but I really shouldn't have done it. He was our departing tenant. He's been awful to deal with (though he has paid his rent); he's lazy, rude, small minded and reneged on the gentleman's agreement we had with him when we took him on. As it was a gentleman's agreement, we couldn't do anything about it, and we've been stuck with him for 4 years. Today was his last day.
The contract stipulated that he had to make good and he hasn't (well he has a bit, but so badly that it'll all have to be redone, after his crappy job has been removed, which adds to the work). He started getting arsey and swearing when dh said the work wasn't good enough.
Then he pretended he couldn't remember how much the deposit was. Then he complained when we gave him a cheque (he'd given us a cheque originally) and said "How do I know it won't bounce?" at which point I lost it and called him by the c-word. Which is of course, the only bit he's going to tell anyone else - and he'll tell everyone.
And he has still got two keys; had others cut without asking so we have no way of knowing how many might be bouncing around, so we'll have to get the locks changed too.
But I shouldn't have called him what I did. But boy, did I enjoy it.