My landlord is suing for damages that she claims we caused. The dishwasher leaked through the floor. It was leaking when we moved in. We only used it 4 or 5 times. There is no way we could have cause the "$4000" worth of damage she is accusing us of. She took pics about 5 weeks after we moved in. We moved out at week 6. It just so happened that a guy she had to do an estimate was my husband's best friend. He says that was an old water stain. He offered to fix it for $100. She had called and said she was having her daughter pick up some of her stuff in our attic. She came when we weren't there. It turns out that she did an inspection. She wasn't supposed to do that until a certain date. My landlord called another day and said she needed to pick up some stuff. She came in with a camera and started taking pictures and unhooked our dishwasher. Very rude lady. Because there was a few clothes on the couch she said the place was a mess.
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She now claims that we burned a hole in a deck floor. I haven't even seen that damage. We haven't had any type of fire there. There was fire damage to the porch roof caused by a grill they used before we moved in. The interior wood floors were very scratched up before we moved in. All this stuff she pointed out before we moved in. There were no pics though. She is adding to the court costs : Her gas bill from driving from Florida and re-rental ad...even though she told the judge she didn't feel safe renting again. Kinda like a pity story. All the stuff she is accusing us of us FALSE. She has pics but not before pics. How can this case go??