I've have been renting a house for the past year, but for numerous reasons unrelated to the house I have decided to move on to another house.

I have a bit of OCD when it comes to cleaning and house maintenance, and like a tidy, clean home. When giving up this house the owners came round to view the property prior to agreeing to reimbursing me the deposit.

But the feedback I had, and their suggestion of withholding my deposit was based on....

1) Cobweb on the landing light (a Victorian house with high ceilings)

2) A bulb didn't match the other bulbs in the light fitting

3) A bulb is missing in another light fitting

4) I haven't 'buffed' the draining board up on the sink.

I have never changed the bulbs, the missing bulb was like that when I moved in. I am shocked that the letting agency and owners could even suggest withholding my deposit, when the heating didn't work properly, the paint constantly peeled off the walls, the door didn't shut properly and one of the plug sockets caused the electric to trip off!

Is this normal, or was I just unlucky?