We are renting a home that was built in March 2007. We were the first residents and moved in mid-April. The landscaping was poorly done (in a rush to build the community) and the irrigation lines were only put a few inches in the ground, and weren't in the dirt, but laid right under the rocks. The trees were babies, and we have two dogs. One of my dogs broke one of the trees and dug up the irrigation piping. I told the landlord I would replace everything, but he said he was evicting us and took pictures. Can he legally evict us for this? We live in Arizona.
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We do have a 12 month lease. The lease actually states that we are allowed to have up to 3 dogs of any size and breed. Mind you, we only have 2 dogs. The damage happened 4 days prior to him coming over, and I actually called him to have him come take a look at it. I told him I would be more than happy to replace the tree and lay the irrigation piping myself, dispite the fact it was done improperly before. I told him that there weren't enough rocks (only 6tons in the backyard where we really needed more like 10 or 12tons). He said nothing. I have been letting him how shallow the irrigation system is for the past 5mos and he has done nothing about it.