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The common good – what you<br />
need to know about unit titles<br />
Buying a property that shares<br />
common areas with others is becoming<br />
increasingly prevalent in New Zealand.<br />
These properties can be apartments,<br />
townhouses, units, retirement properties<br />
or any other dwellings that share common<br />
private access and utilities. When you<br />
buy into a property like these ones you<br />
have different rights and responsibilities<br />
to someone who is buying a stand-alone<br />
property on its own separate parcel of<br />
land.<br />
This kind of property ownership – in<br />
a building development where there are<br />
multiple owners – is known as a unit<br />
title. It allows individual ownership of<br />
parts of a single building, or of separate<br />
buildings within one complex. Each unit<br />
title is made up of three parts: ownership<br />
of your particular apartment or unit<br />
and any ‘accessory’ units, like garages,<br />
private courtyards and storage areas; an<br />
undivided share of the ownership of the<br />
common property (lifts, laundries, lobby<br />
areas, gardens) and an undivided share of<br />
the ownership of the units if the unit plan<br />
is cancelled.<br />
“When you’re considering buying into a<br />
complex where there are multiple owners,<br />
there are some important additions to the<br />
usual due diligence to-do list,” says Real<br />
Estate Agents Authority chief executive<br />
Kevin Lampen-Smith.<br />
“A title search will help you find out all<br />
the facts about the property’s ownership,<br />
boundary and access, as held by Land<br />
Information New Zealand (LINZ).<br />
Remember to look out for easements<br />
or covenants that may differ from your<br />
understanding of the property, such as<br />
rules about who can live in it, car parking<br />
and access.”<br />
A Land Information Memorandum<br />
(LIM) will also show you information held<br />
by the local council about the property<br />
and land. Lampen-Smith suggests<br />
getting an independent assessment of the<br />
property, and the complex as a whole,<br />
from an inspector who has professional<br />
indemnity insurance and carries out their<br />
work in accordance with the New Zealand<br />
Property Inspection Standard.<br />
As a prospective buyer, you are<br />
entitled to three sets of information<br />
from the seller, Lampen-Smith says.<br />
These are:<br />
1. A pre-contract disclosure statement,<br />
which the seller provides before entering<br />
into an agreement for sale and purchase;<br />
2. A pre-settlement disclosure<br />
statement, which the seller provides<br />
after entering the agreement for sale and<br />
purchase but before settlement of the sale;<br />
3. An additional disclosure statement,<br />
in which the buyer may request some or<br />
all of the information the seller is required<br />
to provide.<br />
“These statements help prospective<br />
buyers learn more about the property<br />
and the rights and responsibilities they<br />
will be signing up for if they purchase it.<br />
However, they do not always provide the<br />
full picture,” Lampen-Smith says.<br />
Becoming a unit title holder means<br />
you automatically become a member<br />
of the complex’s body corporate, which<br />
consists of all the unit owners acting as<br />
a group. A body corporate has a number<br />
of responsibilities relating to keeping the<br />
property in good order, organising and<br />
maintaining insurance, and making sure<br />
owners keep to the rules as set under the<br />
Unit Titles Act 2010, such as complying<br />
with all laws and particular requirements<br />
around noise and pet ownership, for<br />
example, and keeping their individual<br />
property in good order. Each unit<br />
title holder pays a set annual amount<br />
into a fund that looks after insurance,<br />
maintenance and other costs. You should<br />
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be provided with a copy of the complex’s<br />
body corporate rules in the pre-contract<br />
disclosure pack. Read these carefully, as<br />
they can limit what you may or may not<br />
do with the unit you are interested in.<br />
Each body corporate has an elected<br />
chair (who must own a property in the<br />
complex). A body corporate also must<br />
have a Long Term Maintenance Fund<br />
(LTMF) and a plan for dealing with any<br />
issues that will affect all the members,<br />
such as large-scale remedial works e.g.<br />
upgrade lifts or insurance rate rises.<br />
The Real Estate Agents Authority<br />
(REAA) recommends asking for a<br />
further set of information about the body<br />
corporate to understand the financial<br />
position of the complex as a whole. Ask<br />
the vendor (or the selling agent) for a<br />
copy of the minutes for all body corporate<br />
general and extraordinary meetings<br />
for the last three years, plus financial<br />
statements and audit reports for the same<br />
period. Find out if there are any unpaid<br />
body corporate fees attached to the<br />
property you are looking to buy.<br />
“It’s also worth chatting to other unit<br />
owners within the complex to see how the<br />
body corporate operates,” Lampen-Smith<br />
says.<br />
Request to see the current Long Term<br />
Maintenance Plan (LTMP) and examine<br />
it carefully. These plans must be prepared<br />
for a mandatory minimum of 10 years<br />
and be reviewed every two years – it pays<br />
to be cautious if the current LTMP is<br />
near the end of its term, especially if the<br />
complex is in a poor state of repair. You’ll<br />
want to ensure the LTMF has the funds<br />
required to finance the ongoing expected<br />
repairs and maintenance detailed in the<br />
LTMP.<br />
As with any property transaction, legal<br />
advice will be invaluable to help you weigh<br />
up the pros and cons of the decision. It’s a<br />
good idea to engage a lawyer at the start<br />
of the process. If you don’t have a lawyer,<br />
the New Zealand Law Society can help<br />
you find one at propertylawyers.org.nz.<br />
“There are no silly questions when you’re<br />
considering a decision that will have a big<br />
impact on your emotional, physical and<br />
financial wellbeing,” Lampen-Smith says.<br />
“It’s far better to do your homework in<br />
meticulous detail than spend a lot of time<br />
and money on an expensive mistake.”<br />
For more advice on buying and selling<br />
property, visit www.reaa.govt.nz. If<br />
you still have questions, call the Real<br />
Estate Agents Authority (REAA) on<br />
0800 367 7322 (please call 04 471 8930<br />
from a mobile phone).<br />
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