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We moved out of a house we rented in PA on April 29, 2007. On April 30 we had a walk thru with the landlord. He stated that the only thing that he would deduct from the security deposit was for damage to the kitchen ceiling (when my husband was in the attic his foot went through the floor - we tried to fix but was not good enough for the landlord). He said he would subtract that out and have the check in the mail the next day(Tuesday) or Wednesday. Two weeks went by and we heard nothing. We called and got no reply. Finally my husband got in touch with them and was told that they mailed something to us that day. 2 days later, Sat. May 19 we received a letter stating that they were keeping our security deposit - - that they were now taking money out to replace carpets and to replace the wallpaper in the bathroom (which we had painted with their permission). Can they legally keep our security deposit when we had a walk thru and was told they would only subtract the cost of the ceiling? Unfortunately we do not have that in writing it was only verbal.