Hi!
We have recently taken over the lease of a property (around 3 weeks ago).
When the landlady ‘welcomed’ us, one of the first things she pointed was how to care for the kitchen work tops. They are polished stone and black so every scratch shows. She told us not to use anything abrasive on them. (Note here that the worktop was already quite scratched from the previous tenants and she made a dig about it..).
Fast forward three weeks later and we have HUGE long scratches on the worktop. At first I couldn’t work out why and then realised it was a tiny bit of dried food on the bottom of the wooden chopping board making scratches 
I was also filling the dishwasher the other day and dragged a plate across the worktop and it’s left a long scratch (lesson learnt - I won’t do that again!).
We told the landlady right away what happened and she said ‘don’t worry about it, you have to live’ but I know that she’s quite picky and I really don’t want her to end up deducting money from our deposit when we leave.
I asked her if there is anything we can do to fix the scratches, or buy any products to protect the worktop and she showed me a polish, which I have gone onto purchase and use (it was £20).
We spun the chopping board around tonight whilst cooking and it’s made a huge ‘U’ shaped mark from a flake of salt that got stuck under...at this point, I’m stressed out and frightened to use the kitchen. I know this is the landlady’s house but as a worktop in a rented property, I can’t see this being practical!
Any suggestions or landlords on here know what steps I could take next? we are here for 24 months and I am frightened to even use the kitchen. We aren’t heavy handed and are very careful (I don’t want to look at scratches either).
Thank!