment and the owner took care of the patch outside.
More than likely you might be responsible for something if living in a single family home. (but again it might be already taken care of) But if you are in a duplex or something like that it will prob. be taken care of.
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At our past base, we had like a tiny enclosed area, with grass, we were responsible for maintaining, lord knows we didn't mow that thing once a week, lol. By report of enlisted people I knew there, housing paid more attention to what was going on in their neck of the woods though- so I'm not sure if it was regulated more there or not. I forget what the standard was, but I think it was a length of the grass issue vs. the frequency. Ours got really bad sometimes, no one said anything ever to us.
You also had the option to enclose a larger portion of grass in with a chain link fence, and if you did so, you were responsible for maintaining the grass there, but if you left it open, it was mowed for you about once a week.
They shoveled our snow, it wasn't always the same day the snow fell though. Where we lived didn't really have that much snowfall, so we didnt own a shovel, so I just dealt with it until they got there. There wasn't snow on the sidewalks the time I am remembering, just piled on our driveway. Typically snow melted there really quickly, I would imagine it would be different if there was more accumulation typically.
ETA the front yards were xeriscaped, so there was no mowing, just some really crappy grass in the back.
I changed my name
I don't have my kindle with me so it took me awhile to find on amazon..
Intro To Army Life: A Handbook For Spouses and Significant Others Entering The Army Lifestyle
I'm curious as to the original copy right date of this book.
I don't think they mandate how frequently you must mow, but they do mandate how high you can let the grass get if they don't mow it for you.
On our base they mow the front yard, but if you have an enclosed backyard (people with pets get fenced back yards) you are responsible for that.
Right? If it's a new book the author has to be at least 70.
On our base we don't have to do any maintenance. We don't even have to change our own lightbulbs!
Published last month.
http://www.amazon.com/Intro-Army-Life-Significant-Lifestyle/dp/1612060269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331578049&sr=8-1
It varies. When I lived in Okinawa, I cut my grass twice a week during warmer months because it grew so fast. Now I live in NM, and have "desert landscaping," so there is no grass to mow.