![]() ![]() ![]() She said that in her opinion, the property "was not safe to live in and Quinovic made no attempt to improve its habitability while continuing to charge market prices".Īccording to a Tenancy Tribunal statement released this month, the woman overheard a Quinovic agent telling other prospective renters at a flat viewing in 2020 that the house was scheduled for demolition and was thus exempt from needing to comply with Healthy Homes standards. "By pushing the demolition date again and again, Quinovic was able to continue to lease the property under false pretences," one of the former tenants of the Wellington flat, who did not want to be named, told NZME. Those former tenants believe it is a blatant attempt to skirt the Healthy Homes regulations by pushing back the alleged demolition date, but the landlords say they have not done anything wrong and the tribunal says it cannot do anything because they are not the current tenants. Now, three years after that first listing, the former tenants have attempted to take property agency Quinovic to the Tenancy Tribunal after the Wellington flat was listed again this year with the same caveat. So they were surprised when the property managers asked if they wanted to stay another year in what they have described as a mouldy, damp, mouse- and flea-infested property for another term. When a group of friends signed the lease on a three-bedroom flat they knew it was exempt from the new Healthy Homes regulations, as the property was scheduled to be demolished in the near future. ![]() Former tenants say the flat had recurring issues with dampness. ![]()
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