Nice Towns/Villages around Christchurch

Watson · Testing The Water Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 6

The housing market in Nelson is going bananas. There are more opportunities in Christchurch. I'd like to ask if there are nice villages within around half an hour of Christchurch where a house and a few acres of nice land can be picked up for less than $300,000. Thank you very much.

gordster · I'll Hang Around A Little Joined: 23 Nov 2003 Posts: 15

short answer No, However, there are a lot of small farmlet lifestyle blocks to the NW of Chch, but you will need more than 300K for these.

Ashburton to the south is very small town, as is Rangiora. Banks Peninsula is nice, but very little services, poor communications, and isolated.

JCM · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 3:36 pm Post subject:

I think gordster is right.

I'm sure if you were to venture a little farther out, to Darfield for example, you will find what you're looking for. Darfield is a nice little village with its own high school around 40 km from Western Christchurch. You can do that in half an hour or so but then you have to add on more time to get into the city centre. Traffic coming in from the west (Darlield, West Melton, Yaldhurst) is quite manageable. I haven't looked at house prices out Darfield way recently and the web is a poor guide as most of the plots of land (described as 'sections' here) and houses in the rural areas don't seem to make it as far as the web - at least not that I've seen. Certainly last year you would have got what you were looking for for less than $300,000.

Watson · Testing The Water Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 6

Thanks JCM and gordster.

Found this in Darfield for $295,000 ono. Looks good. There are more pictures if you follow the link at the bottom. Drool...... cool

Minutes from Darfield Centre, Views towards the Alps: view photos: $ 295,000 ONO
This (approx) 6 year old brick home is set amongst quality homes off a quiet street. Only minutes away from the Darfield centre , school. On 5267m2 landscaped settings. Features fish pond, rose gardens, and fruit trees. Plenty of room to extend, practice your golf swing, room for pets, with uninterrupted views to the Southern Alps. This home offers 3 bedrooms, open plan kitchen & living areas . Wood burner, dishwasher
bath & shower provides practicality. Ride on mower is available Positioned to capture all day sun and tranquil living,

http://www.realenz.co.nz/res/searchdetails.cfm?CurrentRow=3&SD=separately.

JCM · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 12:36 pm Post subject:

Ahhhhhhhh this carries me back to about five and a half years ago. That's when I was looking on the internet at houses with v.large gardens in the villages around chch . In the end laziness got the better of me and we settled for a suburban house in about 850 sq meters. I still dream of my country 'estate' though.