The Tenancy Tribunal has found the apartment was infested with bed bugs. Photo: Getty ImagesA pilot has been awarded $3000 in compensation after being quarantined in his bed bug-infested rental apartment in Auckland. As a newly-employed international pilot, Mr Blatchford was required to be quarantined and could not board a plane to undertake a training course in Australia. The landlord's agent, Ms Ho of James Law Realty Ltd, queried whether the bed bugs could have been introduced into the apartment by Mr Blatchford. The landlord has also been ordered to pay the sum of $2000 for Mr Blatchford's loss of amenity.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 16, 2019 23:48 UTC