Types of homes

Roughly a third of the approximately 1700 new homes in the development will be sold on the open market. A further third will be sold as more affordable homes; and the final third will be retained by Kāinga Ora as social housing.

Apartment

Apartments provide low maintenance living for small households. Research has shown that smaller, low-rise apartment buildings like the ones being designed for Northcote can facilitate a sense of community. Some of the apartments will be ‘walk-ups’, i.e. on level two or three of an apartment building and you walk up some stairs to reach them.

Terrace

Terraced homes are joined with their neighbour on one or both sides to form a row. They are popular because they use land more efficiently and so are more affordable than standalone homes.

Standalone

Standalone homes are detached from their neighbours.

Homes for sale

What are the homes like?

The new homes in Northcote range from one to five bedrooms to suit all sizes of households. New Zealand has an ageing population and a growing number of one and two-people households, so a number of smaller homes are being built to accommodate those smaller families.

Market housing

Northcote’s market homes are part of carefully planned neighbourhoods that include community housing to create vibrant and diverse communities. Bringing a greater supply of homes to the general market will help ease the pressure on pricing.
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Affordable housing

Homes in more affordable price ranges are an essential part of the Northcote Development. There will be a number of options for Kiwi homebuyers, including those looking for their first home. A good proportion of all the new homes built at Northcote will be below Auckland’s median house price. Kāinga Ora is also exploring opportunities to work with community housing providers.

Social housing

The development project is replacing and adding to Northcote’s existing Kāinga Ora (previously Housing New Zealand) homes. Many of these existing homes were built five or more decades ago and are now old, hard to heat and damp. The new homes are warm, dry, healthy and designed for modern living.
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