Tenant’s hardship brings up legal issues
Late last year the tenant found herself in financial trouble. She was renting a Mount Cook property on a fixed term until June 28, this year.
She applied to break the tenancy and received a letter from the property manager saying the owner had agreed to the early termination. It set out terms including payment of rent until a new tenant was found.
By agreement the tenant advertised the premises. She received about 20 applications, which she forwarded to the manager. She also found another rental and entered into a tenancy from February 18, this year.
Her world then fell apart. It emerged the landlord had not agreed to the tenancy break. The manager had just anticipated he would.
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