Just took the guy that's renting my other house to small claims to have him evicted and pay back rent /cleanup costs. Fucker didn't pay for 2 months and thought he could just squat there. I hate renters.
I would hate being a landlord. Especially in RI, very favorable tenant laws here. Not sure about where you are.
Did you have a clause in your lease about them taking care of the property? Again, not sure about there but here it's common for the landlord to take care of it or contract it out unless it specifically says it's the tenants' responsibility in the lease.
Like the last place we lived while I was active duty in Newport, the landlord did all of the grounds maintenance. Cut us breaks in the rent to take care of little stuff around the house too, and for shoveling snow off the sidewalk in front of the house.
The upstairs apartment had a high turnover rate while we were there, people can't follow rules for shit. First it was a bunch of college retards that got evicted after a month for being noisy and leaving their dog shit every where, then it was an artist and a tennis pro who also let their dog shit everywhere, and let their dog run and bark at my baby. My landlord rescinded their pet agreement and kicked them out for having a dog lol.