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Cross-lease titles in Hei Hei

LINZ records 317 cross-lease titles in Hei Hei, 19.1% of its 1,656 live titles: above Christchurch City as a whole (15.6%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Hei Hei: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
317
Share of live titles
19.1%
Christchurch City share
15.6%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Christchurch City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
joint 28 of 68

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

Across New Zealand its share is in the top quarter of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Hei Hei are set up

Carports appear in fewer leases (4% of schemes, against 13% nationally).

More leases include a garage (52% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (8%, against 11% nationally), up to 6.

Scheme structureHei HeiChristchurch CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)13912,52587,651
Two-flat schemes81.3%79.7%76.2%
Three-flat schemes10.8%7.8%12.2%
Four or more flats7.9%12.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)800 m²809 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat390 m²369 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease51.8%52.2%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease3.6%5.2%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area0.0%2.1%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)28.1%25.6%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title199219891988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more976,56454,978

Christchurch City suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
St Albans1,67424.5%
Riccarton1,33127.2%
Linwood1,16523.6%
Avonhead98224.2%
Sydenham98220.5%
Ilam96427.4%
Edgeware87036.8%
Woolston86215.2%
Spreydon85219.6%
Hornby83723.3%

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