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Cross-lease titles in Ashburton

LINZ records 443 cross-lease titles in Ashburton, 21.5% of its 2,059 live titles: well above Ashburton District as a whole (5.6%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Ashburton: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
443
Share of live titles
21.5%
Ashburton District share
5.6%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Ashburton District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
1 of 5

https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/50804-nz-property-titles/

By share it is the highest of 5 in Ashburton District, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles; across New Zealand it is in the top quarter of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Ashburton are set up

Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (2% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

More schemes have four or more flats on one section (25%, against 11% nationally), up to 8.

Three-flat schemes are more common here (21%, against 12% nationally).

Scheme structureAshburtonAshburton DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)16143187,651
Two-flat schemes54.0%65.7%76.2%
Three-flat schemes20.5%17.6%12.2%
Four or more flats24.8%16.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,011 m²954 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat338 m²352 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease30.4%28.5%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease11.2%9.0%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area1.9%2.3%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)22.4%21.3%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198219831988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more6118854,978

Ashburton District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Allenton2848.6%
Hampstead18214.3%
Methven663.8%
Tinwald612.7%

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