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Cross-lease titles in Kenmure

LINZ records 50 cross-lease titles in Kenmure, 5.5% of its 904 live titles: slightly above Dunedin City as a whole (4.9%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Kenmure: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
50
Share of live titles
5.5%
Dunedin City share
4.9%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Dunedin City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
joint 9 of 13

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

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

How the cross-leases in Kenmure are set up

Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (9% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (23%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.

Less land per flat than is typical in New Zealand: about 264 m² per flat, against 408 m².

Scheme structureKenmureDunedin CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)221,21087,651
Two-flat schemes90.9%70.9%76.2%
Three-flat schemes0.0%10.7%12.2%
Four or more flats9.1%18.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)542 m²632 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat264 m²270 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease31.8%32.4%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease13.6%17.5%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area9.1%3.6%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)22.7%10.2%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title197619801988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more523954,978

Dunedin City suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Mosgiel6268.9%
Saint Kilda57325.3%
South Dunedin35616.9%
Caversham16512.2%
Dunedin Central1233.4%
Maori Hill988.2%
North East Valley965.4%
Roslyn859.8%
Saint Clair855.5%
Forbury Corner6716.7%

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