What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5201331 about?

The tribunal order states: An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal

How much money was awarded in case 5201331?

Cleaning: $281.35 awarded to landlord; Filing Fee: $27.00 awarded to landlord; Replace Oven Door: $350.00 awarded to landlord; Rubbish Removal: $1,383.45 awarded to landlord; Walls and Doors: $2,732.36 awarded to landlord; Water Rates: $1,167.67 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $373.75 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5201331?

The primary dispute was Property damage. Related themes: Cleanliness.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5201331?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12070319-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5201331 about?

The tribunal order states: An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal

How much money was awarded in case 5201331?

Cleaning: $281.35 awarded to landlord; Filing Fee: $27.00 awarded to landlord; Replace Oven Door: $350.00 awarded to landlord; Rubbish Removal: $1,383.45 awarded to landlord; Walls and Doors: $2,732.36 awarded to landlord; Water Rates: $1,167.67 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $373.75 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5201331?

The primary dispute was Property damage. Related themes: Cleanliness.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5201331?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12070319-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

50 Stottholm Road, Titirangi, Auckland 0604 Tenancy Tribunal Case 5201331 — Property damage

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Claims & awards

What this tenancy cost at tribunal — claim, category, amount, and party awarded, with reconciled net total.

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5201331 — net $5,707.58 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Water rates	$1,167.67	Water rates
Window repairs: front door safety glass	$373.75	Window repairs: front door safety glass
Replace oven door	$350.00	Replace oven door
Repairs and painting of walls and doors, fence pails and replacement of missing chattels	$2,732.36	Repairs and painting of walls and doors, fence pails and replacement of missing chattels
Cleaning: including oven and stove, kitchen and carpets	$281.35	Cleaning: including oven and stove, kitchen and carpets
Rubbish removal	$1,383.45	Rubbish removal
Filing fee reimbursement	$27.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$5,707.58
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$5,707.58

Claims and awards for application 5201331 — net $5,707.58 NZD. Verify on MoJ.

Water rates

Amount: $1,167.67
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Water rates

Window repairs: front door safety glass

Amount: $373.75
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Window repairs: front door safety glass

Replace oven door

Amount: $350.00
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Replace oven door

Repairs and painting of walls and doors, fence pails and replacement of missing chattels

Amount: $2,732.36
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Repairs and painting of walls and doors, fence pails and replacement of missing chattels

Cleaning: including oven and stove, kitchen and carpets

Amount: $281.35
Awarded to: Landlord

Claim types — money lines allowed on this order

Cleanliness Filing Fee Rubbish Removal Property damage Water Rates

Order

An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the landlord’s name and identifying details.
Santa Maria Rangihuia Matarania Taoho must pay [The landlord/s] $5,707.58 immediately, calculated as shown in table below.

Reasons

Only the applicant landlord attended the hearing. The tenant did not join the video meeting and could not be contacted by phone.
The landlord has applied for water arrears, 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 tenancy ended on 26/2/2025. 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 is required to replace worn out smoke alarm batteries during the tenancy. See section 40(1)(ca) Residential Tenancies Act 1986. The tenant must also replace standard light bulbs.
The tenant did not leave the premises reasonably clean and tidy, and did not remove all rubbish.
The tenant did not return the keys.
The following chattels were missing at the end of the tenancy: a cutlery draw divider, fireguard and poker.
The amounts ordered are proved.

Is the tenant responsible for the damage to the premises?

A landlord must prove that damage to the premises occurred during the tenancy and is more than fair wear and tear. If this is established, to avoid liability, the tenant must prove they did not carelessly or intentionally cause or permit the damage. Tenants are liable for the actions of people at the premises with their permission. See sections 40(2)(a), 41 and 49B RTA.
Where the damage is caused carelessly, and is covered by the landlord's insurance, the tenant's liability is limited to the lesser of the insurance excess or four weeks' rent (or four weeks' market rent in the case of a tenant paying income-related rent). See section 49B(3)(a) RTA.
Where the damage is careless and is not covered by the landlord's insurance, the tenant's liability is limited to four weeks' rent (or market rent). See section 49B(3)(b) RTA. Where insurance money is irrecoverable because of the tenant's conduct, the property is treated as if it is not insured against the damage. See section 49B(3A)(a) RTA.
Tenants are liable for the cost of repairing damage that is intentional or which results from any activity at the premises that is an imprisonable offence. This applies to anything the tenant does and anything done by a person they are responsible for. See section 49B(1) RTA.
Damage is intentional where a person intends to cause damage and takes the necessary steps to achieve that purpose. Damage is also intentional where a person does something, or allows a situation to continue, knowing that damage is a certainty. See Guo v Korck [2019] NZHC 1541.
The following damage was caused during the tenancy: safety glass panels in the front door needed to be replaced, walls repaired and repainted and the fence repaired, and graffiti removed. The oven door was damaged and needed to be repaired during the tenancy. The damage is more than fair wear and tear, and the tenant has not disproved liability for the damage.
The amounts ordered are proved.
I have not taken into account betterment and depreciation. The amounts awarded are actual repair costs only.
Because [The applicant/s] has succeeded with the claim I must reimburse the filing fee and approve the requested name suppression order.

