(WA)Need help urgently: tenant issue, eviction, attitude, damages

[Jack B.]

EIGHT months into tenancy, these 19 year old kids (winter tenant, hard to find tenants during the winter and they checked the boxes for credit and income) had complaints from neighbors about loud music, trashed part of the carpet, over grown lawn, unpaid water bills, and now their friend took apart the drain of a sink in the bathroom to try to fix a clog and mucked it up putting it back together. They even admitted yesterday when I was there their friend did this. 

These are all violations of their lease, the first few I already addressed with them a few months ago but now the plumbing and they are arguing with me about splitting a $200 bill for sink drain repair, I'm paying for the snake, they should be paying for the drain they mucked up. They are trying to claim as the landlord it is my responsibility to pay for repairs. The lease I showed them clearly states they are responsible for damages of things they do. 

Best way to get them out in this eviction environment? I know the loophole is 60 day notice to move in or sell in WA, but can I serve them a notice to comply or vacate still since these are lease violation related not due to unpaid rent from COVID? THey have been paying on time...

I want to end this nonsense before they gravely damage the place. 

Update: after 8 million texts of them making up lease terms and threatening to get a family attorney involved, they are backing down. 

Attorney I hired said I have grounds to evict under national and WA law despite moratoriums. Tenant is nuts claiming I'm responsible per the lease to repair their damage and now backing down saying their lease is up in april lol. I was like, the three sections I sent you show you are responsible for damages YOU caused. Your lease is month to month, not up in April. lol. She is now saying they will have their friend pay it. 

They went back and forth about how it's not their fault, etc. They and the plumber told me their friend took the drain apart and siliconed it back instead of using washers that are rubber. They now try to claim all he did was take it apart and put it back together, no silicone. I'm like, how did the fresh silicone get on there then lol. I have inspection report from when I bought the house that did not show this sink as a code violation and the plumber said it is, and they told me he did it yesterday. All of a sudden when I push the issue and laugh about it, they back down.

Thing is, they have a serious attitude all of a sudden. I don't want to deal with them anymore. Should I move forward with the notice and subsequent eviction filing or ride them out until winter is over?

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WASHINGTON STATE:

EIGHT months into tenancy, these 19 year old kids (winter tenant, hard to find tenants during the winter and they checked the boxes for credit and income) had complaints from neighbors about loud music, trashed part of the carpet, over grown lawn, unpaid water bills, and now their friend took apart the drain of a sink in the bathroom to try to fix a clog and mucked it up putting it back together. They even admitted yesterday when I was there their friend did this.

These are all violations of their lease, the first few I already addressed with them a few months ago but now the plumbing and they are arguing with me about splitting a $200 bill for sink drain repair, I'm paying for the snake, they should be paying for the drain they mucked up. They are trying to claim as the landlord it is my responsibility to pay for repairs. The lease I showed them clearly states they are responsible for damages of things they do.

Best way to get them out in this eviction environment? I know the loophole is 60 day notice to move in or sell in WA, but can I serve them a notice to comply or vacate still since these are lease violation related not due to unpaid rent from COVID? THey have been paying on time...

I want to end this nonsense before they gravely damage the place.

Update: after 8 million texts of them making up lease terms and threatening to get a family attorney involved, they are backing down.

Attorney I hired said I have grounds to evict under national and WA law despite moratoriums. Tenant is nuts claiming I'm responsible per the lease to repair their damage and now backing down saying their lease is up in april lol. I was like, the three sections I sent you show you are responsible for damages YOU caused. Your lease is month to month, not up in April. lol. She is now saying they will have their friend pay it.

They went back and forth about how it's not their fault, etc. They and the plumber told me their friend took the drain apart and siliconed it back instead of using washers that are rubber. They now try to claim all he did was take it apart and put it back together, no silicone. I'm like, how did the fresh silicone get on there then lol. I have inspection report from when I bought the house that did not show this sink as a code violation and the plumber said it is, and they told me he did it yesterday. All of a sudden when I push the issue and laugh about it, they back down.

Thing is, they have a serious attitude all of a sudden. I don't want to deal with them anymore. Should I move forward with the notice and subsequent eviction filing or ride them out until winter is over?