diff --git a/devito/types/array.py b/devito/types/array.py
index 34237f01bf..62c1b62f49 100644
--- a/devito/types/array.py
+++ b/devito/types/array.py
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ def __args_setup__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
             raise ValueError("Component type must be subclass of AbstractFunction")
         if len({i.__padding_dtype__ for i in components}) != 1:
             raise ValueError("Components must have the same padding dtype")
+        if len({i.properties for i in components}) != 1:
+            raise ValueError("Components must have the same properties")
 
         return args, kwargs
 
@@ -441,12 +443,13 @@ def initvalue(self):
 
     # Overrides defaulting to self.c0's behaviour
 
-    for i in ['_mem_internal_eager', '_mem_internal_lazy', '_mem_local',
+    for i in ('_mem_internal_eager', '_mem_internal_lazy', '_mem_local',
               '_mem_mapped', '_mem_host', '_mem_stack', '_mem_constant',
               '_mem_shared', '__padding_dtype__', '_size_domain', '_size_halo',
               '_size_owned', '_size_padding', '_size_nopad', '_size_nodomain',
               '_offset_domain', '_offset_halo', '_offset_owned', '_dist_dimensions',
-              '_C_get_field', 'grid', 'symbolic_shape']:
+              '_C_get_field', 'grid', 'symbolic_shape',
+              *AbstractFunction.__properties__):
         locals()[i] = property(lambda self, v=i: getattr(self.c0, v))
 
     @property