Question: A year ago, I had rented my villa to someone and the lease contract expired in February 2022. Thereafter, the tenant did not seek renewal of the contract, on the pretext that he had carried out maintenance work on the villa and asked me to reimburse the maintenance cost. Only then he would renew the lease. The amount of reimbursement claimed is huge and I never told him to do any maintenance work during the rental period. My question is: Is the tenant legally entitled to make such a request for reimbursement? Can I file a lawsuit to terminate the lease contract and evict the tenant since he has not renewed the lease contract for more than two months now?

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