Unfortunately, we got her letter within the allotted time. She sent it to us on the 18th and she had until the 21st.
It was basically a letter stating that she took:
$150 for replacing ONE new tile in the kitchen that had a chip (which I think is wear and tear anyway)
$120 for...
She took our entire security deposit based on a paragraph in her lease that said if we made the place offensive to show she could charge us one months rent...and for the record we didn't do anything out of the ordinary to make it offensive, she started showing the place 2 months before the lease...
I live in CA and just received the letter from our landlord about the use of the security deposit from the studio my boyfriend and I rented. She took the entire deposit AND expects us to pay her $504 more....She is crazy. She didn't provide any receipts for the things she said she deducted for...