Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5413398 — Tenancy dispute
Decided 22 May 2026 · Published 22 May 2026 · Application 5413398
- Boarding House
- Exemplary damages
- 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 Tenant’s name and identifying details.
- Elisha Myoung Sik Kim must pay [The tenant/s] $49.07 immediately, calculated as shown in table below:
Reasons
- The tenant attended the remote hearing.
- The Landlord did not attend the hearing by Teams video link or by telephone. The Tribunal may hear matters in the absence of a party where satisfied that notice of the hearing has been given. I am satisfied that notice of the hearing was given to the tenant.
- This was a boarding house tenancy which ended in December 2025. The parties have been unable to resolve issues which occurred at the end of the tenancy.
- The tenant had made an application to the Tribunal for; • Release of the bond • Overpayment of utility charges. • Compensation for stress. • Exemplary damages for breach of his quiet enjoyment. • Reimbursement of the filing fee.
- The landlord had filed a claim for water and power arrears of $318.93.
- At the hearing, the tenant withdrew all claims with the exception of the release of his bond and reimbursement of the filing fee.
- The tenant agreed that the amount that he owed to the landlord for power and water was $318.93.
- I have ordered the tenant to pay $318.93 to the landlord which is to be deducted from the bond held by the landlord.
- The landlord has held the bond as it is less than the equivalent of one weeks rent (s.66 D Residential Tenancies Act 1986).
- As [The applicant/s] has substantially succeeded with the claim I have ordered the landlord to reimburse the filing fee.
- The tenant applied for name suppression. As the tenant has been substantially successful in this hearing, suppression of the tenant’s name and details is ordered.