Take care with water charges: MoBIE
National industry liaison manager Troy Churton’s comment comes in response to the Auckland Property Investors Association telling its members to pass on to tenants the new annual Watercare fee of $190 per year
President David Whitburn says he is telling members to charge for water and wastewater pro-rated at the 52c per day rate, which is $190 including GST divided by 365 days per year.
Churton said the law did not expressly allow for that.
The Residential Tenancies Act says that landlords are responsible for all charges that exist regardless of whether the property is occupied. He said the Association had “extracted that a bit” to come up with its guidance.
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