Hi Bazzoka Boo
I left the property in a better state of repair than when I found it,
I had part of the kitchen re plastered,
I decorated the entire building which cost me £7oo+and was done by a painter of their choosing,
I had new carpets, lino and wall paneling installed, new lighting and a vilux blind to replace a black bin bag!
All this I did with their full agreement.
However a couple of months after things were getting dodgy, the landlord would not give me a tennancy agreement of any kind,
it was then I started writing a diary, I also installed a motiion detector camera as I believed they were entering the property, which they were recorded as doing.
My electricity was included as I believe they were tapping into someone else's supply as It often went off for hours, water also was tapped.
After eight months the landlords wife told me I had two weeks to get my horse off their property as she "didn't like me
"( it was a livery yard and I lived in an annexe attached to their house)
the landlord then told me he was increasing the rent from £500 to £550.
The atmosphere was increasingly sour so I decided to leave especially as my horse had to go,
however I was determined to take as much as I could,
I took out the carpets, lino wall paneling wood burning stove, which they installed and charged me £500 for doing so,
the roof tiles were replaced and were made rain proof.
I took the light fittings too..after all that the place was STILL in a better state of repair
than when I moved in, they were very nasty people and I will not give them one penny.