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Family Find New Rental Home Contaminated By Ice – A Timely Warning For Tenants & Property Managers

Domnick Hetmanska 08/12/2016

Source: NZ Herald You’re moving your family into a new rental home. You’ve paid the bond, 4-weeks rent, and letting fee up front, and then you discover that the house may be contaminated by ice from previous occupants. And when you get it tested, the results show that the contamination is above the recommended safe […]

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Meth Makes 36 State Houses Uninhabitable

Domnick Hetmanska 09/11/2016

A family house in Dinsdale is one of 36 Hamilton, New Zealand’s, state houses that are uninhabitable due to methamphetamine contamination. The problem is not unique to Hamilton with state landlord Housing New Zealand reporting similar cases of ice contamination across the country as the nation’s love affair with methamphetamine continues unabated. Figures to September 30, 2016, show […]

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Ice, The Class’less Drug

Domnick Hetmanska 01/11/2016

It’s a commonly held misconception that the drug, ice, is mostly found in lower socio-economic areas, that it’s a drug mostly used by down-and-outs, or ‘meth-heads’ as they’re often referred to. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Meth users are just as likely to be living in the most expensive suburbs, mixing […]

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The Potential Cost Of Meth Labs That Landlords and Property Managers Should Be Aware Of

Domnick Hetmanska 19/10/2016

Landlords are being hit with huge clean up bills when tenants use their properties as meth labs. A simple clean-up, including pre-clean and post-clean lab tests will set you back between $3,000 and $5,000 if the property has been contaminated by ice users. That is, your tenants have been smoking the drug in various areas […]

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Why Meth Testing Property Has Become So Important

Domnick Hetmanska 12/10/2016

“Our Dream House Was A Meth Lab” “Australia’s ice epidemic causes heartache not only for users and their families, but also the innocent people who inadvertently move into homes once used as illegal drug labs”, writes Sue Smethurst in the latest (Nov 16) Australian Women’s Weekly. “People are getting sick because of the invisible toxins […]

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Increased Ice Use Leads To Rise In Domestic Violence Cases. Would You Want These Tenants?

Domnick Hetmanska 05/10/2016

With the growing use of ice comes an increase in ice-related crimes, including domestic violence. When a user is badly affected by ice, they may suffer from paranoia, fear and anxiety and the feeling that ‘everyone is out to get me’ which can then lead to paranoia-fuelled aggressive or violent behaviour. Queensland Police recently released […]