Tenants vs landord: Formaldehyde off-gassing blamed for headaches, insomnia
13 Jan, 2021 08:27 PM
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The new house is in Palmerston North. Photo / file
Tenants who moved into a new house said they suffered insomnia and headaches so they engaged an expert to test for formaldehyde off-gassing then took a case against the landlord. Lee-Anne Ngaretta Ingram and Byron Brent Ingram went to the Tenancy Tribunal against Watson Real Estate for lease termination and compensation claiming formaldehyde being released into the environment of the new build tenancy .
The Ingrams asked the tribunal to let them escape their one-year fixed-term tenancy and sought financial compensation in respect of the lease running from September last year to September this year.