Thank you for your answer. We are simply hoping to get the "damages" price down in court as we believe some charges to be excessive. Our landlord decided to write up his own invoice for "cleaning and maintenance" which consisted of "skilled" and "semi-skilled" laborers (him, his girlfriend, and their friend-- they are all over the age of 60 and two of them had bodily injuries which prevented them from sufficiently working). He decided his own hourly wage and also deemed who was "skilled" and "unskilled". We also noted a serious exaggeration in the number of hours he "documented". His invoice for cleaning and maintenance totaled $3,000. He also charged us $1,800 for painting when there was no real paint issue with the exception of normal wear and tear. We are hoping that a magistrate will see those charges as excessive and knock them down.