PHOTO: STREETVIEW Jacob Williams stayed at Mackenzies Hotel and Backpackers for several months earlier this year.
A tenant who wanted his landlord to pay him $20,258 after a four-month stint at a backpackers has instead been told to pay $5441.
Jacob Williams moved into Mackenzies Hotel and Backpackers on December 27, and shifted out at the start of April.
But he said things turned sour during his time there and took his case to the Tenancy Tribunal.
When he left he wanted a refund of his bond, $1000 compensation for having to relocate, $2409 for reports he produced in evidence for his claims, the cost of replacing locks, $605 for installing CCTV cameras and $277 spent purchasing rubbish bins, as well as exemplary damages, among other things.
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