We live in rented accommodation- have been here for 18 months with our four children. Our landlords live away and come down every 6 months to inspect the property.We didn't know it when we moved in but our landlord is totally ocd over his house. He did most of the work himself and I understand that it is his "baby". We also found out after we moved in that he had made things very difficult for the previous tenants when they left and when he lived here himself he had made our neighbours lives very stressful by complaining about every little thing they did.Anyway I am getting to the point...sorry.Myself and my dh have been finding these inspections more and more stressful. Think scrubbing the skirting boards with a toothbrush/deep cleaning the whole house. Only for our landlord to tell us how dissatisfied he is with the condition of the house.We have 4 young children and inevitably they cause more wear and tear then when he lived here with his one teenage daughter. However he will not let us rectify anything. For instance we asked for paint colours so we could patch up marks on the walls were the children have put their fingers (I have cleaned these but find the paint comes off aswell), he won't provide them.We have just received a very snotty letter after his recent visit. My very slight 7 year old leant on the shed door and it collapsed the day before his visit, the whole frame was rotten all the way through and the glass panel was left hanging like a guillotine it's lucky she wasn't seriously hurt. We have never had the keys to this shed as it is his store so we had no idea of the condition. He is asking us to fully replce this door using a qualified carpenter. I feel this is unreasonable considering the condition of the door.Also while he was here he found that one of the supporting beams from under the balcony is cracked and needs replacing- he is also saying we are responsible for this although we have no idea how it happened.Furthermore I found out a little while ago that he did not protect our deposit- I questioned him about this and he said it is because he took two months rent in advance instead. I have researched this and I don't believe he can do this. It firmly states in our tenancy that our one months rent will be returned if the property is in good order when we leave. I firmly believe he will intend to keep this. I know they are having serious money troubles and doubt they can afford to return it.We haven't actually been given notice to leave or given our notice of intent to leave but we can not go through the stress of another inspection again given his unreasonable standards and demands so we are looking for a way out. Although I doubt we will even get a good reference out of him.please can anyone advise on anything in my post. Sorry it has been a long one. There is more but it would have made a long post even more tiresome to read. Thankyou