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Cross-lease titles in Spreydon

LINZ records 852 cross-lease titles in Spreydon, 19.6% of its 4,337 live titles: above Christchurch City as a whole (15.6%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Spreydon: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
852
Share of live titles
19.6%
Christchurch City share
15.6%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Christchurch City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
23 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 Spreydon are set up

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

Three-flat schemes are less common here (4%, against 12% nationally).

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (4%, against 11% nationally), up to 8.

Scheme structureSpreydonChristchurch CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)39212,52587,651
Two-flat schemes91.3%79.7%76.2%
Three-flat schemes4.3%7.8%12.2%
Four or more flats4.3%12.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)767 m²809 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat378 m²369 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease58.9%52.2%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease4.3%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)24.2%25.6%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title199019891988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more2296,56454,978

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%
Hornby83723.3%
Merivale81828.6%

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