In my last tennancy I rented for 8 years. In that time the landlady didn't once do any renovation to the property. Even when we notified her of things breaking, she said if we weren't bothered neither was she. For instance, the surround coming off the bath and the glass on top if a table breaking. She never painted the house in eight years, never did anything to the garden.
I kept the house and garden to my standards. I am not filthy, but could never be called fastidious. I cleaned the house thoroughly when I left, scrubbed and polished the wooden floors by hand, washed paintwork and windows etc. I tidied the garden twice a year, and kept the grass mowed, but I'm no proffessional, some bushes were unruly. I kinda liked that. I washed the ( White) sofa covers, but they weren't immaculate as they'd had eight years of use. Everything was clean, but it wasn't as it had been eight years previous. Eight years without any maintenance or redecoration.
Am I unreasonable to think she has unrealistic expectations to expect that everything be in perfect condition after having been used for eight years with no maintenance? If she'd been living there herself, then she'd have upkept as she went surely?
The landlord kept all my deposit, saying she needed redecorate and have the garden professionally redone and buy new some furniture.
Am I missing something?