My question involves a condominium located in the State of:
We recently had a leak from our AC that damaged some of a downstairs neighbor's interior drywall. Before the source of the leak was identified he said he was going to have a plumber come look around his place and that the plumber may need to get in our place as well. I knew I was going to be at work and may not be able to make it back when the plumber showed up so I left a key under our mat BUT DID NOT TELL THE NEIGHBOR THAT; I simply asked him to have the plumber call me if he needed to get in, at which point I was planning to tell the plumber how to find the key. The reason I proceeded in this fashion is that we have had some prior disputes with this neighbor and neither myself or my spouse wanted him coming in our place.
The morning that the plumber was supposed to come, I asked him to have the plumber call me when he got there on two occasions via text. On both occasions he stated that the plumber was not there yet at that point. He asked me if I had left a key and I did not respond, as I wanted to speak with the plumber first, and was considering coming home if possible once he showed up. A little over an hour later I got a call from the neighbor who reported that he was in my unit with the plumber looking at the AC unit, that he had found the problem and was in the process of fixing it. He went on to say that he had gone searching for the key that he presumed was there and found it under the mat. Again, I never told him that I had planned to leave a key and I never gave him permission to go into the house.
Now, I am not sure if I have given enough details to make it clear, but I asked this person multiple times to have the plumber call me so that I could arrange for the plumber to enter the house without him. I feel that it was very inappropriate to ignore my request and in particular to just look around for a key, let himself in and authorize repairs on my AC. To me this sounds like trespassing, however I am not sure if it meets the legal definition.
While in my property he authorized plumbing repairs to be done without my consent and without allowing me to discuss with the plumber. Since then he has had his drywall repaired and asked us to pay for that. We were never allowed to participate in the process of getting a quote for the repairs.
We feel that we should not have to reimburse him due to the fact that he entered our residence without our permission, authorized repairs to our property without our permission, and had repairs done with the expectation that we would pay for them without allowing us to participate in the bidding process. I am hoping to get an opinion regarding whether my thoughts are valid or if it is not worth pursuing and we should just pay him.

