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12 Sample Street, Papakura

Property settings

The address, rent and dates every other section calculates from. Changing them here changes what RentGuide shows everywhere.

Tenancy details

Weekly rent

$650.00 a week, paid weekly

Changed with Adjust rent, which records the date it changed so earlier weeks keep the rent they were.

Your own estimate. Used for the gross yield figure only, and left out of it entirely when blank.

Leave blank for a periodic tenancy.

Setting a past date marks the property vacant.

Leave blank if the rent has not gone up during this tenancy. The next increase can take effect no sooner than 12 months after this date, or after the tenancy start if blank.

Tenants

Who is on this tenancy. Email consent is managed separately, under People.

  • What you expect from this tenant each week, to check payments and match the bank. It does not change what the tenancy agreement says.

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  • What you expect from this tenant each week, to check payments and match the bank. It does not change what the tenancy agreement says.

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Renew the fixed term

For the same tenants continuing under a new fixed term, or moving to periodic. The current tenancy carries on; the term it replaces is kept on record. A renewed agreement needs a Healthy Homes statement, and a rent increase at renewal still needs 60 days' written notice and must fit the 12-month rule.

Record a renewal

Only if the rent changes. A future date is recorded now and becomes the rent on the property when you update it on that date.

End this tenancy

Ending a tenancy archives who lived here, what the rent was and when, so starting the next one does not erase it.

The tenant has given notice

Record it here and the dashboard counts down to the day, so the final inspection, the last meter reading and the bond refund are not left to the last week. RentGuide does not decide whether the notice was valid.

A notice period counts from when it was received, not from the date written on it.

This decides which notice period applied, and a date on its own does not say it. RentGuide records your answer and does not judge whether the notice was valid.

Your own words. RentGuide does not decide whether a termination was lawful.

The next tenancy

Set the next tenancy up while this one is still running, so you are not starting from scratch the day they move out.

This tenancy has a last day, so the next one can be set up now. Nothing here changes the current tenancy: rent keeps being charged against it until you hand over.

Rent is charged from this day, so changing it later changes what the new tenants owe. You can set the rest up before it is agreed.

Tenancy history

Past tenancies on this property. Kept when a new tenancy starts, rather than overwritten.

  • Jordan Blake

    26/04/2023 to 19/04/2025

    $580.00 a week, paid weekly · Tenant gave notice and moved out of the area

    Eligibility was not recorded for this tenancy

Rent records, documents and inspections from these tenancies stay on the property under their own sections, each with the date it belongs to.

Who the landlord is

The name that appears as the landlord on agreements, notices and bills. It should match who owns the property.

Not set. Documents use your account name, Sample Landlord.

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Who owns the property

The full name of each owner, or each trustee for a trust, one per line. Not needed for a company.

For a company, its legal name as registered, not a trading name.

A physical address in New Zealand where notices can be delivered, ideally one that still works after the tenancy ends. A company can use its registered office.

An owner is saved to your account, so a company or trust with several rentals is entered once and chosen on each. If the property has actually changed hands, that is a change of landlord, which has its own rules on tenancy.govt.nz.

Where tenants pay bills

Printed on every tenant bill, so the tenant pays you directly. RentGuide never receives the money. Rent is not affected.

Inspection schedule

How often you intend to inspect. There is no legal minimum inspection frequency: the Act limits how often you may enter, not how seldom. Recording an interval here only changes when RentGuide reminds you.

An insurer's requirement is a term of your policy, not legislation. RentGuide records which it is so a reminder never reads as a legal deadline.

Tenancy eligibility

Whether this is a standard residential tenancy that RentGuide supports. It decides one thing: whether RentGuide's agreement is the right document for this tenancy. Rent, bond, inspections and maintenance do not depend on it. Answered once per tenancy, and reviewable here at any time.

What kind of tenancy is this?

Not every living arrangement is an ordinary residential tenancy, and the rules differ. Boarding houses, service tenancies and rooms let in the owner's own home all work differently, and some arrangements sit outside tenancy law entirely. Answering these tells RentGuide whether its tenancy agreement is the right document for this tenancy. Your rent records, bond deadlines, inspections and maintenance do not depend on it and keep working either way.

Standard residential tenancy

We do not know yet what kind of tenancy this is.

Answer the few questions about the arrangement so RentGuide can tell whether its rules and documents are the right ones for it.

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Your data

Everything RentGuide holds for this property, as CSV files you can open in a spreadsheet. Private notes are deliberately left out.

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Delete this property

This removes the property and everything recorded against it: tenants, rent records, bond history, documents, inspections, maintenance and your private notes. It cannot be undone, so download your data first if you may need it.