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Cross-lease titles in Paraparaumu

LINZ records 540 cross-lease titles in Paraparaumu, 11.2% of its 4,813 live titles: close to Kapiti Coast District as a whole (10.5%) and above New Zealand (8.7%).

Paraparaumu: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
540
Share of live titles
11.2%
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
5 of 8

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

How the cross-leases in Paraparaumu are set up

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

Three-flat schemes are less common here (7%, against 12% nationally).

Fewer leases include a garage (21% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Scheme structureParaparaumuKapiti Coast DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)2581,44687,651
Two-flat schemes89.9%92.4%76.2%
Three-flat schemes6.6%3.6%12.2%
Four or more flats3.5%3.8%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)840 m²852 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat412 m²420 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease21.3%38.2%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease13.6%9.3%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area3.5%4.4%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)44.6%40.3%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198919881988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more2161,27454,978

New cross-lease titles since 2020

6 of Paraparaumu's cross-lease titles were first issued since 2020: 1% of all its new titles in that time, against Kapiti Coast District (2%) (new cross-lease titles can follow a flats plan being updated, so they are not new schemes).

Kapiti Coast District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Paraparaumu Beach71517.5%
Waikanae62712.6%
Raumati Beach43918.3%
Ōtaki2096.2%
Raumati South19711.8%
Waikanae Beach1034.8%
Ōtaki Beach745.8%

Sources and limits