My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: California
The property I rent is in escrow. My landlord advised me by text message that the septic tank was going to be pumped on Tuesday and to make sure they had access through the walkway on the side of the house. No problem, did that.
I came home Tuesday and found my garage door on the *other* side of the house open, a big pile of dirt & broken planks in the back yard and the open septic tank covered by plywood sheets.
So I sent the landlord a text asking when they would be coming back. He asked what the yard looked like & I texted back about the pile of wood & dirt. He replied that they must be coming back and he didn't know what the schedule was. I still haven't heard when they are coming back.
My dogs now need to be watched whenever they are in the yard to make sure they don't go on the plywood and don't carry off the wood pieces to chew up. I can't sit in the yard and read a book without stressing about the ugliness and when it's going to be fixed.
Is there anything not legal about leaving this mess & the tank open? He's also done some brush cutting without removing the debris and put down gravel in that area with no barrier or weed prevention. Now there are berry canes and weeds coming up that I can't mow because of the gravel. He's removed one trash can of the debris after I asked him about it after 3 weeks of looking at the 3' pile. No mention of when he might come back to finish the removal. FWIW, I did not ask him to do the brush cutting. He has also failed to trim the rebar sticking up 2" from the cinderblock border of the same area which is a hazard if my dogs run through there or I have to go back there in the dark.
Thank you!

