04-10-2025, 03:03 PM
(04-10-2025, 01:23 PM)popeye333 Wrote:(04-10-2025, 12:16 PM)SueDonim Wrote: Hi Popeye
If you have louvres that are draughty or leaking water then your house isn't healthy homes compliant. It's not about whether the landlord cares, but whether you do. The wall will take a long time to be at risk of falling off, but your power consumption on using your bathroom fan all the time to keep mould at bay could become annoying and isn't necessary. If the landlord doesn't respond to a direct request to fix the problem then your next course of action is a 14 day notice. Of course that runs the risk of your relationship with the landlord becoming less friendly, but they are supposed to be providing you with a safe dry home. If you keep your communication professional then hopefully they will too. All the info you need is at https://www.tenancy.govt.nz.
Thanks Sue,
She has said that I will get a new window but it wont be until next year... Its wet again on the shelf of the window this morning.
That reminds me I need to bung something in the gap by the vanity too I can be sitting on the loo watching the towel move in the wind.
She did the healthy home thing and said it had passed.. Would there have to be paper work on that?
Ohh love it Hunnie will look it up soon.
Did the groceries. Decided Ill go to the garage sale next year. Cant afford to get sick at the mo, my surgery comes first.
Did get my groceries so that's done. I've been buying extras so when I cant drive I wont have to rely on others.
KM our home had 3 cats but they had a "care" dog I suppose you would call her. She was a golden retriever, Shanti her name was. Maybe there is a room where you could be with the furry one safe and sound.
Funny cos as I was leaving this morning there was a lady walking two retrievers passed, which were beautiful and reminded me of Shanti.
"She did the healthy home thing and said it had passed.. Would there have to be paper work on that? "
There would have been a compliance statement in your tenancy agreement when you moved in. It would have covered the relevant requirements at that time. For a complete statement now, you have only to ask the landlord for it. The formal Tenancy Services one is about 15 pages but it says it is OK for the landlord to provide the same information in their own signed statement if they wish.
For the issues with your window, it's reasonable that the landlord didn't know there were leaks or draughts until they are told, but having been told they do need to sort it out for you. There is a risk of course that the water is coming from somewhere other than directly around the window panes. If that's the case, investigation and remedy can be very complex. But the window does sound like the likely culprit, and definitely where to start looking.
There's a short summarised list of healthy homes requirements at this page https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/healthy-home...checklist/ and from there you can navigate your way to the full explanations.