Hi everyone - I have a question about my deposit being withheld by my former landlord and want to check what my options are. I rented the property for about three years and during that time there was some small damage - particularly a small stain on the bedroom carpet, and three small (about the size of a 10p) burns on two panels of the wood laminate floor. My landlord is trying to charge me to replace the entire bedroom carpet, and have the entire floor re-paneled which pretty much wipes out the entire deposit - she is also charging me for her time to take a few items to the dump and dry cleaning curtains - plus her time (@£20 ph) to do all this. Here is a breakdown of her charges 6 miles @ 40p per mile (to dump and back three times!) £2.40 4 hours @ £20ph (going to dump, cleaning carpets, cleaning windows & frames) £80.00 Builder hanging the kitchen doors £30.00 New aqualoc floorboards – 18 packs @ £22.17 – Driftwood Oak £399.06 Beading around edge of floor – 10 packs @ £4.98 £49.80 Builder to relay laminate floor £500.00 Bedroom carpet (originally bought for £13 per meter) for 5m x 5m £312.00 Laying of carpet £100.00 Rental of “RugDoctor” £19.98 Chemicals for RugDoctor £14.98 Stain remover (unfortunately didn’t actually work) £3.98 Curtains dry-cleaned £50.00 Replacement of light bulbs £12.32 The burns are small and the stain is barely noticeable - I would have thought that most of this would appear under fair wear and tear, although I can't deny that they were both my fault. Please help. Thanks Mike