Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 4625109 — Cleanliness at 17A East Street, Pukekohe, Auckland 2120
Decided 31 Oct 2023 · Published 31 Oct 2023 · Application 4625109
Landlord favoured
- Cleanliness
- Property damage
- Healthy homes
Order
- This order replaces the order of 13 September 2023.
- Sione Kivalu and Iva Lino must pay Inspire Property Management As Agent For Brett And Helen Andreassen $1,910.57 immediately, calculated as shown in table below.
Reasons
- Only the attended the hearing on 13 September 2023.
- The landlord has applied for water rates, compensation, refund of the bond, and reimbursement of the filing fee following the end of the tenancy.
How much is owed for water rates?
- The tenant was discovered on 29 May 2023 to have abandoned the tenancy. The landlord provided water rates invoices which prove the amount owing at the end of the tenancy.
Did the tenant comply with their obligations at the end of the tenancy?
- At the end of the tenancy the tenant must leave the premises reasonably clean and tidy, remove all rubbish, return all keys and security devices, and leave all chattels provided for their benefit. See section 40(1)(e)(ii)-(v) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
- The tenant did not leave the premises reasonably clean and tidy.
- The wall was damaged during the tenancy. The damage is more than fair wear and tear, and the tenant has not disproved liability for the damage.
- The landlord incurred a callout fee from their Healthy Homes inspector after the tenant had made arrangements with the inspector to be at the premises for inspections to occur but was not at the premises to let the inspectors into the premises on 3 occasions.
- In a subsequent rehearing application by the landlord, the landlord included further items of compensation which was missed out during the original hearing.
- I am satisfied that the tenant are also liable for locks/keys, kitchen bin and blinds replacement costs as well as methamphetamine testing costs after they abandoned the tenancy.
- The amounts ordered are proved.
- The order of 13 September 2023 is now replaced with this order.