how can i get my landlord to make our garden safe without causing arguements?

[soz87]

we have lived in our rented house for a few months now and the landlord said when we moved in he would sort the garden. there are bricks and things all over the garden aswell as plastic containers with hazardous labels on them, there is also no gate stopping my kids going out of the garden onto the main road and we get people going into the back garden which worries me when the kids are playing, also its annoying as i feel we are paying alot of rent and should be able to sit in the sun in our own garden.
he also owns the house next door and re-building that whilst working fulltime so i understand that he has limited spare time but even though we have reminded him a few times and given him plenty of time there is still no sign of him starting work on the garden.
how can i get him to sort this without causing arguements or threatening to stop paying rent/seek legal advise, because i really dont want to cause trouble with him, just want this sorting!!
oh and i would do it myself but the bricks and slate belong to my landlord and he is using them for the house next door, (at the moment the gardens are joined because it used to be 1 house) and i cant afford to put up a new gate myself, and its not my responcibility to pay for this, i try blocking it off with bins but my neighbour keeps moving to get to his back garden instead of going through his house, (he legally has right of access to take the bins around the front of the house but decides to go through our garden whenever he feels like it and doesnt block it off again!!)

 

[mickiinpodunk]

Contact your community's Hazardous Waste officer and ask that person to inspect the area. If there are indeed hazardous materials there the community will require the landlord to appropriately remove them, and may fine him if he does not, since it is illegal in most areas to rent to people with children if hazardous wastes exist on site. As for the building debris, stack it neatly near where he can reach it easily while he's working. Put up a sign that says, " For our childrens's safety, please close access to this area when you are through." He may have forgotten the children play there. And if your kids are old enough to play outside without supervision they are old enough to know that they may not leave that area alone. You have some responsibility here, too.

 

[Michelle M]

Quit being lazy and do it yourself.