Landlords are, understandably, feeling vindicated and excited about the RTAA 2019 which now makes tenants liable (up to a certain extent) for carelessly...
Tag - Tenancy Issues
This week’s question comes from Sue: I have just been advised that with the changes to the Residential Tenancy Act my property manager needs to file...
The Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill (No 2) received its Royal Assent on 30th July 2019 bringing about significant changes for landlords to pay attention...
Welcome to our Healthy Homes Standards Compliance Series. In light of this week’s rollout of the Residential Tenancies (Healthy Homes Standards)...
Concerning Hood, Angela Julie vs First National Marlborough Limited [2019] NZTT Blenheim 4180394 The issue What can a landlord reasonably recover from a...
Concerning Tobin, Jackie vs CHEN, JIANQING [2019] NZTT Auckland 4172141 The issue Whether tenants are afforded the Osaki protection for damages caused by...
This week’s question comes from Kelly (paraphrased): I have a lady tenant with kids who would prefer not to put her partner’s name on the tenancy...
This week’s question comes from Don (paraphrased): My tenant is withholding payment of his water usage saying that I am required by the RTA to send him a...
This week’s question comes from Barry (paraphrased): An impending termination has gone sour; the tenant is now threatening to issue me with a trespass...
We recently covered the oversight power of the Tenancy Compliance and Investigation Team (“TCIT”). In the course of posting that information, we...
This week’s question comes from Sue (paraphrased): I am renting out a property that has six bedrooms. For the purpose of the Residential Tenancies...
Early this month, Tenancy Services released new versions of its bond forms. We have a quick chat with Allan Galloway, MBIE National Manager of Dispute...
So, no more letting fees as of today. Our expectation is that most landlords will bear the cost of letting. That said, there are still other costs relating...
*Note that for the purpose of this article we will distinguish ‘letting’ from that of ‘property management’ as understood in the New Zealand context. From 12th...
Tenancy Services is reaching out to APIA landlords for feedback on 4 Bond forms currently being re-designed. The exercise is to improve on the current forms...
Currently, hot news in the property world right now are the proposals to ‘reform’ the Residential Tenancies Act. A number of changes to this Act are under...
