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Cross-lease titles in Ōtaki Beach

LINZ records 74 cross-lease titles in Ōtaki Beach, 5.8% of its 1,269 live titles: well below Kapiti Coast District as a whole (10.5%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Ōtaki Beach: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
74
Share of live titles
5.8%
Kapiti Coast District share
10.5%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Kapiti Coast District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
7 of 8

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

By share it is 2nd lowest of 8 in Kapiti Coast 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 Ōtaki Beach are set up

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

Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (10% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

Two-flat schemes are more common here (97% of schemes, against 76% nationally).

Scheme structureŌtaki BeachKapiti Coast DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)391,44687,651
Two-flat schemes97.4%92.4%76.2%
Three-flat schemes2.6%3.6%12.2%
Four or more flats0.0%3.8%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)836 m²852 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat418 m²420 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease30.8%38.2%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease0.0%9.3%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area10.3%4.4%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)38.5%40.3%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title199019881988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more361,27454,978

Kapiti Coast District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Paraparaumu Beach71517.5%
Waikanae62712.6%
Paraparaumu54011.2%
Raumati Beach43918.3%
Ōtaki2096.2%
Raumati South19711.8%
Waikanae Beach1034.8%

Sources and limits