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Cross-lease titles in Whataupoko

LINZ records 90 cross-lease titles in Whataupoko, 5.3% of its 1,714 live titles: well above Gisborne District as a whole (2.3%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Whataupoko: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
90
Share of live titles
5.3%
Gisborne District share
2.3%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Gisborne District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
3 of 5

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

By share it is 3rd highest of 5 in Gisborne District, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles; across New Zealand it is in the bottom quarter of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Whataupoko are set up

Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (11%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.

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

Carports appear in fewer leases (7% of schemes, against 13% nationally).

Scheme structureWhataupokoGisborne DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)4423687,651
Two-flat schemes90.9%78.0%76.2%
Three-flat schemes9.1%13.6%12.2%
Four or more flats0.0%8.5%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)818 m²878 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat408 m²404 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease40.9%32.2%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease6.8%11.0%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area2.3%1.3%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)11.4%12.3%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title197619841988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more2813554,978

Gisborne District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Te Hāpara1867.6%
Gisborne976.7%
Mangapapa643.8%
Kaiti544.3%

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