Rogers said she first dealt with Gray after renting a flat for Pairama through her in 2018. She said they paid his bond and regularly paid rent, without delay, until he moved out in September 2020 following the death of his wife. “We handed in the 21 days’ (notice) and moved him out and since then I’ve been fighting for his bond,” said Rogers. “I was emailing Amanda, ringing Amanda, and I haven’t had any emails or calls back from Amanda since October last year.” She said she had also contacted the Bond Centre numerous times and had been told they could not find the bond.
Charlie O Mannin10:44, May 11 2021
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A property on Canada St (top, centre of image) was the centre of a Tenancy Tribunal ruling in 2019. (File photo) South Canterbury Property Management director and property manager Amanda Gray, acting as landlord on behalf of owner Ross Grainger, was ordered to pay the tenant $600 compensation for not lodging the bond, and $2500 for not complying with insulation regulations, according to a Tenancy Tribunal ruling made on November 11, 2019. In the ruling, Tenancy Tribunal adjudicator J Greene said the tenant paid a $1000 bond in January 2019 at the start of the tenancy. Legally, Gray then had 23 days to lodge the bond with the Bond Centre.
The weatherboards on the south side of the house were rotten. The tenants said they had to “block holes with blankets and other materials”. The landlord agreed the boards were rotten. The tenants said there were a number of other issues with the property that were not addressed, including the septic tank “which caused ponding”. A “large amount of rubbish” from a previous tenant was not removed from the property until December 12, 2020, despite the tenants moving in on July 27, 2020. The tenants also said there was no insulation at the premises with the tribunal ruling saying: “The landlord accepted that was the case.”