IH v DD Ltd [2021] NZDT 1624 (12 July 2021) [pdf, 187 KB]
...Council letter noted that the downstairs area could not be rented separately. It also seemed to presume that the work had been done in the 1950s when consent was not needed. I am satisfied on the basis of evidence IH produced from the Council and a former owner that the work was in fact done sometime after 1997. 9. When DD Ltd re-advertised the property on Trade Me in November 2020, in order to get a back-up contract due to IH’s difficulties obtaining finance, it stated “The downstair...