March 6, 2017
In what’s believed to be the first ruling of its kind, a Wellington couple who sub-let a rental property without its owner’s approval have been found to be in breach of the Residential Tenancies Act. The couple, who sub-let the property on Airbnb have been ordered to pay $1000 to the owners for mental distress and exemplary damages of $300. Wellington-based property manager Keith Powell had lodged the case with the tribunal after the two tenants were discovered to have hosted seven groups at the property at a profit of $1568 in July and August last year…
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