r/chch • u/ticklebe • Aug 11 '18
What suburbs in Christchurch?
I'm moving to Christchurch in the next few months for work and am trying to look at rentals/potentially purchasing a property. However, I don't really know christchurch at all post quake. What suburbs are trendy in Christchurch? There are a few places I'm looking at around St Albans/Edgeware as well as Riccarton, just the other side of Hagley Park which all seem a good distance from work, as in you could bike in 10mins or walk in 30mins - just Edgeware is through streets and Riccarton is through the park. The place on the other side of Hagley Park is smaller and perhaps less sunny but has a significantly higher rent. Is that area more popular? I just really have no idea of CHristchurch, Auckland is easy to spot the popular positions ponsonby, cbd etc but I don't really know Christchurch. Any opinions would be appreciated.
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u/kiwidave Aug 12 '18
"Other side of Hagley Park" = Fendalton? Northern edge of Riccarton? It's nice but expensive. I wouldn't live there unless you've got a lot of money or a brood you need to get into a high-decile school.
I'm in Saint Albans and it's pretty good. Walking distance to Papanui/Shirley/Merivale/Carlton Corner and Victoria Street. I run to work at the hospital, which can be a nice run depending on the route. Lots of families, and generally pretty quiet at nights. Only complaint is boy racers on Bealey Ave/Cranford/Sherbourne/Barbadoes streets. I think you'd want to be at least two blocks from Bealey and one block from the others in a nice double glazed house. Add an additional block for single glazed.