Just when you thought you had heard it all!!
1)
- A landlord turned up at his property to do an exit inspection. What did he find?
- The tenant had done a ‘runner’
- The house was a mess – it took over 40 hours to clean
- The tenants had taken the keys, the curtains, the carpet was filthy and stained, the walls had been punched in.
(At this point one would have to ask if regular inspections had been completed prior)
But it gets worse.
- The tenant had taken the garden shed, parts of the fence and the carport. The legs of the carport had been cut off to enable removal.
It went to the Tribunal who awarded the landlord over $25,000 for the damage.
We are holding a sweepstake as to whether or not her will ever see a penny of this.
2)
An Auckland based landlord flew to Dunedin to inspect his property as he had been advised it was vacant. It too was left in an absolute mess and neighbours informed him that it had also been used as a drug house during the tenancy.
(We don’t know all the details but at this point on would have to query how he managed a property in Dunedin from Auckland. How many inspections had ever been carried out? Was the property compliant?)
For both landlords a very expensive and time-consuming outcome. Says a lot for having rental properties professionally managed as then landlords would have someone to fall back on.