Tribunal fines landlord for insulation fail

Tauranga based Kaimai Real Estate, trading as First National, has now become the first landlord to fall foul of new laws which require that all rental properties meet minimum insulation standards.

If a property is not adequately insulated, the landlord can be required to pay up to $4000 in exemplary damages, which is passed to the tenant.

Kaimai Real Estate have been renting a Paengaroa house to Krystal and James Gamman, who live in it with their two young children, since 2016.

About a year ago Krsytal Gamman raised the lack of insulation with the property management firm.