What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5297681 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 5297681?

Cleaning: $338.75 awarded to landlord; Cleaning: $138.00 awarded to landlord; Costs To Find A New Tenant: $381.70 awarded to landlord; Filing Fee: $27.00 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $285.02 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $2,064.93 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $550.00 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $387.12 awarded to landlord; Reinstate Wall Heaters: $103.50 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $720.00 awarded to landlord; Replace Garage Door: $795.00 awarded to landlord; Smoke Alarms: $56.94 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5297681?

The primary dispute was Property damage. Related themes: Rent arrears, Cleanliness, Smoke alarms.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5297681?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12527931-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5297681 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 5297681?

Cleaning: $338.75 awarded to landlord; Cleaning: $138.00 awarded to landlord; Costs To Find A New Tenant: $381.70 awarded to landlord; Filing Fee: $27.00 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $285.02 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $2,064.93 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $550.00 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $387.12 awarded to landlord; Reinstate Wall Heaters: $103.50 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $720.00 awarded to landlord; Replace Garage Door: $795.00 awarded to landlord; Smoke Alarms: $56.94 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5297681?

The primary dispute was Property damage. Related themes: Rent arrears, Cleanliness, Smoke alarms.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5297681?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12527931-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

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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 5297681 — net $3,087.96 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Rent arrears to 2 May 2025	$720.00	Rent arrears to 2 May 2025
Cleaning	$338.75	Cleaning
Lock/key replacement	$285.02	Lock/key replacement
Replace smoke alarms	$56.94	Replace smoke alarms
Wall repairs	$2,064.93	Wall repairs
Replace bedroom door - insurance excess	$550.00	Replace bedroom door - insurance excess
Replace garage door	$795.00	Replace garage door
Clean and reinstate net curtain	$138.00	Clean and reinstate net curtain
Reinstate wall heaters	$103.50	Reinstate wall heaters
Repair security alarm and replace doorbell	$387.12	Repair security alarm and replace doorbell
Costs to find a new tenant	$381.70	Costs to find a new tenant
Filing fee reimbursement	$27.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$3,087.96
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$3,087.96

Claims and awards for application 5297681 — net $3,087.96 NZD. Verify on MoJ.

Rent arrears to 2 May 2025

Amount: $720.00
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Rent arrears to 2 May 2025

Cleaning

Amount: $338.75
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Cleaning

Lock/key replacement

Amount: $285.02
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Lock/key replacement

Replace smoke alarms

Amount: $56.94
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Replace smoke alarms

Wall repairs

Amount: $2,064.93
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Wall repairs

Claim types — money lines allowed on this order

Cleanliness Filing Fee Property damage Rent arrears Replace Smoke Alarms

Order

An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the landlord’s name and identifying details.
Tylar Rose Satherley-Balloch and Tyler Ross Sluce must pay [The landlord/s] $3,087.96 immediately, calculated as shown in table below.
The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $2,760.00 ([Bond number suppressed]) to [The landlord/s] immediately.

Reasons

[Ms W] attended the hearing for the landlord. The tenants did not attend.
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?

The tenancy ended on 2 May 2025. The landlord provided rent records prove the amount owing at the end of the tenancy.

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

The tenants did not leave the premises reasonably clean, did not return the keys, and did not leave all chattels provided for their benefit as required by section 40(1)(e)(ii)-(v) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (the Act). The chattels missing at the end of the tenancy were three smoke alarms and the doorbell.
The amounts ordered are proved by the production of invoices.

Are the tenant responsible for the damage to the premises?

To be successful in a claim for damage to the premises, the landlord must prove that damage occurred during the tenancy and is more than fair wear and tear. If this is established, to avoid liability, the tenant must prove they, or others at the premises with their permission, did not carelessly or intentionally cause or permit the damage: sections 40(2)(a), 41 and 49B of the Act.
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: section 49B(3)(a) of the Act. The limitation does not apply where the damage is intentional or which results from any activity at the premises that is an imprisonable offence: section 49B(1) of the Act.
The landlord has established that the following damage occurred during the tenancy: • Gouges, dents, child’s drawings and the like on walls; • The bedroom door and door to the garage were damaged and had been replaced by the tenants with doors that did not fit; • The net curtain in the main bedroom was heavily stained and left on the floor, hooks were missing; • Two wall panels heaters had been removed from the wall; • The security alarm had been disconnected and parts were missing.
The damage is more than fair wear and tear, and the tenants have not disproved liability for the damage.
The amounts ordered are established. [Ms W] said that Ms Satherley-Balloch’s partner had told her that the bedroom door was damaged by her throwing a toolbox at the door. I am therefore satisfied that this damage was caused intentionally rather than carelessly and therefore the tenants are liable for the damage in full. However, I am not satisfied that there is sufficient evidence to establish that the garage door was caused intentionally or by an activity that is an imprisonable offence. I therefore find that the tenants’ liability for this damage is limited to the insurance excess payable by the landlord ($550.00).

Are the tenants liable for the costs to find a new tenant?

