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I left my shared house rental in Washington D.C. prior to the end of lease date after finding a tenant to replace me (upon approval of the landlady). The new tenant signed a new lease with the other roommates and the landlady. My landlady did not send me my deposit within 45 days of the date I moved out, the new roommate moved in, and the new lease began. I had assumed that the new lease signed with the new tenant and roommates voided the prior lease and that she had 45 days to send me the deposit or a list of deductions as per DC law. The landlady is saying that she doesn't owe me the deposit until 45 days after the end of the original (I assumed void) lease end date. Does the old lease still hold even though a new one has been signed?
Also, she only inspected the apartment this week, nearly two months after I moved out and is saying that I may owe for nail holes in the wall and damage in the common areas. She also didn't inspect when I moved in. There were a lot of issues with the place when I moved in and we even had to call the city to do an inspection after which she had to make a number of repairs to make the place habitable according to DC law.