How much money was awarded in case 5292640?

Filing Fee: $27.00 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $3,500.00 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $10,125.04 awarded to landlord; Replace Furnishings: Vanity: $1,926.25 awarded to landlord; Water Rates: $926.67 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5292640?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears. Related themes: Property damage.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5292640?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12272201-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

How much money was awarded in case 5292640?

Filing Fee: $27.00 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $3,500.00 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $10,125.04 awarded to landlord; Replace Furnishings: Vanity: $1,926.25 awarded to landlord; Water Rates: $926.67 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5292640?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears. Related themes: Property damage.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5292640?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12272201-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

New Zealand Tenancy Tribunal Case 5292640 — Rent arrears

Q: What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5292640 about?

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

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Order

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5292640 — net $14,184.96 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Rent arrears to 29 April 2025	$10,125.04	Rent arrears to 29 April 2025
Water rates	$926.67	Water rates
Replace furnishings: Vanity	$1,926.25	Replace furnishings: Vanity
Repairs	$3,500.00	Repairs
Filing fee reimbursement	$27.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$14,184.96
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$14,184.96

An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of both parties’ names and identifying details.

[The tenant/s] must pay [The landlord/s] $14,184.96 immediately, calculated as shown in table below.

The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $2,320.00 ([Bond number suppressed]) to [The landlord/s] immediately.

Reasons

A representative of the landlord attended today’s hearing. The tenant did not attend.

The landlord has applied for rent arrears, water rates, compensation for damage and replacement vanity, 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 29 April 2025. The landlord provided rent records and water rates invoices which prove the amount owing at the end of the tenancy.

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.

I am satisfied that the following damage was caused during the tenancy: • Broken vanity- doors pulled off and holes in the side. • Crack in the wall by the 2 nd bedroom. • Top layer of gib taken off by front door. • Large hole in the bedroom. • Large hole in the bedroom door • 2x areas of patches repairs that needed repainting. • 1x area of patched repair that needed plastering and repainting. • Hinges on pantry coming off.

The damage is more than fair wear and tear, and the tenant has not disproved liability for the damage.

The landlord sought $6010.17 being the total cost of the all the repairs and maintenance carried out at the property, some of that work included items that required repair, but were fair wear and tear or the landlord’s responsibility such as water damage from the hot water cylinder. I have awarded $3500.00 for the repair of the tenant damage.

The amounts ordered are proved.

I have taken into account betterment and depreciation. The landlord should be returned to the position they would have been in had the tenant not breached their obligations and should not be better or worse off. In calculating depreciation, I have taken into account the age and condition of the items at the start of the tenancy and their likely useful lifespan. Filing fee and name suppression.

Because [The applicant/s] has substantially succeeded with the claim I have reimbursed the filing fee and granted them and the tenant name suppression as requested by them.

I record that the landlord has requested name suppression for the tenant because the damage was likely done by the tenant’s child who the landlord understands has some health issues, and the landlord does not believe it would be fair to put the tenant’s name into the public arena in these circumstances. I agree with the landlord’s submissions.

Order

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5292640 — net $14,184.96 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Rent arrears to 29 April 2025	$10,125.04	Rent arrears to 29 April 2025
Water rates	$926.67	Water rates
Replace furnishings: Vanity	$1,926.25	Replace furnishings: Vanity
Repairs	$3,500.00	Repairs
Filing fee reimbursement	$27.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$14,184.96
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$14,184.96

An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of both parties’ names and identifying details.

[The tenant/s] must pay [The landlord/s] $14,184.96 immediately, calculated as shown in table below.

The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $2,320.00 ([Bond number suppressed]) to [The landlord/s] immediately.

Reasons

A representative of the landlord attended today’s hearing. The tenant did not attend.

The landlord has applied for rent arrears, water rates, compensation for damage and replacement vanity, 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 29 April 2025. The landlord provided rent records and water rates invoices which prove the amount owing at the end of the tenancy.

Is the tenant responsible for the damage to the premises?

The damage is more than fair wear and tear, and the tenant has not disproved liability for the damage.

The amounts ordered are proved.

Because [The applicant/s] has substantially succeeded with the claim I have reimbursed the filing fee and granted them and the tenant name suppression as requested by them.

Tenancy Tribunal case 5292640 — Rent arrears

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Tenancy Tribunal case 5292640 — Rent arrears

At a glance

Award balance

Claims & awards

Order

Reasons

How much is owed for rent and water rates?

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 rent and water rates?

Is the tenant responsible for the damage to the premises?

Topics & place

Residential Tenancies Act sections

Key findings

Frequently asked questions