However the garden was/is in a state - overgrown, paths and patio edges long obliterated and the flower beds were more like wildlife refuges!
A colleague in F-4 days had a short-notice posting and didn't manage to sort out his garden before the march-out, so was charged a tidy sum to have it done by a contractor.
Fast forward a few months and he was chatting with a mate who'd moved in to the same MQ a few days after my colleague had moved out. "The place was nice and clean, mate - but you might have cut the grass and sorted out the garden! It took me a day or so to tidy it up!"...
So where did the money go....
???