Where would you go if you were shifting from Christchurch?

[unstuck]

I do stand to be corrected, I only heard it second hand, no direct experience. If so...sounds like a kick arse place to live...$50k for a house...I'd be mortgage free!

There are a couple of road knights living out that way, maybe that is the gang you heard about. You can get some cheap houses in Nightcaps or Ohai, but there is nothing there. You could possibly find work If you drive machinery or trucks, or a wee bit of farm work. I thought about going out that way,but the missus hates it. We bought a place in Gore that was fairly cheap I thought, cheaper than coramandel anyway, thats where we were going to go from auckland, to many people there for me now though. We got a large 4 bedroom house,garage and large section for $132k.If the weather was warmer, it would be the perfect place to live.

[Blackbird]

Coromandel Peninsula.
Decent place and people, superb fishing and recreational activities with some nice towns not too far away. Whitianga would be rather pleasant. Also, the weather is better than oop norf.

Well said Swoop. I did just that after a lifetime of 60 hour weeks. Except I live on the edge of Coromandel harbour as the fishing is better there and there's more to do.

[Paul in NZ]

We bought a place in Gore that was fairly cheap I thought, cheaper than coramandel anyway, thats where we were going to go from auckland, to many people there for me now though. We got a large 4 bedroom house,garage and large section for $132k.If the weather was warmer, it would be the perfect place to live.

If the weather was better houses would cost more....


It depends what your values are, how open you are to new people and what you want out of life really. We moved from ChCh years ago (best thing we ever did) to sunny Raumati South on the Kapiti Coast. It’s a simple (but lengthy) commute to Wellington but it’s a wonderful community. Wellingtons not like ChCh or Auckland, its more like a collection of villages. Depending on your budget you can find any sort of life you need.

If you have the coin, the bays are nice but I still like Kapiti. Having said that we have had friends move here from ChCh and never settled.... Its not like ChCh - deal with it...

[sidecar bob]

We got a large 4 bedroom house,garage and large section for $132k.If the weather was warmer, it would be the perfect place to live.

If the weather was warmer it would have been $432k.

[ducatilover]

I like my little plot in the thriving metropolis of 2km from nowhere.
I have uncountable brilliant roads, weather could be worse, no neighbours, only house on the road, 1 local-ish police officer-lady-thing, no need to deal with crowds or idiots (good for a muppet with bad anxiety like myself)

Did I mention the roads? Traffic free, twisty, challenging, perfection.
I love this place.

[Bald Eagle]

If you have the coin, the bays are nice but I still like Kapiti. Having said that we have had friends move here from ChCh and never settled.... Its not like ChCh - deal with it...

Not Kapiti - don't want it getting crowded here.

[puddytat]

Nelson or the Buller region.....Nelson would be better possibly workwise unless yer into farming or minning.

[CookMySock]

Tauranga/Rotorua

[Brian d marge]

A tad expensive but there u go ......

http://www.trademe.co.nz/property/li...-487240142.htm

Stephen

I wonder HOW cheap you could do it?

Stephen

[Berries]

Balclutha is happening at the moment - Pork roast and pillow stolen.

[Maha]

Tauranga/Rotorua

This aint jokes and humour Steve....

[5150]

This aint jokes and humour Steve....

The all mighty Tronn ??

(well, for STD's anyway)

[Daffyd]

Balclutha is happening at the moment - Pork roast and pillow stolen.

That's 'cos Scummy's not there to protect the place!

[cruza]

Not so in a lot of cases... I know its hard to understand but chch and the attudes of those that live there HAVE changed, as below, it is a different place now, duno why but it is.

and for many reasons.

Same here D , When things settle down on homefront bit more , I'd like live out of town . Silly thing is ya don't need to go that far either.....

[neels]

A tad expensive but there u go ......

http://www.trademe.co.nz/property/li...-487240142.htm

If that's just been renovated, I'd hate to see how it looked before

I've just moved back into townish after getting redzoned out of northeast chch, makes a huge difference to the psyche not driving over fucked roads past broken and empty houses. I guess it helps that work hasn't changed and the up side is I don't have to commute in traffic to get there any more, 5 minutes on the pushbike works for me.