Did you ask for a walk through before you vacated?
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$125 for cleaning (he found two bedroom windows is not clean enough, sticky floor under the fridge)
To clean two windows and under the fridge? That seems both excessive and inappropriate.
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$190 for repainting two doors
Tell us about the doors and why they needed to be repainted.
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$120 for one piece of wood floor
Tell us about the floor. If you are indicating that a worker had to cut out a plank from the hardwood floor and replace it with a matching piece of hardwood due to damage you caused to a board, that may not be an unreasonable fee.
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$85 for kitchen sink chipped (previous condition)
You did a move-in checklist that indicates the damage?
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$1.5 for smoke alarm battery
Ordinary wear and tear. Not an appropriate charge.
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$2.5 for door key
If you lost a key, you lost a key.
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$700 for Lost Rent (he is withholding this amount due to I denied his request to enter the unit)
From what you've told us so far, that won't fly even if we accept his position that you improperly prevented him from showing the unit over a four day period.
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In this respect, I supposed to receive my security deposit within 21 calendar days. Please advise what should I do?
You can start with a demand letter. If your unit was rent controlled, the rent control board may be able to assist you. If there is no such resource and the demand fails, you can sue in small claims court.