Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5120769 — Rent arrears
Decided 27 Feb 2025 · Published 27 Feb 2025 · Application 5120769
- Rent arrears
Party names are redacted in the official published order.
Order
- An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the Landlord’s name and identifying details.
- The tenancy of Natalia Kasparova at [Tenancy address suppressed] is terminated, and possession is granted to [The landlord/s], at 11.59 am on Wednesday 5 March 2025.
- The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $552.70 ([Bond number suppressed]) to [The landlord/s] immediately, calculated as shown in the table below.
Reasons
- The landlord attended this remote hearing.
- The tenant did not attend the hearing by teams video link. A telephone call was made to the tenant on the number provided at the allocated hearing time. The call went to voicemail. The Tribunal may hear matters in the absence of a party where satisfied that notice of the hearing has been given. I am satisfied that notice of the hearing was given.
- The landlord has applied for termination of the tenancy, possession, rent arrears and refund of the bond.
- Rent was at least 21 days in arrears on the date the application was filed. The tenancy is terminated. See section 55(1)(a) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
- The landlord provided rent records which prove the amount owing at the end of the tenancy will be $525.70.
- The landlord has applied for possession of the premises following the termination of the tenancy.
- The landlord served a notice to terminate the tenancy on the tenant. The notice was served on 7 November 2024 and gave the tenant 63 days’ notice of the termination, as a family member of the landlord was to move in. The notice records that the tenancy was to end on 9 January 2025. The tenant remains at the premises.
- The tenancy ended on 9 January 2025, which is less than 90 days ago. The requirements of section 64(1) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 are satisfied.
- As [The applicant/s] has wholly succeeded with the claim I must order the tenant to reimburse the filing fee.
- The landlord applied for name suppression. The landlord has been wholly successful in this application and suppression of the landlord name and details is ordered.