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3 Changes to the Residential Tenancies Act You Should Be Aware Of
In August 2020, the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) reforms became law with the passing of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2020. These reforms aim to modernise New Zealand’s rental laws and align them with the present-day realities of renting. There are many...
FREE Healthy Homes Report – READ below!
What Does Your Healthy Homes Standards Assessment Need to Cover? Last month, we looked at the different compliance deadlines for the Healthy Homes Standards. The first deadline (1 December 2020) requires you to have a compliance statement in any new or varied tenancy...
What You Need to Know about the Healthy Homes Compliance Deadlines
The Healthy Homes Standards officially became law on 1 July 2019 and introduced specific and minimum standards for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture ingress and drainage, and draught stopping in rental properties. The Standards aimed to ensure that landlords...
6 Things to Be Aware of When Increasing the Rent on Your Property
With the current freeze on rent increases due to end on 25 September 2020, some media outlets are predicting a sudden flurry of rent increases from landlords. However, choosing to increase rent is a complex decision and one that you should not take lightly. The...
Four Reasons Why Rents Will Increase
In recent months, we have seen some significant changes that will increase the cost of being a landlord. We are likely to see rents increase maybe as much as 10% before the end of the year as landlords try to recover the increase in costs. The reality is that if you...
How to pick your builder
Ideally you want to look for someone that: Has a wide range of skills and an eye for detail Is honest and has integrity ie someone that tells the truth, keeps promises ans accepts responsibility when due Has knowledge of the housing industry Has patience Has sympathy...
Tip to renovate your rental
A few years ago I renovated my rental and I just thought id briefly share a few tips and tricks that I came across in the process Don't over capitalise and do a budget. Spend the most on what will be used the most and that you really want to last like appliances,...
Methamphetamine
This is the big topic that everybody is talking about. The common practice now by Property Managers, is to test houses regularly for Meth contamination - prior to a tenancy commencing, during a tenancy and at the bond inspection. Testing is done on an accumulative...
Insulation
Under the proposed Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill: All residential rental homes in New Zealand will be required to have insulation to keep a home warm in winter and cool in summer. Social housing (where tenants pay an income related rent) must be insulated by 1...
Smoke Alarms
Under the proposed Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill: From 1 July 2016 landlords will need to have working smoke alarms installed in all their residential rental homes. Any replacement alarms installed after that date will need to have long life batteries and a...