A standard suburban building plot, formerly approximately a quarter of an acre in size.
these were roomy, well-built houses with quarter-acre sections
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- She grew up on a quarter-acre section in Christchurch with her two sisters.
- The quarter-acre section has given New Zealand low-density housing.
- Aucklanders would have to move away from the idea of a house on a quarter-acre section.
- The area was big enough to provide quarter-acre sections for 5.5 million households.
- By the 1960s, the quarter acre section had become the norm for urban New Zealanders.
- They want everyone to live on a quarter-acre section, as has been done for centuries.
- The land survey process laid out suburban plots and 'the cult of the quarter acre section' emerged.
- They were much sought after houses on quarter-acre sections.
- A small deposit would purchase what was called a deferred licence on a quarter-acre section.
- The spuds were grown on his quarter-acre section.