With respect to the plaintiffs’ claim that the defendants failed to return their security deposit pursuant to § 47a-21 (d), the court found in favor of the plaintiffs, awarding them $4800 in damages, plus $216.56 in interest. The court, however, did not find that the defendants had triggered the double damages provision of § 47a-21 (d) because the defendants had sent a written *306accounting of the damages within fifteen days of receiving notice of the plaintiffs’ forwarding address. The court also found that the defendants’ comingling of the plaintiffs’ security deposit with their own funds and the use of the plaintiffs’ security deposit for their own personal expenses violated § 47a-21 (h) (1), and also constituted CUTPA violations. As the court found that the defendants’ behavior evinced either “reckless indifference to [the plaintiffs’] rights or [an] intentional and wanton violation of those rights,” it awarded the plaintiffs $3000 in punitive damages, $2500 in attorney’s fees and $119 in costs. In deriving those specific amounts, the court did not articulate its reasoning, simply stating that the facts and circumstances of the case supported such an award. The court found that the plaintiffs’ claim that the defendants had committed statutory theft was without merit because the evidence presented at trial did not support the requisite finding of intent.6 On November 1, 2011, the plaintiffs filed a motion to open the judgment and to reargue and for hearings on punitive damages and attorney’s fees. The court denied their motion on November 8, 2011. This appeal followed. I DOUBLE DAMAGES AND INTEREST PURSUANT TO § 47a-21