Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5129648 — Property damage
Decided 6 Jun 2025 · Published 6 Jun 2025 · Application 5129648
- Property damage
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.
- Mary-Anne Anderson must pay the landlord] $3,996.08 immediately, calculated as shown in table below. DescriptionLandlord Previous order dated 09/04/2025$1,996.23 Kitchen repairs$1,230.50 Blind repairs$769.35 Total payable by Tenant to Landlord$3,996.08
- This order includes and replaces the order dated 9 April 2025 for $1,996.63
Reasons
- Only the landlord attended the teleconference hearing. As with the first hearing, the call to the tenant went to voicemail.
- On 9 April 2025 the Tribunal heard the landlord’s application but adjourned to hear new claims that had not been adequately served on the tenant.
- Following the hearing on 9 April the Tribunal made the following order regarding claims in the landlord’s application: DescriptionLandlord Rent arrears to 26 Jan 2025$3,008.57 Water rates$125.66 Lawns$92.00 Rubbish removal$828.00 Repairs: to walls$437.00 Cleaning$598.00 Filing fee reimbursement$27.00 Total award$5,116.23 Bond$3,120.00 Total payable by Tenant to Landlord$1,996.23
- The additional claims made by the landlord refer to damage to blinds, to the kitchen floor, to kitchen cupboard handles and a sliding door.
- The damage is more than fair wear and tear, and the tenant has not disproved liability for the damage.
- The amounts ordered today regarding the additional damage has been proved. Suppression
- The landlord has applied for name suppression. Section 95A(1) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 provides that the Tribunal must, on the application of a party that has wholly or substantially succeeded in proceedings, order that the party’s name or identifying particulars not be published, unless the Tribunal considers that publication is in the public interest or is justified because of the party’s conduct or any other circumstances of the case.
- The landlord has substantially succeeded with the claim and therefore name suppression is granted.