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Originally posted by Keys View PostWhat a different set of replies would be with this thread now!
I came across this final ruling in May 2017 from a B Stephenson who in my opinion made fair and reasonable judgment and did not apply section 137 requiring all rent to be returned:
[note: The original part1 of this TT order B Stephenson made in Dec 2016 dismissing any application of section 137, he discusses the Anderson case and rules it should not apply]
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Why dont you ask the LL for a safe and sanitary inspection ? The electrical should be a safty certificate. Some alarms?
It is not illegal ............. it may be unconsented or unapproved but it is not illegal unless dangerous or insanitary. (or perhaps under RMA a building that precludes residential living?)
you said 275 was acceptable? what did you expect?
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One for us. yay.
A court ruling that might have paved the way for thousands of rent refunds has been overturned, leaving the tenant with a $10,000 bill to pay her landlord.
A Dunedin landlord was ordered to refund $10,000 of rent back to a tenant, Natalie Parry, because she had been living in a property with unpermitted alterations. Parry had stayed for 29 weeks.
Vic Inglis and his wife bought the property as is. They did not realise that the alterations were different from plans submitted to the Dunedin City Council, and did not request a LIM report.
The Tenancy Tribunal said the tenancy was unlawful because of the unpermitted work and the tenant was entitled to a full refund of all rent paid.
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