Tenant Challenging Deposit Refund

[Greg Franck]

All,

 Thanks in advance for the assist with this.  Here is the detail.  We had a tenant which was a problem.  We bought her our of the lease basically by offering an early termination contract and paying her last months rent.  The 30 day mark has passed and from her 1250 deposit I deducted $50 for failure to remove trash and $210 for failure to maintain landscaping.  The detail around the landscaping is that she never maintained the flower beds.  We had a discussion with her about this in July of this year and spent 4 hours pulling weeds and correcting the issue then.  Afterward she never maintained through the end of her lease (Sept. 2017).  Once I recovered the property the bed were destroyed and I had to remove all of the plants and basically do rock over it.  I am only charging her for the labor at $35 for 6 hours to correct the issue.  The stone and other materials used that I redid the bed with has no part in this charge as it is my improvement on the land.  I provided her with the detail around the charges.  She sent a "formal request" for her money claiming that I didn't spend 6 hours.  At this point I believe that she will probably go through small claims (not sure what other means would be available for a $210 claim).  Before I put this out there keep in mind I have already paid this woman over $1200 to vacate the home and incurred holding costs because I did not show the property during her last month because of her volitility.  At some point I feel that a line needs to be drawn.  How would you handle this?