Termination is not a get-out-of-jail card for HHS If you plan to rent out your property for as long as possible without meeting the Healthy Homes Standards...
Tag - Tenancy Issues
New HHS compliance timeframe announced This morning the government announced an extension to the Healthy Homes Standards (HHS) compliance deadline for all...
A question from Shealy (paraphrased here to suit the format) : I self-manage my tenancy. My property sprung a leak following a storm in late March this year...
We received this question from anonymous and paraphrased it below to suit this format: My three-year fixed-term tenancy ends on 23rd January 2023. I want the...
The following are excerpts from Kristin Sutherland’s report to the Auckland Property Investors’ Association 2022 Annual General Meeting. What a...
This question is from Jess (paraphrased to suit this format): There are two tenants on my fixed-term tenancy that will soon be rolled over into periodic...
The following answers reflect our current understanding of rental business operation under the COVID-19 Protection Framework. In putting these answers...
This question is from Alan (paraphrased to suit this format): What are the rules for hosting open homes under the traffic lights? What can I ask tenants to do...
This question is from Samara (paraphrased to suit this format): My fixed-term tenancy is about to end next month. The landlord asked me if I want to extend or...
This question is from Brian (paraphrased to suit this format): Can I ask prospective tenants whether they are vaccinated or intend to be vaccinated by the...
Level 4 has caught many of us by surprise. Here are answers to some common day-to-day questions arising out of the latest snap lockdown. Note that these...
 This week’s question comes from Kowie S:  We had a fixed-term tenancy from the end 2019- end 2020. Our landlords reached out close to the expiry date...
On the awarding of legal costs by the Tenancy Tribunal RE: Thomas and other v Novus Vita Limited [2021] NZTT Wellington 4266110, 4266355 The basis of the...
Rent is a key pillar to support a claim of a residential tenancy. It is never super nice to see family disputes play out in the public domain. The venerable...
 An example of how the Tenancy Tribunal weighs up a landlord’s and a tenant’s respective hardship in determining the merits of an application for early...
 Re: Atkinson v Monarch Realty Ltd [2020] NZTT Hamilton 4279083  Facts 5th July 2020 – Leak discovered at the property due to lack of maintenance 11th...
