Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5203571 — Rent arrears at 4 Mansfield Street, Leamington, Cambridge 3432
Decided 3 Jul 2025 · Published 3 Jul 2025 · Application 5203571
Landlord favoured
- Rent arrears
- Cleanliness
Order
- Rachel Anne Rowland and Wayne Douglas Rowland to pay Glasshouse Property Management Limited as agent for Patricia Elizabeth Miller $2,221.27 from the bond, calculated as shown in table below.
- The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $2,221.27 (3052907-009) to Glasshouse Property Management Limited as agent for Patricia Elizabeth Miller immediately. The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $158.73 (3052907-009) to Rachel Anne Rowland and Wayne Douglas Rowland immediately.
Reasons
- The landlord attended the hearing. The tenant did not appear.
- The landlord has applied for rent arrears, compensation, refund of the bond, and reimbursement of the filing fee following the end of the tenancy.
How much is owed for rent and water rates?
- The tenancy ended on 23 February 2025. The landlord provided rent records and 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, and did not remove all rubbish. The premises had 4 bedrooms and one bathroom. Most of the doors and walls required cleaning and evidence was provided of some drawers with rubbish in them. The evidence showed the oven top required cleaning but there were no further photographs of inside the oven. There was not enough evidence to support the amount claimed for cleaning and a reduced amount is awarded.
- The carpets were stained and the invoice from the carpet cleaner stated that there was a strong urine smell which they treated and entire house was deodorised. This amount is awarded as claimed.
- The amounts ordered are proved.
- Because Glasshouse Property Management Limited as agent for Patricia Elizabeth Miller has substantially succeeded with the claim I have reimbursed the filing fee.