As we work through the categorisation of storm-affected homes, we’re finding a number of complex situations involving multi-unit properties.
If your home is a townhouse, apartment or unit it’s important to know that all homes in a complex managed under the Unit Titles Act are assessed individually, not as a single block. Auckland Council doesn’t automatically assign categories based on what may have already been confirmed for neighbouring units, and a detailed risk assessment is required for each unit in order to confirm a category.
Likewise categorisation decisions about properties that share land with a neighbour under a cross-lease depend on how flooding and/or landslides affected each property and are based on individual risk assessments.
It may be that following these risk assessments, the same category is assigned to multiple units within a development. It’s also possible there will be different category outcomes for different properties within a development, and that is why site-by-site assessments are required.
Please note that registrations for a risk assessment/categorisation closed on 30 September 2024.
The pathway for multi-unit buy-outs
Check out our pathway for multi-unit property buy-outs on the Auckland Council website.
FAQs
For more detailed questions and answers on this topic visit the multi-unit properties section (under Property Categorisation) on our FAQs page.
