My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Washington
About 2 weeks after moving in, we had a home inspection done by a certified home inspector at our expense. We were considering purchasing the home, but opted not to due to the amount of repairs required.
My landlord is wanting to keep the entire security deposit though for the following reasons:
*He claims that walls were freshly painted when we moved it and are not in good condition anymore. There were several spots on the walls where he had touched up leaving large patches of paint, and in some cases the incorrect color was used. We did not get a checklist from the landlord upon moving in as he was required to do noting the current condition of anything.
*While we were living there, the garage door was damaged. The door was closing one day, and apparently an obstruction was in the tracks. Oddly enough though, the garage door did not stop and roll back up, it continued to press down crushing the internal springs in the door. However, the home inspection report was done prior to this damage and noted that the auto-reverse mechanism was faulty and needed repaired. Obviously this is the big ticket item. I'd like to dispute this charge, as had the mechanism been working properly the door would not have been damaged. Do i have anything to stand on here by disputing this based on the home inspection report?
Thanks for your time

