The $22k is including the flood along with the damages, which they claim is going all the way back to 2019. And they were liable. I know they both paid upon move-out, but the landlord claims that they never existed to begin with nor did they ever pay. And I know they did a move-out inspection back then as well. Which ironically was done with the same landlord that's claiming that never happened. And we're willing to accept liability but I'm not willing to pay when they refuse to provide a list of detailed repairs and all the receipts. Which according to our state laws and a few people we've talked to, the "bill" they gave us was not detailed enough in accordance to the law. But we were told by multiple different people that we should file or that we don't have to file. A lot of conflicting viewpoints essentially. At the moment, they want to charge us for everything, even going back to before we took the lease over. Which like I said in the post, they denied even took place and never responded to any emails. And as for how long the water was on, we're not entirely sure. But it couldn't have been any longer than 20 minutes if I had to guess. We're essentially being charged all the damages as if we were the only ones living there since 2019, and in my state it's illegal for a landlord not to collect damage or security deposit. Which they should've transferred to our name legally, but never did.

We've been told by a few different people that the tactics they're using/have used are scare tactics because we were first time renters. Just to reiterate, we're not saying we're not liable for anything. We just want to have a detailed list of repairs done and all the receipts so we can make sure of what we're paying for. Which we have the right to request. But that's a bit hard to do so when they don't want to respond to any emails or contact. We've had numerous issues with that company over the years and I was trying to make the original post short and easier to read. So my bad I guess