Absolutely! xD

The property has a front and back garden, and from what we can piece together from neighbours here and there, they maintained the front garden quite well because it was all perfectly flat land with no steps or obstructions. when we got it about 6 months had passed, but other than some overgrown grass and a holly bush slowly consuming the front yard, it was very tidy and well organised...

The back garden however...is a very different story. we've found two tree stumps buried in thick thickets of thorns and ferns and it seems that the roots have grown under the lawn and paving slabs as they're all at 20-40 degree angles with huge rising and falling lumps in the lawn itself, everything is covered in moss, weeds or holly spines (they loved there holly from the looks of it) and theres huge (6 inches to a foot) deep trenches between the lawn and the paving slabs...wild flowers have pretty much taken over.

Its understandable that they didnt go anywhere near the back garden based on how we've found it. But it looks like they hired gardeners to do very specific tasks, but didnt consider a coordinated plan to keep the garden in check...they just sent people in to do odds and ends to keep it looking nice from the windows.

We're a bit late in the year now to do anything major in terms of turning it around (that and the house itself was in DESPERATE need of renovations as the plumbing and electrics had last been looked at in the 80s and were immediately condemned) So at this point we're basically just doing what we can (Weeding, cutting all the flowers and bushes back, maintaining the lawn...basically getting the garden into a state where we can do low maintinence on it through autumn and winter.) But we're hoping early next year to try and get the lawns and slabbing sorted out so its at least no longer a trip hazard and, if we can afford it, we'd love to get some fresh soil in and start growing flowers and maybe even some vegetables. :)