Thanks for the info guys.

But the remaining cheque that he has is a deposit only, which he has to return to me at the end of the contract.  Everything is in order at the house and we even spent money to make major repairs.  We haven't failed to pay our rent every 1st of the month for one year. so it just right taht they return my deposit to me.

it's just strange for me how it is done here, i guess