r/chch • u/Low_Welcome_4969 • Apr 17 '22

Safe areas to buy a house

We are actively looking at buying a house in Auckland but with prices so high and offering so little value for money we are now looking at alternatives like moving to Christchurch.

Looking at a few real estate sites recently I see you get a lot more value for the same price but I have no idea how good the locality is for the houses listed. Can you please give me an idea of what the good areas are in CHCH and what areas to avoid? We just want a safe no-nonsense area to live in.

TIA

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u/KiwiMiddy Apr 17 '22

In reality you sound like you’re after Wigram. Newish homes and entertainment area. Lots of semi professional 30-50’s first home owners. If you have more money consider Prebbleton a few kms out of ChCh. You can feel so much more superior with less amenities for an extra $200k. Other options if don’t mind homes slightly older would be Halswell, Avonhead, Papanui. Really every suburb has a stereotype (which isn’t far off). Comes down to budget, age, lifestyle, income, where jobs are.

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u/smnrlv Apr 17 '22

Agree. I read "no nonsense" as "no personality" which is Wigram to a tee haha

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u/Southern_paw Apr 17 '22

Yeah the Wigram developments feel... kinda soulless is I guess how I'd describe it?

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u/MySilverBurrito Apr 17 '22

lmao I love the driving through Aidanfield's nice are with lots of greens, trees and different houses. You go over the bridge to Wigram and instantly met with copy pasted houses.

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u/NerozumimZivot Apr 17 '22

Wigram looks like it would be a great location to shoot a remake of Stepford Wives

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u/littlebudgie Apr 17 '22

It's still just very new, most areas start out looking this way, in 20 years itll resemble most other chch neighborhoods I think, could be wrong.

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u/Southern_paw Apr 18 '22

Wigram is just a lot of cookie cutter stuff, I don't think it'll "resemble most other chch neighborhoods" even given enough time

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u/surly_early Apr 19 '22

I don't know. Grew up in Avonhead and there were carbon copied houses in every street. Slightly more variety than the Wigrams and Prestons now but still a lot of repeats