An Auckland landlord has been fined $60,000 after illegally converting North Shore garages into flats.
Madhav Karmarkar was sentenced in the Auckland District Court on September 17 for turning two properties in Takapuna and three in Mt Roskill into a total of 12 smaller units without consent.
The full extent of the illegal conversions was discovered following a complaint from a tenant querying if it was legal to rent a garage as a flat.