Last Year on the Green · August: The Keys
The idea: a record made on the first day, dated and agreed by both sides, settles arguments on the last day; read it, write what is really there, and keep a copy.
Read it
Who is in this book
- Redline Never sign anything unread, and tell a real trap from an ordinary term from ClauseDojo
- Danya a child of the Green Asks "how do we know?"
- Bartholomew Before you trust a source, ask who made it, when, and why from ArchiveQuest
- Cosimo One source is a clue; where several independent sources agree, you are on firmer ground from ArchiveQuest
- Fee An early-termination fee prices leaving so it feels too expensive from ClauseDojo
- Tara a child of the Green Listens longest, speaks last
Every recurring character has a short tune, so you can tell who is on stage before a word is said. The tunes play only when you tap, and the Reading Access sound switch turns them off.
The Honest Page
Which parts of this story are true, stretched or made up?
True
- A deposit is money paid at the start of a tenancy that a landlord can keep part of at the end, for unpaid rent or for damage beyond ordinary wear and tear. Ordinary wear and tear means the small, expected marks of normal use. Source
- Small nicks and scratches and small holes from pins are usually counted as wear and tear. Carpet stains, large holes in walls and broken doors or windows are given as examples of damage a landlord can charge for. Source
- In the case, fourteen items minus three is eleven; twelve months of £127.50 is £1,530; £120 of a £250 deposit is 48%.
Stretched
- In the case, the hall gives Tara an inventory form with a comments box, and she can photograph the room before moving in. What we simplified: Many halls and landlords use a check-in inventory, but not all, and the rules about deposits are different in different countries. Where there is no form, dated photographs and a short email on the first day do the same job.
Made up
- The hall, its inventory, Mr Okoro, Rhian, the scorch mark, the cracked tile and the stain are made up. Deposits and wear and tear are real.
Tara’s sentence
The case stops where Tara speaks. Write the sentence you would have said. It stays on this device.
Kept.
Your sentence lives on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Ring the hammer for someone
Pick this book for someone younger. The link carries only the book, and it will wait for them on the Green.