Claims & awards

What this tenancy cost at tribunal — claim, category, amount, and party awarded, with reconciled net total.

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5201331 — net $5,707.58 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Water rates	$1,167.67	Water rates
Window repairs: front door safety glass	$373.75	Window repairs: front door safety glass
Replace oven door	$350.00	Replace oven door
Repairs and painting of walls and doors, fence pails and replacement of missing chattels	$2,732.36	Repairs and painting of walls and doors, fence pails and replacement of missing chattels
Cleaning: including oven and stove, kitchen and carpets	$281.35	Cleaning: including oven and stove, kitchen and carpets
Rubbish removal	$1,383.45	Rubbish removal
Filing fee reimbursement	$27.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$5,707.58
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$5,707.58

Claims and awards for application 5201331 — net $5,707.58 NZD. Verify on MoJ.

Water rates

Amount: $1,167.67
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Water rates

Window repairs: front door safety glass

Amount: $373.75
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Window repairs: front door safety glass

Replace oven door

Amount: $350.00
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Replace oven door

Repairs and painting of walls and doors, fence pails and replacement of missing chattels

Amount: $2,732.36
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Repairs and painting of walls and doors, fence pails and replacement of missing chattels

Cleaning: including oven and stove, kitchen and carpets

Amount: $281.35
Awarded to: Landlord

Claim types — money lines allowed on this order

Cleanliness Filing Fee Rubbish Removal Property damage Water Rates

Order

An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the landlord’s name and identifying details.
Santa Maria Rangihuia Matarania Taoho must pay [The landlord/s] $5,707.58 immediately, calculated as shown in table below.

Reasons

Only the applicant landlord attended the hearing. The tenant did not join the video meeting and could not be contacted by phone.
The landlord has applied for water arrears, 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 tenancy ended on 26/2/2025. 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 is required to replace worn out smoke alarm batteries during the tenancy. See section 40(1)(ca) Residential Tenancies Act 1986. The tenant must also replace standard light bulbs.
The tenant did not leave the premises reasonably clean and tidy, and did not remove all rubbish.
The tenant did not return the keys.
The following chattels were missing at the end of the tenancy: a cutlery draw divider, fireguard and poker.
The amounts ordered are proved.

Is the tenant responsible for the damage to the premises?

A landlord must prove that damage to the premises occurred during the tenancy and is more than fair wear and tear. If this is established, to avoid liability, the tenant must prove they did not carelessly or intentionally cause or permit the damage. Tenants are liable for the actions of people at the premises with their permission. See sections 40(2)(a), 41 and 49B RTA.
Where the damage is caused carelessly, and is covered by the landlord's insurance, the tenant's liability is limited to the lesser of the insurance excess or four weeks' rent (or four weeks' market rent in the case of a tenant paying income-related rent). See section 49B(3)(a) RTA.
Where the damage is careless and is not covered by the landlord's insurance, the tenant's liability is limited to four weeks' rent (or market rent). See section 49B(3)(b) RTA. Where insurance money is irrecoverable because of the tenant's conduct, the property is treated as if it is not insured against the damage. See section 49B(3A)(a) RTA.
Tenants are liable for the cost of repairing damage that is intentional or which results from any activity at the premises that is an imprisonable offence. This applies to anything the tenant does and anything done by a person they are responsible for. See section 49B(1) RTA.
Damage is intentional where a person intends to cause damage and takes the necessary steps to achieve that purpose. Damage is also intentional where a person does something, or allows a situation to continue, knowing that damage is a certainty. See Guo v Korck [2019] NZHC 1541.
The following damage was caused during the tenancy: safety glass panels in the front door needed to be replaced, walls repaired and repainted and the fence repaired, and graffiti removed. The oven door was damaged and needed to be repaired during the tenancy. The damage is more than fair wear and tear, and the tenant has not disproved liability for the damage.
The amounts ordered are proved.
I have not taken into account betterment and depreciation. The amounts awarded are actual repair costs only.
Because [The applicant/s] has succeeded with the claim I must reimburse the filing fee and approve the requested name suppression order.

Tenancy Tribunal case 5201331 — Property damage at 50 Stottholm Road, Titirangi, Auckland 0604

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Tenancy Tribunal case 5201331 — Property damage at 50 Stottholm Road, Titirangi, Auckland 0604

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Award balance

Claims & awards

Order

Reasons

How much is owed for water rates?

Did the tenant comply with their obligations at the end of the tenancy?

Is the tenant responsible for the damage to the premises?

Topics & place

Residential Tenancies Act sections

Key findings

Frequently asked questions

Award balance

Claims & awards

Order

Reasons

How much is owed for water rates?

Did the tenant comply with their obligations at the end of the tenancy?

Is the tenant responsible for the damage to the premises?

Topics & place

Residential Tenancies Act sections

Key findings

Frequently asked questions