Keeping Kiwi renters informed

32 Berwick Street, Saint Albans, Christchurch

2/5

Tenants paid $540/week

Never going to rent with Braziers again, honestly shocking communication when it came to maintenance and our concerns with the property. The back door to the property is rotting and impossible to open. The rear bedroom has water damage on the ceiling and it started leaking during Winter, this is obviously a reacurring issue they can’t be bothere getting permanently fixed. The bathroom doesn’t ventilate properly so every time you shower you get a free sauna. the water drips down the walls and off the ceiling and there’s even a nice rotten patch of flooring. Not to mention the mouse problem. Wouldn’t recommend. We got a new property manager and he seems lovely but sadly didn’t make up for the 9 months of neglect from the property management.

5B Astor Street, Karori, Wellington

2/5

Tenants paid $495/week

Fair price for property. Little backyard, parking spot. Gets lovely evening sun. Cons: Mouldy, terrible water pressure in both shower and sinks, worlds smallest kitchen sink, wallpaper, old window fixtures, top flat up steep street. (Not accessible). Also quinovic Johnsonville

200 Glenmore Street, Northland, Wellington

3/5

Tenants paid $660/week

Incredibly chill landlord and reasonable rent for the location. Super convenient to public transportation. Incredibly mouldy, damp, and cold. The number of outlets has increased since, so will want a dehumidifier 24/7.

39 James Street, Lincoln

4/5

Tenants paid $900/week

Pros Modern, warm house. Good sized lawn & garden, maintenance by contractor included in rent. Walking distance to the pub. All rooms are large & equal size so no arguments choosing rooms. Parking on site Cons Shared driveway with house to the rear and they are NUTS. Never once said hello or told us their names despite us introducing ourselves and waving hello each day. Her complaints: Someone was touching her garden she planted along the drive. - nobody was The gardener hired to visit the flat wasn’t allowed to use the drive. Gas delivery drivers weren’t allowed to use the driveway. Yelled at them one day, made them park 100m down street and carry it Complained at any visitors or noise But is a great place & LL ignores her complaint

5A Gladson Avenue, Sockburn, Christchurch

4/5

Tenants paid $500/week

Pros- Parking on site Other student flats nearby Middle ground for UC and Lincoln students Cons - Gets a bit cold in winter Small bedroom doesn’t get any sun No space for dishwasher in kitchen

113 Wallace Street, Mount Cook, Wellington

3/5

Tenants paid $900/week

Amazing location to Massey University, super close to bus stop also. Rooms get morning and evening sun in the summer. The house got pretty cold in winter, all had to buy room heaters, and dehumidifiers; some clothes and paintings went mouldy. And there was an issue in one of the rooms with water leaking into the carpet so there was a wet patch in a corner of the room for half of the year, landlords tried to fix it but its probably more of a deeper issue there.

1 Ludecke Place, Sockburn, Christchurch

1/5

Tenants paid $675/week

This place was close to Uni but had issues right from the beginning. We moved in and there was glass in the carpet after previous tenants paid for it to be professionally cleaned, rats were living in the garden, the wiring was dodgy, one of the rooms was uninsulated, the whole house was freezing. Property managers (superior property management) ignored 2 notices to remedy, when a tribunal hearing was lodged they gave the property back to the landlord, who tried to bribe us with beer so we wouldn’t complain about the lack of compliance with healthy homes. Also! ANTS EVERYWHERE

37 Bedford Street, Northland, Wellington

1/5

Tenants paid $900/week

Pros of this house was 1.a nice view out to Karori Cons 1. Rat infested 2. Ant infested 3. So much black mould that we thought the place was just paint black 4. Cold all the time 5. Broken windows/ windows that would not shut 6. Landlord repeatedly entered property without our permission 7. Landlord refused to do anything about any problems listed above and told us we would have to do that as it’s not her responsibility

14 Tudor Place, Mairangi Bay, Auckland

4/5

Tenants paid $830/week

Lovely property manager Mostly dry house (feels dry but some of the bedrooms did get mouldy) Nice views + garden (garden did get very wet) Lovely sunny decks There's a bath! Had a terrible ant infestation while we were there

7 Glendon Avenue, Avondale, Auckland

4/5

Tenants paid $550/week