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Cross-lease titles in Maori Hill, Timaru District

LINZ records 157 cross-lease titles in Maori Hill, 27.0% of its 581 live titles: well above Timaru District as a whole (6.3%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Maori Hill, Timaru District: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
157
Share of live titles
27.0%
Timaru District share
6.3%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Timaru District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
1 of 12

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

By share it is the highest of 12 in Timaru District, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles; across New Zealand it is in the top tenth of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Maori Hill are set up

More schemes have four or more flats on one section (44%, against 11% nationally), up to 9.

Two-flat schemes are less common here (42% of schemes, against 76% nationally).

More leases include a garage (42% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Scheme structureMaori HillTimaru DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)4562087,651
Two-flat schemes42.2%64.4%76.2%
Three-flat schemes13.3%19.2%12.2%
Four or more flats44.4%16.5%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)862 m²831 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat279 m²337 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease42.2%32.1%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease8.9%11.1%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area4.4%2.7%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)28.9%28.7%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title197919841988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more1023054,978

Timaru District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
West End23418.7%
Highfield19511.4%
Seaview19518.5%
Temuka1705.9%
Geraldine985.3%
Glenwood9111.2%
Gleniti906.4%
Parkside907.1%
Waimataitai638.3%
Marchwiel573.6%

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