Directors Commentary – Healthy Homes Act
With the deadline extended from July 1 to December 1, 2020, Landlords have had a few extra months up their sleeves, to work towards providing a compliance statement for the Healthy Homes standards. The compliance statement is an addition to tenancy agreements and provides detailed information about how a property meets the Healthy Homes…
Read MoreHow to Make the Most out of Tenancy Changeovers
When you own a rental property, the dream of course is to have a stable long-term tenant who will happily stay there for as long as you’d let them. However that’s not the reality for most landlords – the average tenancy in New Zealand is 2 years and 3 months. So a tenant change-over is…
Read MoreWhere are we now? – the RTA Amendment Bill as at April 2020
Before the world was put on hold last week under the spectre of COVID-19, the RTA Amendment Bill was commanding a lot of attention as it made its way through parliament. On the 20th February the Bill passed its first reading, and last week saw the deadline for Select Committee submissions. But where are we…
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