As property managers, we work for owners and investors of property and so it is our job to ensure their property provides consistently good returns and doesn’t decrease in value over time.  But, there’s something quietly taking place all over New Zealand, something invisible, and it has the potential to turn a great investment into...Continue Reading

Morrison Kent have prepared the following article which highlights key points to ensuring compliance under the new laws: The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) came into force on 4 April 2016.  Under these rules, landlords (and their property managers) owe a duty of care to ensure the health and safety of everyone involved...Continue Reading

There has been a change in the way your property insurance is calculated, previously from an unspecified replacement cost, to the new maximum specified amount known as the ‘Total Sum Insured’.  We encourage you to ensure that the ‘Total Sum Insured’ amount reflects the true estimated cost of rebuilding/replacing your rental property in its entirety....Continue Reading

A selection of this content has been sourced from Tenancy Services. The Residential Tenancies Act 1986 requires that all landlords must disclose to tenants in new tenancy agreements (entered from 1 July 2016) the level of insulation in the ceiling and floor of the rental property.   Landlords will be required to provide a statement attached to the tenancy agreement...Continue Reading

Smoke alarms must be installed: within 3 meters of each bedroom door, or in every room where a person sleeps in each level or story of a multi-story or multi-level home in all rental homes, boarding houses, rental caravans, and self-contained sleep-outs. All new smoke alarms must: be photoelectric have a battery life of at...Continue Reading