My landlord is trying to charge us more then or deposit

By Debra

My family and i have been living in an apartment for two years prior to moving out. when we found another place we called and asked if we could cancle the lease eairly(only one month) and they said no so we stuck out the remaining lease, paying two rents utilities ect. we paid the last months rent and then asked them if we wanted to leave a little early would it be okay and they told yes that the only thing would need to do is keep the power on until the inspection was complete. we clean everything but the carpet and painting. We did not cause any damage to the place. the only thing that was wrong was normal dirt to carpet and maybe some spots were kids hands slide down as going down the steps. normal everyday things for a family and base coat paint. Through the entire period that we were staying there everytime it rain hard, water would come in large amounts into the home. the landlord swear it was our fault because an empty cooler was sitting on the outside sitting area. we moved the cooler and she swore we were lieing until christmas when the water came in and almost ruin all of my kids christmas presents. she finally came in and fixed the outside area but only had the people dry the carpets with fans. in the remainer of the time living there my kids would stay sick. also in the upstairs bathroom the floor was unsteady, the tub had rusted. we finally got to move and now she is trying to say we caused a lot of damage. also that the apartment was already painted when we moved in. in which, we know is not true because there was still posters and tape on the walls as well as marking that we mentend in the move in inspection, there were also beer bottles left in the apartment. we fixed several things in this apartment when we moved in and have never had any landlords complain before and always got most of our deposit back. yet as i was saying she is taking our deposit and trying to charge us 500 additional dollars. what can we do?

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