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1. UL v PT [2022] NZDT 276 (23 December 2022) [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...$400.00. CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 3 7. There are no other recoverable costs in UL’s claim. UL was concerned about lack of ventilation in the room, food thrown away, court costs, and emotional harm from the experience. As UL was a boarder, not a tenant, there are no regulatory requirements for the room that PT breached. I could not make a finding about loss of food. Court costs are not recoverable in the Tribunal except in limited circumstances that do not apply in this...

2. TN v KM [2024] NZDT 106 (28 February 2024) [pdf, 103 KB]

   ...Reasons [1] TN claims from KM the cost of replacing carpet in a room that KM had occupied in his, TN’s, house. TN also claims the cost of professional carpet cleaning and materials. [2] TN said that KM had occupied a bedroom in his house, as a boarder, for about a year until November 2023. It had been agreed that KM would clean his own bedroom and bathroom. TN said that he had had no access to KM’s room, as KM was either in it or, if he was out or away, the room was locked. [3...

3. [2019] NZSSAA 33 (16 May 2019) [pdf, 137 KB]

   ...needs the board money to repair her home and carry out maintenance such as replacing a broken washing machine and old washing tub. [12] The agent argued that to equate the cost of care for the appellant with the accommodation costs of a normal boarder is unrealistic because a normal boarder does not require full time care. 1 Repealed by the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017. 4 [13] The agent argued that the appellant was being discriminated against compared with...

4. IQ v KM & MR [2024] NZDT 291 (9 May 2024) [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...but what the position of a reasonable person in the position of the parties at the time would be towards the term being incorporated. 20. I am satisfied that there is an implied term in any boarding type arrangement such as existed here that the boarder has a right to quiet enjoyment of their bedroom without intrusion by the owner of the property. I consider that this is an essential term of the contract. A boarder is in a particularly vulnerable position in that they live with the own...

5. BX v KI & NI [2024] NZDT 881 (7 June 2024) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...March), and paid another $450 on 13 March. She then set up an automatic payment for $900 per fortnight starting on 21 March. 3. In October 2019, BX’s request for a leaking roof to be repaired led to a disagreement as to whether BX was a tenant or a boarder and whether a bond had been paid. BX claims that she checked her records for the bond payment and discovered she had mistakenly been overpaying her rent by paying $900 per fortnight instead of $500 (including expenses). She changed h...

6. B Ltd v JG & WG [2023] NZDT 770 (21 December 2023) [pdf, 108 KB]

   ...in its lending decisions. 8. B Ltd would also have reason to doubt whether the debtors could realistically survive on the budgeted expense figures. Only $120.00 per week was budgeted for food, and even if they were not providing food for their boarders, it would be difficult to feed two people on this sum on an ongoing basis. 9. For these reasons, I find that B Ltd failed to comply with the lender responsibility principles when granting the new loan. Have all disclosures been made...

7. Form CS28: Affidavit financial means their sources [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...………………………………………………… [state employer] (b) gross income from business: ..……………. (c) amount received from boarders (including children over 16 years of age): ..……………. (d) rents from property (including rooms let): ..……………. (e) compensation or damages received:

8. TH v KX [2023] NZDT 191 (26 June 2023) [pdf, 149 KB]

   ...compensated for? Did TH allow KX to move into her home on the agreement that he would pay her $250.00 rent each week? CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 4. TH and KX met in December 2019. Before KX moved in, TH said that she had a boarder and needed that income to pay her mortgage. It was therefore important to her that KX paid board when he moved in. She said it was verbally agreed that KX would pay her $250.00 each week when he moved in on 11 March 2020. 5. KX...

9. NU v OA [2023] NZDT 748 (19 December 2023) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...Jacaranda tree (the tree) had crashed over his driveway and car shelter completely blocking his access and causing damage to his property. The applicant now claims against the OA (The respondent) for $9567.52. 2. The applicant has a property that boarders [Road] in [ity]. A search of Google Earth Street view shows the frontage of the property and the tree that fell on the applicant’s car shelter and car. 3. The photo shows an old stone wall at the front of the property which the a...

10. 2017 NZSSAA 020 (5 May 2017) [pdf, 330 KB]

    ...interested in women. In 2004, the property where OCI formerly lived became vacant; the Appellant took over the lease there. The Appellant’s mother later lived in the property next door. The Appellant was the tenant of the property and OCI was a boarder there; his name was not on the lease. [40] After the Appellant’s mother died in 2005, the Appellant wished to go on a nostalgic holiday to parts of New Zealand where she had lived during earlier parts of her life. The Appellant...