The bill before parliament to ban letting fees by christmas received Royal Assent today and passed into law, in effect altering the Residential Tenancies Act. From 12 December 2018 letting fees that are currently being paid by tenants will be abolished. Tenants will still be asked to pay rent in advance, and a bond. Where […]

Time is running out to have your rental property insulation upgraded to the legally required standard by 1 July 2019. The cost to insulate the average rental property is under the $4,000.00 fine which will likely be applied to non-compliant rental property owners post 1 July 2019. MBIE is being vigilant in notifying property managers […]

For a limited time Chic Property Management is providing a free initial laboratory composite methamphetamine test for up to 10 rooms (locations) for all new property management authorities signed. This will reduce costs for landlords seeking professional property management services and assists all parties to meet their obligations under the Health and Safety at Work […]

The anticipation is over with the release of the long awaited New Zealand Standard for testing and decontamination of methamphetamine contaminated properties. The general NZ standard threshold for decontamination requirements of residential properties is set at 1.5 micrograms per 100 square centmetres surface area. Chic Property Management Ltd is committed to ensuring the homes we […]

Chic Property Management Ltd are now able to report occupancy vs vacancy KPIs. We have known for some time our occupancy levels are very high by industry standards however have not had a simple tool to provide an accurate measure. Our current cloud software provider has now released a report which assesses occupancy/vacancy rates on an industry […]

The team at Chic Property Management Ltd have now added another layer of protection for both tenants and landlords. An increasing number of properties throughout New Zealand are testing positive for Methamphetamine contamination. In order to allay fears from prospective tenants and property owners we now provide Meth Testing facilitation via independent third party sampling […]

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