We handed the keys over to our old letting agent last Tuesday for the house we vacated on 2nd March. At the weekend I was given a key back because he objected to the 'state' we left it in. Basically I've got to tidy the place up and have chosen to do it with a vat of magnolia paint and some wall filler. I need to give the oven a better clean too.
In some ways I don't begrudge all this as it was a bit grubby after nearly three years but there is such a thing as wear and tear. Three kids have a habit of gently trashing a place as well.
Anyhoo, I was prepared to hold my hands up to the paintwork but he tried to pin things like a dodgy shower curtain rail which was held up with wire but that was like that when we moved in. I let him know with some verbal force that there was no way repairing that and because I'm generally such a mild mannered guy he knew not to push it.
There was a comment about the condition lounge carpet but as there was a 3" square hole in the middle where an off-cut was used to fill the space it hardly seemed relevant. That was also there when we moved in so anyone buying the house would simply replace it anyway.
I could sooo do without this - I have so much work to do and have no home connectivity so I can't even catch up then. It doesn't seem to matter where I am, I'm really needed somewhere else doing something more constructive.
Anyone got a cloning machine? 
