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Cross-lease titles in Lower Vogeltown

LINZ records 142 cross-lease titles in Lower Vogeltown, 22.6% of its 629 live titles: well above New Plymouth District as a whole (6.6%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Lower Vogeltown: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
142
Share of live titles
22.6%
New Plymouth District share
6.6%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in New Plymouth District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
1 of 16

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

By share it is the highest of 16 in New Plymouth District, 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 Lower Vogeltown are set up

Three-flat schemes are more common here (37%, against 12% nationally).

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

More leases include a garage (63% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Scheme structureLower VogeltownNew Plymouth DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)461,09487,651
Two-flat schemes43.5%66.6%76.2%
Three-flat schemes37.0%17.6%12.2%
Four or more flats19.6%15.8%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)865 m²809 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat338 m²337 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease63.0%38.9%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease21.7%15.5%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area2.2%7.8%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)37.0%27.6%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198419901988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more1743054,978

New Plymouth District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Westown38614.5%
New Plymouth33310.9%
Strandon23118.5%
Waitara1955.5%
Merrilands18110.3%
Fitzroy16317.1%
Moturoa15715.0%
Vogeltown13316.6%
Spotswood12710.9%
Bell Block1234.0%

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