Deductions & credits

Yes, you may report the maintenance and repair fees as expenses. You will need to indicate in your return that you converted the house from a rental to personal use when you arrive at that screen. This is the first screenshot.

Next screen after that will ask you if you rented this all year. Here you will say no. Then it will ask how many days was it rented and how many days were for personal use. In this case, if the renters moved out Jan 15, this would be 15 days rented at Fair Market rent and 350 personal days.  This is the second screenshot included below.

When you enter your expenses, you would enter the full amount of the expenses. The program will automatically adjust your actual expenses you can claim for the period of time between Jan 1 and when the renters moved out.