Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5251181 — Rent arrears
Decided 20 Aug 2025 · Published 20 Aug 2025 · Application 5251181
- Rent arrears
- Cleanliness
- 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.
- Rachel Maria Gerrard must pay [The landlord/s] $1,293.28 immediately, calculated as shown in table below.
- The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $2,000.00 ([Bond number suppressed]) to [The landlord/s] immediately.
Reasons
- The landlord attended the hearing via video conference on 14 August 2025. The tenant did not.
- The landlord has applied for rent arrears, compensation, refund of the bond, and reimbursement of the filing fee following the end of the tenancy. Rent arrears
- The tenancy ended on 15 June 2025. The landlord provided rent records which prove the amount owing at the end of the tenancy.
- I order the tenant to pay the landlord rent arrears of $1,564.28. Compensation claims
- 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 garden required weeding.
- The tenant did not return the keys.
- The recycling bin and the food waste bin had to be replaced.
- The amounts ordered above are proved. Filing fee reimbursement
- Because [The applicant/s] has wholly succeeded with the claim, the tenant must reimburse the filing fees. This includes the previous omitted filing fee for the previous order.