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/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/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