As Property Managers a large portion of our role is maintaining investment properties for our clients.  We often find that the understanding of maintenance is very blurred and every person has their own opinion on maintenance.

For some people, this is a very time consuming and sometimes difficult task that is often the cause of unnecessary stress and conflict. The Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 is very clear when it comes to maintenance – here is a great resource from the Residential Tenancies Authority regarding maintenance of rental properties: Click Here – Who is responsible for repairs – RTA

The team at Dream Property Management are facilitator’s for our landlords and tenants, we are \required to communicate, negotiate and action what is required and follow the law.  Often an understanding of the legislative requirements is all that is needed to make for smooth transactions.

Did you know that under the The Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008, Section 185 the Lessor is obligated to maintain the premises in a way that the premises remain fit for the tenant to live in, and maintain the premises in good repair, and ensure they are not in breach of a law dealing with issues about the health or safety of persons using or entering the premises.

Under this same act Section 188 (2) & (3) the Tenant is obligated to keep the premises clean, having regard to their condition at the start of the tenancy and the tenant must not maliciously damage, or allow someone else to maliciously damage, the premises.

Communication, negotiation and action, it really is that simple and easy.  If we all kept this in mind and looked to educate and help to understand obligations we would all have more harmonious dealings.

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