Thank you. The property management company is now threatening us, saying many judges consider normal life of paint to be 5 years and that we would be punished in the court of law and would have to pay more. However, we do have a response from the property management in the days after our move-in. I quote:
"Overall the unit had not had any touch-up painting. There were scuff marks, dirty hand prints, pencil & crayon marks in almost all rooms. (Pencil in living room wall that adjoins staircase. Pencil & crayon marks in both children rooms ...
Unit had not been detailed cleaned. There was grime on the railings of the stair well and also on door frames & front door below & around handle."
I think those quotes make it very clear that the unit was not painted anytime near when when we moved in, which further strengthens our case. What do you all think?
On another point, PM company is threatening us and saying we should be grateful we didn't have to pay $1,500 for painting the whole house. They have told us the owner has a negative cash flow with the house. He actually flew in from 500 miles away and purportedly painted the whole house (we were not told or anything). They are saying they had to paint the whole house because we had left a dozen flourescent stars stuck with putty. During the final moveout inspection PM told us not to worry about them. Before that they said they're free to bring anyone for a showing with no more than 1-hour notice; made phantom appointments (50% of them no one showed up; 25% we were not told the appointment was cancelled) and in general sent us insulting emails.
I am considering suing them for pain & suffering because of their actions.
Thanks.

