The Wiri apartment was brand new at the start of his tenancy, which ended in November 2020. Tenancy Tribunal adjudicator Rex Woodhouse said there were “reasonably widespread” holes in the floor, involving a number of individual boards. This led Woodhouse to conclude the damage was intentional.
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Do you know your rights as a tenant? Don t worry, we ve got it covered. Woodhouse said the number of dart holes in the flooring was “so extensive”, Lee must have known by continuing to play in the kitchen, the floors would continue to be damaged. “I may possibly have accepted that one or two darts falling onto the flooring was careless, but even then if Mr Lee is a competitive dart player, he would have known the risk that would have been incurred, playing darts in the kitchen.”