How about: Christchurch - Lower Cashmere?

[Hannah-NL]

How about it, seen a pretty house there, very pretty, so I'm dreaming, but is it a "good" suburb to live in?

[kiwi]

so long as it is lower cashmere and not spreydon/sydneham (do you have a street addy? look it up)

lower cashmere is on the heathcote river and very pretty
Nic

[Hannah-NL]

Thanks for reminding me, I had this link: http://www.wises.co.nz/map/ saved earlier.
I have found it, on the river sounds very nice!
Cashmere road, close to school, highschool and hospitals.
Says Somerfield as area tho... hmm...

[kiwi]

somerfield is fine...cashmere primary is up the hill, the high school is on the flat.

It is a really treey area, and sheltered from the wind (easterly)
good choice!

[wilson182]

so long as it is lower cashmere and not spreydon/sydneham (do you have a street addy? look it up)

lower cashmere is on the heathcote river and very pretty
Nic

Hey Kiwi, what wrong with spreydon/sydenham????? Cashmere is lovely, but expensive.

[Moorf]

Personally, I'd rent in an area before buying - several areas have been classed "not good" on this forum and I heeded them at first, but after living in Chch for 6mths now I would re-classify some of these areas from our point of view!

Lower Cashmere is going up in price - up on Cashmere Hill is expensive - check out the areas for yourself before committing - one persons undesirable area is not the same for another.

Spreydon/Sydenham are fine by all accounts, plus not everyone can afford to jump straight in at the top and, like in the UK and other places worldwide, need to get on a rung of the property ladder and work their way up. It's no different here!

[Hannah-NL]

Oh yes definately would be renting first, but would want to buy as soon as possible - we have to keep in mind tho we want to have good schools not too far away for the kids (15 and 11) We might be looking around first for a bit more. This house seemed nice, so wanted to know if the neighbourhood was similar

[Moorf]

Hannah - give me the details and I'll gladly do a drive-by for you and get some pics of the area. :P

[Hannah-NL]

Thanks Moorf, that would be great, I can see you doing a "drive by photoshoot" now

[Moorf]

In that case I hope the area isn't toooo dodgy!!