PUBLISHED OPINION
MICHAEL R. BROWN and
CO
JILLA.WAHLEITHNER,
en
Appellants. FILED: February 1,2016
J. Leach — Michael Brown and his wife, Jill Wahleithner (Tenants), appeal
the trial court's decision evicting them from a house owned by Stephen
Faciszewski and his wife, Virginia Klamon (Landlords). The Tenants challenge
the sufficiency of the service and the contents of the notice terminating their
tenancy and the award of unpaid rent, attorney fees, and cost to Landlords. The
Landlords properly served the termination notice and it provided the Tenants with
adequate notice about the Landlords' just cause for eviction. And because the
trial court properly awarded the Landlords unpaid rent for the period of unlawful
detainer, along with attorney fees and court costs, we affirm.
FACTS
The Tenants leased a house in Seattle from the Landlords. The Landlords
lived in a house next door. After the lease expired, Tenants continued to live in
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the house on a month-to-month basis. In February 2014, the Tenants had a
parking dispute with neighbors about a disabled person's access to those
neighbors' house. The Landlords intervened and asked the Tenants not to park
in a certain area that blocked access.
Faciszewski unsuccessfully attempted to serve the Tenants personally
with a notice terminating tenancy. Faciszewski then taped a copy of the notice to
the front door of the rental property. He also mailed a copy to the Tenants at the
same address. The notice required the Tenants to vacate the house on or before
July 31 so that one or more members of Landlords' immediate family could use it
as a primary residence.