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It is a common scenario for a new person (usually someone's new partner) to want to move into the property mid-tenancy.

Landlords have no requirement to perform meth tests for each tenancy, but landlords have the legal requirement to provide a clean and habitable property.

This is a common situation. A landlord needs their place filled for a specific "long-ish" period (longer than a standard short-term tenancy of fewer than 90 days). They found a tenant who is happy to rent the place under these terms. Now the lease is ending, but the tenant's circumstances change, and now they wish to stay for longer. Does the tenancy end as both parties agreed at the start of the term?

While there may be some crossover between landlord and house insurance, they have some important differences. Our friends from Initio insurance help us understand the differences between the two policies.

Have you ever experienced indecision with rent increases? Getting the increase amount right is challenging, and you only have one chance per year to do it.

There is nothing in the legislation that requires you to have a certain number of routine property inspections.

Nothing in the Residential Tenancies Act actually requires signatures on inspection reports. But it is a standard practice for landlords and tenants to do so.

Nothing in the Residential Tenancies Act gives a clear definition of "fair wear and tear". Although there is no official list of what's included in "normal" wear and tear and what would classify as unreasonable damage, we thought to create some basic guidelines for both landlords and tenants to help you make the distinction.

In a bid to encourage more long-term affordable rentals to be built, the Government introduced another exemption to the interest limitation rules.

The thought of bringing a property up to Healthy Homes Standards can be daunting, especially with only a 90-day window after a tenancy is renewed or a new one is started.

When you remove a listing on myRent, it gets marked as rented, moved to your listing archive and displayed as a previously rented property on the myRent website. If you no longer want this previously rented listing to display it would require the listing to be permanently deleted from your listing archive.

Here is a guide on how to create a tenancy agreement on myRent using our agreement builder.

There isn't a magic formula for creating a perfect listing, but here are some tips to consider to improve your listing.

Yes! Those who have used an agent to manage their property before will know that their associated fees and commissions are tax-deductible.

Your card details need to be entered in order for the NZPIF benefits to be applied to your account.

myRent is designed to be as user friendly and intuitive as possible.

myRent is a platform created specifically for NZ landlords to help them find new tenants and manage their rental properties.

Tenants should reach out to myRents customer support team to have any reference details changed on their tenant check once it's underway.

In order for myRent to receive rent payments from WINZ for your tenant, you need to first have a tenancy setup on myRent with myRent selected to collect rent as part of hands free rent collection for the corresponding tenant.

In order for myRent to receive bond payments from WINZ for your tenant, you need to first have a tenancy setup on myRent with myRent selected to collect bond for the corresponding tenant.

If you have come to an agreement with your tenant regarding a payment plan to pay back arrears, a payment plan can be created on myRent by following the below steps:

Tenants have a right to quiet enjoyment at their house. This includes having people over, family visiting and friends staying with them occasionally. However, some guests may overstay their welcome, which begs the question: where is the line? When does a guest become a permanent occupant?

When renting out a property, it's very common to have multiple occupants. We're often asked whether all potential occupants should become named tenants on the agreement, or should an agreement be signed with one "head tenant" only.

Generally, a tenant and a landlord are both bound to the tenancy for the whole duration of the fixed term. But there are several reasons why a tenant might want to end their tenancy part way through a fixed-term lease. The article will go over your legal rights, obligations, and costs you can reasonably recoup.