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Tenancy Tribunal case 5408451 — Boarding House at 154 Fendalton Road, Fendalton, Christchurch 8052
Published 18 March 2026 · Application 5408451
- Boarding House
At a glance
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Outcome
Dismissed
From published order
Location
Christchurch
Tribunal region
Adjudicator
C Lamdin
Claims & awards
What this tenancy cost at tribunal — claim, category, amount, and party awarded, with reconciled net total.
No individual claim amounts were reconciled for this order. View the official Ministry of Justice PDF for full detail.
Order
- The application is dismissed.
Reasons
- Both parties attended the hearing which was held by video-conference.
- This was a hearing to decide in the first instance, whether or not the Tenancy Tribunal has jurisdiction over the dispute between the parties.
- The Residential Tenancies Act, 1986 (the “RTA”) section 4 provides that the RTA includes all tenancy agreements except those that are excepted: “This Act applies to every tenancy for residential purposes except as specifically provided.”
- Section 5 of the RTA then lists exclusions to section 4, including the following at section 5(1)(n): “where the premises, not being a boarding house, continue to be used, during the tenancy, principally as a place of residence by the landlord or the owner of the premises or by any member of the landlord’s or owner’s family:”
- A boarding house is defined in section 66B of the RTA as a residential premises containing 1 or more boarding rooms along with facilities for communal use by the tenants of the boarding house; and (b) occupied, or intended by the landlord to be occupied, by at least 6 tenants at any one time.
- There is no suggestion from either party that the property in question is a boarding house. Both parties agree that other than the parties to this dispute there was one other tenant in the property as well as a tenant in an attached self-contained unit.
- Mr Bridgeman owns the premises and lives there. It is his house. He rents out two rooms to boarders. Ms Thompson was one of these.
- This living arrangement falls squarely within the exception set out in section 5(1)(n) of the RTA.
- The Tenancy Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear this dispute.
Topics & place
Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).
Residential Tenancies Act sections
s4, s5, s5(1), s66B
Key findings
- Dispute theme: boarding house
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.
What was the outcome of Tenancy Tribunal case 5408451?
The tribunal order states: The application is dismissed.
How much money was awarded in case 5408451?
Verified claim lines are listed on this page.
What type of tenancy dispute was case 5408451?
The primary dispute was Boarding House.
Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5408451?
The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/13305280-Tenancy_Tribunal_Order.pdf.