my friend's story last time he was renting, he rented like >3yrs same landlord and very good relationship since he lived in the same house as their family

but after he informed landlord no longer gonna rent from her since he going to permanently work overseas liao, she went karen mode and started nitpicking on every single damage in the room in the last month of his tenure

one of the large dispute was for a scratch on the door which my friend already informed the landlord yrs ago when he first entered the room and she said not an issue. but landlord still demanded forfeit of his deposit to cover the door "damages" lol, so my friend dispute gao2

luckily the landlord son intervened and told her that this has been here yrs ago and was accidentally scratched by him when he was previously living in the room. landlord terus silent treatment my friend and quietly bank in deposit

yeah thats why my friend told me he die2 do his due diligence when first before take key already point out with pictures and proof on what existing damage and so on

i believe he kena burn before thats why