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Cross-lease titles in Ilam

LINZ records 964 cross-lease titles in Ilam, 27.4% of its 3,513 live titles: well above Christchurch City as a whole (15.6%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Ilam: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
964
Share of live titles
27.4%
Christchurch City share
15.6%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Christchurch City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
3 of 68

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

By share it is 3rd highest of 68 in Christchurch City, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles; across New Zealand it is in the top tenth of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Ilam are set up

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (2%, against 11% nationally), up to 7.

Three-flat schemes are less common here (3%, against 12% nationally).

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

Scheme structureIlamChristchurch CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)46612,52587,651
Two-flat schemes94.4%79.7%76.2%
Three-flat schemes3.2%7.8%12.2%
Four or more flats1.9%12.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)809 m²809 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat404 m²369 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease53.0%52.2%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease3.6%5.2%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area1.5%2.1%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)30.5%25.6%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198719891988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more2986,56454,978

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%
Edgeware87036.8%
Woolston86215.2%
Spreydon85219.6%
Hornby83723.3%
Merivale81828.6%

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