Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5259959 — Rent arrears at 105 Vine Street, Mangere East, Auckland 2024
Decided 18 Aug 2025 · Published 18 Aug 2025 · Application 5259959
- Rent arrears
- Cleanliness
Order
- [The tenant/s] tenant/s] must pay Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities $4,316.33, calculated as shown in the table below.
- The tenant must pay the debt in Order 1 at the rate of $30.00 per fortnight.
- The first payment must be made on Wednesday 27 August 2025 and payments must continue every second Wednesday after that until the debt is paid in full.
- If the tenant fails to make any payment within 2 working days of the due date, the balance of the debt owing will be payable immediately and can be enforced through the District Court.
- The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $182.00 (3023554005) to Kāinga Ora– Homes and Communities immediately.
Reasons
- Both parties attended the hearing which was held by teleconference.
- The landlord has applied for rent arrears, compensation and refund of the bond, following the end of the tenancy.
How much is owed for rent?
- The tenant gave notice on 14 March 2025 that she wanted to end the tenancy. Twenty one days’ notice was required but the landlord agreed that the tenancy could end on 24 March 2025.
- The landlord provided rent records which prove the amount owing at that date, which the tenant doesn’t disagree with.
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.
- Photographs were provided by the landlord from the exit inspection. They show that work was required to clean the premises, to bring them to a reasonable condition and that a considerable amount of rubbish was left that the landlord needed to have removed.
- The amounts paid by the landlord to have that work done are shown by the work order records provided. The tenant accepts those charges are reasonable and I find it proved that the landlord is entitled to the compensation claimed.
- Arrangements for payment of the amount owed by the tenant are agreed between the parties.