Townhouse Survey

This report (999Kb) covers the issues surrounding infill when new developments takes place within an existing suburb of older houses. It includes one or more new townhouses built behind, in front of or beside an existing older house. It also includes developments of two or more townhouses where the original older house has been demolished. Infill town-houses are built on cross-lease sections or small (subdivided) freehold sections.

In 1999, the Christchurch City Council decided to conduct some research examining the factors and motivations influencing people who choose to live in infill development in the City.

The two objectives of this research were:

• To find out why people in Christchurch are
  choosing to live in modern townhouses in infill-type
  development.
  
• Whether infill housing meets their housing
  needs.
  

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