You may have seen a recent decision from the Tenancy Tribunal in the news, awarding a former tenant a full refund of her rent because the property she had been living in did not have a Building Consent for some renovation work. The Tenancy Tribunal made that order even though […] Read More›
Property
An important reminder to all heading into the Christmas New Year holiday period. In the event you receive a notice of lapse of a notice of claim (under the Property (Relationships) Act or notice of lapse of a caveat, the time frames associated with dealing with these matters before such […] Read More›
The use of Council loans to assist with insulation through the Retrofit Your Home Programme has lead to increasing issues arising upon sale of the property around who is responsible for the outstanding balance of the loan at the time of the sale. Under the arrangements with Council, increased rates […] Read More›
As more and more of us are looking to renovate our abode or build a new family home on our dream piece of land be aware of any restrictive covenants registered against the Title for the land. Queenstown Lakes District Council enforcement officers have recently started investigating those owners in […] Read More›