Please can anyone help as I can't function on another sleepless night... we moved out of our rented property on Sunday 23rd March We've always thought we had a decent relationship with our LL and although the decision wasn't our own we moved etc to accommodate them returning to the property themselves, our previous 12 month AST had expired and nothing put in place, they gave us 2 months notice. When we moved in we mutually agreed we could redecorate 2 of bedrooms, all at our own cost, they now wish to withhold some of our deposit to pay for them to be redecorated again to suit their own personal taste, they are claiming this is what we agreed, neither of us have anything in writing. They have since been in touch again with a list of very minor or completely made-up issues with the property, mostly being general wear and tear or stuff they agreed we could do... we welcomed their inspections every 6 months and they never had an issue with us putting the coat hooks behind doors etc They have told us that our deposit is not and never was registered into a protection scheme We need our deposit back to be able to move to another property but also because we believe that money is rightfully ours! We are good tenants, rent always paid in full on time etc My husband wants us to move back into the property, (we have realised that my mum still has a set of the keys) and he believes we are within our rights to do this, I'd don't want to aggravate the situation, I just want our deposit back, if it makes a difference our rent/deposit was £995pm and we lived there since Sept 2011, we found the property through an agent but it has not been managed by them. I am in the process of preparing a LBA but would REALLY appreciate any advise, suggestions and recommendations many thanks for your time