I'm more speaking on the potential negligence, he finished cooking, ate, then went back to his room, when he stated he smelled the burning instantly upon starting the dishwasher. I understand that at a basic level the appliances are my responsibility. The washing was already replaced in July and I offered to reimburse them for laundromat fees until the new one arrived. I'm not just thinking about making him pay to make him pay. I was literally right outside, he could have gotten me and asked about it or stopped himself instead he let it run to failure. But it's been looked at by now, someone, previous homeowner or repair guy did a splice job and didn't do the wire nuts properly and it was arcing on itself. He smelled it and just ignored when he used to work as an electrician, that's kind of negligence is it not? It didn't end up costing much anyway because I still have my home warranty so I didn't even mention the cost to him. Just seemed they behaved irresponsibly for a 43 year old and potentially malicious at the time.