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Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern talk about the new tenancy laws expected to pass this week. (Video first published August 4, 2020)
A group of Wellington students signed a $1040 per week lease for a four-bedroom flat, only to find one of the bedrooms was also the lounge. Third-year law and psychology student Emily Cooper, 20, and her three flatmates signed the lease and handed over a $4160 bond sight-unseen because they were working full time in Auckland over the summer. They feared they would miss out if they waited. “We were getting very desperate because the term was about to start, and we still didn t have a place,” Cooper said.
Quinovic chief operating officer Paul Chapman said he was unable to comment on the specific details of the case but “some property managers would charge a fee when there was a change of tenant on a tenancy agreement”. Some offices charged an hourly rate of $90, not including GST, to perform checks on new tenants. The fee covered things such as credit checks, reference checks, associated paperwork, as well as liaising with the bonds centre, Chapman said.
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A $287 fee to run reference checks on a new tenant has been called a “letting fee in disguise” by one rental advocate.
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The room has two small wardrobes inside for the use of the tenants. He said the landlord appeared to have attempted to make it as comfortable as possible by mounting a fan above the door and said he imagined many students would not blink an eye at renting such a small room. Stuff has approached the lister of the property for comment. Crow said many renters were trying to find ways to afford to live in the central city, which might mean sharing a room.
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The living area of the five-bedroom flat. He said the landlord could also be seeking to capitalise on the lack of accommodation and increase the return on the room.
Press Release – Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment A Huntly boarding house operator has been ordered to pay $8,956.28 and received a restraining order following evidence brought forward by MBIEs Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team (TCIT) at the Tenancy Tribunal. A TCIT investigation found …
A Huntly boarding house operator has been ordered to pay $8,956.28 and received a restraining order following evidence brought forward by MBIE’s Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team (TCIT) at the Tenancy Tribunal.
A TCIT investigation found landlord Poomia Investments Limited failed to lodge the bonds for 37 of its tenants at Rawhiti Lodge boarding house, and asked eight of those tenants to pay rent in advance before the expiry of the period for which their rent had already been paid.