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Cross-lease titles in Kelvin Grove

LINZ records 167 cross-lease titles in Kelvin Grove, 4.7% of its 3,555 live titles: slightly below Palmerston North City as a whole (5.7%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Kelvin Grove: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
167
Share of live titles
4.7%
Palmerston North City share
5.7%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Palmerston North City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
8 of 11

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

Across New Zealand its share is in the bottom quarter of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Kelvin Grove are set up

Three-flat schemes are less common here (1%, against 12% nationally).

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (1%, against 11% nationally), up to 10.

Fewer leases include a garage (9% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Scheme structureKelvin GrovePalmerston North CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)7973487,651
Two-flat schemes97.5%65.7%76.2%
Three-flat schemes1.3%13.8%12.2%
Four or more flats1.3%20.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)679 m²809 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat340 m²348 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease8.9%16.8%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease8.9%12.8%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area0.0%1.2%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)36.7%23.7%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198719851988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more3129254,978

Palmerston North City suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Palmerston North44810.0%
Roslyn1947.1%
West End1949.4%
Hokowhitu1844.6%
Milson1676.1%
Awapuni1344.1%
Terrace End1316.7%
Takaro1225.3%
Cloverlea12013.8%
Highbury853.9%

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