Free!!

We're free from Mr Nasty Landlord AT.LONG.LAST!  As expected, he had tried to be difficult almost right to the end - charging us unreasonably for several items, the most ridiculous being labour charge for removing a tiny sticker on a door handle which we hadn't removed totally.  He also wanted to charge us £200 for painting the walls.  I had cleaned the walls and A had used the paint left behind in the garage by the builder to patch certain bits.  He said we used a paint of different colour and he had to get someone to redo it.  Most laughable of all is he sent A a letter asking us to enjoy our last month of stay in the house and hope that we will return the house in the same state as when we had taken over or in an  even better condition.  How is that possible?  Walls will be marked for sure which we had tried to clean up.  To save on professional carpet cleaning, I was on my fours for hours using a strong carpet cleaner to clean the whole house's carpet.  Luckily he didn't mention anything about the carpet.  If not I'll surely hammer him!  One day when A tried to call Mr Nasty, his dad answered the phone instead (he's the big boss of the estate company).  Senior Palmer asked if he could help and A told him everything.  Strangely, he said he had seen the house after we moved out and commented we left it in a good condition.  In the end, Mr Nasty reduced his claim and the rent by half.  I hope his father had given him an earful.  So we're now totally free from him and it feels GOOD!