Whole home dimensions

Kāinga Ora's and Lifemark's sizes for a whole home and its site, side by side. Millimetres unless marked.

  • Kāinga Ora v2.1
  • Lifemark v2
AFGDCPlanBSectionEFence
Client and rating
Kāinga OraLifemark
Floor area
AFloor area, one storey
studio, 1 person35 m²
one bedroom, 2 people45 m²
two bedrooms, 4 people65 m²
three bedrooms, 6 people95 m²
four bedrooms, 8 people118 m²
five bedrooms, 10 people143 m²
six bedrooms, 12 people160 m²
Floor area, two storeys
two bedrooms, 4 people77 m²
three bedrooms, 6 people107 m²
four bedrooms, 8 people130 m²
five bedrooms, 10 people155 m²
six bedrooms, 12 people175 m²
BCeiling height≥2400
Storage
Storage, total area
one bedroom≥2 m²
two bedrooms≥2.7 m²
three bedrooms≥3.4 m²
four bedrooms≥5 m²
five bedrooms≥7 m²
six bedrooms≥8.8 m²
Garden shed, width1500
and depth1000
option B, width1800
and depth1500
from the boundary≥1000
Outdoor space
COutdoor living space
studio≥12 m²
one or two bedrooms≥20 m²
three or four bedrooms≥35 m²
five or six bedrooms≥50 m²
DDeck, patio or balcony
studio≥4 m²
one bedroom≥8 m²
two or three bedrooms≥10 m²
four to six bedrooms≥12 m²
Patio, cross fall1:60–1:40
Clothesline length
studio14 m
one to three bedrooms14–28 m
four bedrooms28–40 m
five or six bedrooms40 m
Fences, gates and retaining walls
EFence, secure area1200–1800
non-secure area≤900
gaps in it≤100
Gate height≥1200
its latch1500
Batter instead of a wall≤1:3
retaining wall to dwelling≥1000
wall under a fence≤500
Car parking
FParking space, width3000≥3500
beside another or a path≥2500
two bays shared≥5900
GParking space, length5000≥4800
longer option≥5400
Garage, width≥3500
and length≥5000
Parking, slope1:50–1:25≤1:40
steepest≤1:16
accessible space1:100–1:50
Shelter, height≥2500

Each figure is its document's, its paragraph on hover, and holds where its column and row say. Kāinga Ora's are for the homes it builds and Lifemark's for a home seeking its rating: neither is the Building Code. This compares documents; it is not the whole of any of them.

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