很理解楼主说的这个妈妈挺欺负人。动不动就威胁去法庭告的，如果地主没有过错，谁怕谁？

我上个月有个房客，刚搬出去两天，就威胁我退押金，我的回答是

The lease said that landlord should refund any remaining deposit after the non refundable, unpaid bill (05/15-06/27 water and sewer), any excessive wear/tear costs in 45 days.

It’s pretty bad that the legal services of western New York couldn’t give legal advice and you better find someone else, because they couldn’t even tell you that there’s no claims for you yet. 

I’m a very fair landlord and I definitely not happy to hear some kind of threatening to small court. That is said, I will still send you a check out summary with pictures and receipt, like I always do in another 40 days

事实上我还是在他们搬走两个礼拜后，在扣除了一干零几十块后，退了押金。房客回的Massage:

Even though o don’t think you should use the new carpet price in the formula but rather the old carpet price o think we are okay with the final result and let’s just leave it at that for peace sake for all of us. Please send the checkout along with the check. Thanks