PHOTO: JOHN NICHOLSON/STUFF Two Aro Valley tenants were awarded exemplary damages after Quinovic took them to the tenancy tribunal seeking to charge them for noise control complaints. (File photo)

Property manager Quinovic has been penalised by the Tenancy Tribunal for not lodging a tenant’s bond, smoke alarms that didn’t work at a house, and a letter that breached tenancy law.

Three of the firm’s Wellington offices were ordered to pay damages in the months after a controversial ad, targeting landlords, was posted on Quinovic’s Facebook page in August and claimed: “Your tenants may hate us. You will love us!”

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