PHOTO: One tenant said it was okay for external work to start while she was overseas, but she wanted to be back before work began indoors.
New Zealand’s Tenancy Tribunal deals with hundreds of claims each year.
Most are for unpaid rent, or damage to rental properties. But some veer into more unusual circumstances.
Here are a handful of cases heard in the past month.
Methamphetamine damage
In early January, Terence Hemopo was told to pay $1,739.23 for work on the lawns and garden, and painting done after he moved out of a property on Birkdale Rd, on Auckland’s North Shore.
But it could have been worse for him.
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