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Cross-lease titles in Claudelands

LINZ records 333 cross-lease titles in Claudelands, 25.2% of its 1,321 live titles: well above Hamilton City as a whole (11.2%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Claudelands: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
333
Share of live titles
25.2%
Hamilton City share
11.2%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Hamilton City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
3 of 26

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

By share it is 3rd highest of 26 in Hamilton City, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles; across New Zealand it is in the top quarter of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Claudelands are set up

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

Three-flat schemes are more common here (18%, against 12% nationally).

More schemes have four or more flats on one section (15%, against 11% nationally), up to 14.

Scheme structureClaudelandsHamilton CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)1313,52887,651
Two-flat schemes67.2%81.5%76.2%
Three-flat schemes17.6%9.5%12.2%
Four or more flats15.3%8.7%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,010 m²1,006 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat454 m²465 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease25.2%31.0%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease16.8%11.9%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area2.3%2.9%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)41.2%39.0%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198719871988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more852,83154,978

Hamilton City suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Nawton1,05826.3%
Hamilton East1,02715.9%
Frankton67513.7%
Dinsdale64317.9%
Fairfield47317.8%
St Andrews41117.4%
Hillcrest34512.2%
Melville32613.3%
Chartwell2836.6%
Enderley27517.0%

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