I'm probably over thinking this.
We recently vacated the rental house that we were living in for 18 months. It was a very nice house that was let while the owner was abroad. The rent was very high for the region so the deposit was also quite sizeable. When we moved in the house was in very good clean condition, not pristine but very good.
When we left we had the place professionally cleaned and replaced one of the doors as it had been damaged, there were some very minor scuff marks on the walls and some minor scratches on the metal fridge freezer doors also there was some dust as we had left the house when the carpenter fitted the door so although it was fitted perfectly he hadn't hoovered up the dust.
Anyway, we thought that the inspection was going to be held last Monday but we noticed that the owners had moved in over the weekend, when we went for the inspection we were told that it had happened on Saturday, supposedly before they moved back in. The EA had no idea of this change of plan either.
Now the owner is making a big deal about the scratches on the fridge freezer, dust and wall scuffs. My thought process is that the scuffs are normal wear and tear, the dust is, well, just dust and the fridge freezer is of a type that scratches very, very easily - there were some marks on it when we moved in and admittedly there are a few more but it would not actually be possible to use the thing without some wear and tear.
The owner is quite an influential local business man who we do not want to fall out with but I do not want to lose our deposit for what I do believe is fair wear and tear. I am prepared to argue our cause but I have been screwed in the past (pre DPS) by landlords over deposits so I am a bit sceptical.
Can I count on the DPS being fair?
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Thewolfsjustapuppy · 27/07/2016 21:00
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