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Cross-lease titles in Kelburn

LINZ records 61 cross-lease titles in Kelburn, 4.2% of its 1,440 live titles: below Wellington City as a whole (5.6%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Kelburn: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
61
Share of live titles
4.2%
Wellington City share
5.6%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Wellington City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
21 of 23

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

By share it is 3rd lowest of 23 in Wellington City, 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 Kelburn are set up

More schemes have four or more flats on one section (33%, against 11% nationally), up to 24.

Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (14% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

Carports appear in fewer leases (5% of schemes, against 13% nationally).

Scheme structureKelburnWellington CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)212,13087,651
Two-flat schemes66.7%82.4%76.2%
Three-flat schemes0.0%6.7%12.2%
Four or more flats33.3%10.4%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)737 m²759 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat266 m²350 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease23.8%18.0%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease4.8%8.1%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area14.3%4.3%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)23.8%22.5%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198119871988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more899154,978

Wellington City suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Johnsonville61613.1%
Karori4697.9%
Tawa3806.8%
Miramar3358.8%
Newlands32810.5%
Churton Park2719.2%
Khandallah2306.6%
Woodridge18625.4%
Lyall Bay16611.7%
Ngaio1647.0%

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