Despite an overwhelming opinion from attendees at recent Housing and Urban Development Ministry workshops that private landlords should also need to comply with the proposed in-coming regulations for property managers, senior officials say it is not in their remit to recommend that. While private landlords are covered by the Residential … Read more
It may seem a simple task, but working out the potential rental returns on an investment property requires doing a bit of homework, and is more than a simple calculation. Here are a couple of things to consider when working out your sums. As you would expect, every property investor … Read more
My team and I, and many landlords, have been waiting with bated breath for the 12th May when the changes to the healthy homes standards took effect, and I am pleased to report that it was worth waiting for, but, like a lot of legislation there is certainly some fine … Read more
The importance of ensuring Property Managers have the knowledge and experience to provide exceptional service to both their landlords and tenants is of course one of the most important considerations when making your choice. During recent years the increased complexity of tenancy legislation has made it equally important that they … Read more
The Privacy Commission recently released guidelines around what information a landlord can legally request from a tenant when they are applying for a rental property and on the surface this can look like a scary prospect. However, as in most of the changes in legislation we come across in our … Read more
So here we are again with Covid-19 upsetting ‘normal business’ in NZ. Property Management is not classed as an essential service so during Level 4 we are very limited to being able to do parts of our job, anything which involves us meeting with people, or visiting properties. We are … Read more
With all of the recent legislation changes that have come into effect I thought it is timely to host another landlord education seminar. The Residential Tenancies Amendments Act 2020 is to say the least confusing and even after 15 years working in the property management industry I must admit it … Read more
As we continue working towards compliance with the Healthy Homes standards, with statements required by 1st December this year, and compliance by 1st July 2021, we have come across a real issue with the heating requirements. Tenancy Services have produced a calculator which they have online if you want to … Read more
Airbnb has a huge market in NZ and Kiwi’s take pride in our high standards of hospitality – in fact we are a country with one of the highest ratios of Superhosts in the world. The benefits of being an Airbnb host are myriad but as tourism and hospitality … Read more
As we continue to tackle the impact the COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown is having on all of us I wanted to share some information which may assist both tenants and landlords in this time of uncertainty which surrounds us all. What will happen to my job, my home, life as … Read more