I find that they are.
I accept [Ms W’s] undisputed evidence that the tenants wanted to be released from the fixed term tenancy before its expiry and they agreed with [Ms W] to pay the costs ordered to find a new tenant. Suppression
The landlord applied, in its application, for a suppression order. As the landlord has been fully successful in its claims, it is entitled to an order pursuant to section 95A of the Act. I therefore order that the landlord’s name and identifying details be suppressed.

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 5297681 — net $3,087.96 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Rent arrears to 2 May 2025	$720.00	Rent arrears to 2 May 2025
Cleaning	$338.75	Cleaning
Lock/key replacement	$285.02	Lock/key replacement
Replace smoke alarms	$56.94	Replace smoke alarms
Wall repairs	$2,064.93	Wall repairs
Replace bedroom door - insurance excess	$550.00	Replace bedroom door - insurance excess
Replace garage door	$795.00	Replace garage door
Clean and reinstate net curtain	$138.00	Clean and reinstate net curtain
Reinstate wall heaters	$103.50	Reinstate wall heaters
Repair security alarm and replace doorbell	$387.12	Repair security alarm and replace doorbell
Costs to find a new tenant	$381.70	Costs to find a new tenant
Filing fee reimbursement	$27.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$3,087.96
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$3,087.96

Claims and awards for application 5297681 — net $3,087.96 NZD. Verify on MoJ.

Rent arrears to 2 May 2025

Amount: $720.00
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Rent arrears to 2 May 2025

Cleaning

Amount: $338.75
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Cleaning

Lock/key replacement

Amount: $285.02
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Lock/key replacement

Replace smoke alarms

Amount: $56.94
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Replace smoke alarms

Wall repairs

Amount: $2,064.93
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Wall repairs

Claim types — money lines allowed on this order

Cleanliness Filing Fee Property damage Rent arrears Replace Smoke Alarms

Order

An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the landlord’s name and identifying details.
Tylar Rose Satherley-Balloch and Tyler Ross Sluce must pay [The landlord/s] $3,087.96 immediately, calculated as shown in table below.
The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $2,760.00 ([Bond number suppressed]) to [The landlord/s] immediately.

Reasons

[Ms W] attended the hearing for the landlord. The tenants did not attend.
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?

The tenancy ended on 2 May 2025. The landlord provided rent records prove the amount owing at the end of the tenancy.

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

The tenants did not leave the premises reasonably clean, did not return the keys, and did not leave all chattels provided for their benefit as required by section 40(1)(e)(ii)-(v) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (the Act). The chattels missing at the end of the tenancy were three smoke alarms and the doorbell.
The amounts ordered are proved by the production of invoices.

Are the tenant responsible for the damage to the premises?

To be successful in a claim for damage to the premises, the landlord must prove that damage occurred during the tenancy and is more than fair wear and tear. If this is established, to avoid liability, the tenant must prove they, or others at the premises with their permission, did not carelessly or intentionally cause or permit the damage: sections 40(2)(a), 41 and 49B of the Act.
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: section 49B(3)(a) of the Act. The limitation does not apply where the damage is intentional or which results from any activity at the premises that is an imprisonable offence: section 49B(1) of the Act.
The landlord has established that the following damage occurred during the tenancy: • Gouges, dents, child’s drawings and the like on walls; • The bedroom door and door to the garage were damaged and had been replaced by the tenants with doors that did not fit; • The net curtain in the main bedroom was heavily stained and left on the floor, hooks were missing; • Two wall panels heaters had been removed from the wall; • The security alarm had been disconnected and parts were missing.
The damage is more than fair wear and tear, and the tenants have not disproved liability for the damage.
The amounts ordered are established. [Ms W] said that Ms Satherley-Balloch’s partner had told her that the bedroom door was damaged by her throwing a toolbox at the door. I am therefore satisfied that this damage was caused intentionally rather than carelessly and therefore the tenants are liable for the damage in full. However, I am not satisfied that there is sufficient evidence to establish that the garage door was caused intentionally or by an activity that is an imprisonable offence. I therefore find that the tenants’ liability for this damage is limited to the insurance excess payable by the landlord ($550.00).

Are the tenants liable for the costs to find a new tenant?

I find that they are.
I accept [Ms W’s] undisputed evidence that the tenants wanted to be released from the fixed term tenancy before its expiry and they agreed with [Ms W] to pay the costs ordered to find a new tenant. Suppression
The landlord applied, in its application, for a suppression order. As the landlord has been fully successful in its claims, it is entitled to an order pursuant to section 95A of the Act. I therefore order that the landlord’s name and identifying details be suppressed.

Tenancy Tribunal case 5297681 — Property damage

At a glance

Tenancy Tribunal case 5297681 — Property damage

At a glance

Award balance

Claims & awards

Order

Reasons

How much is owed for rent?

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

Are the tenant responsible for the damage to the premises?

Are the tenants liable for the costs to find a new tenant?

Topics & place

Residential Tenancies Act sections

Key findings

Frequently asked questions

Award balance

Claims & awards

Order

Reasons

How much is owed for rent?

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

Are the tenant responsible for the damage to the premises?

Are the tenants liable for the costs to find a new tenant?

Topics & place

Residential Tenancies Act sections

Key findings

Frequently asked questions