Dell'orto Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 We're gonna be moving down to your neck of the woods soon-ish, and just want to get peoples opinions of what areas are good/shit/otherwise. Looking at two places currently, one in Totara park, the other in Birchville. Either of these areas gang infested, or is that pretty much just Stokes/Taita? Cheers Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adoom Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 My place is in Totara Park. If you have the choice, get a place that's not too close to the hill or you won't get that much sun in winter. No gangs here. Just some "boy racers". Got a guy with a skyline up my street with an external or something, seems to be stuck in first gear constantly. If you intend to catch the train or something, there are buses that can take you to the upper hutt train station. You could walk to the train station, but it would take a while..... Ummmmmmm Watch out for houses with no insulation, it can get frikken cold on the hill side. No Telstra cable internet this side of the river. So all we get is ADSL(ADSL2 is supposed to be coming in 2011). For Birchville, if you mean Gemstone drive area, its all sweet there too, no gangs. I have some mates who live on Gemstone Drive. One halfway up and the other at Akatarawa end. I've not heard any complaints from them. You can get Telstra cable internet there! Maoribank I think sometimes gets called Birchville(I think). It's one of those lower socio-economic areas. I have never lived there. You can get some nice houses there for cheaper, but it's nicer in Totara Park. Yeh.. um.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 what he said, just say no to timberlea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Haha, yeah heard Timberlea is fairly gangsta. Yep, looking at a place on Gemstone dr, the one in Totara park is on California dr. Cracks me up how all the streets are American towns there. Also aerial view of Totara park is lols. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Buying or renting? Not liking Lower Hutt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Buying....Lower hutt is out of our price range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I would rent around in welly 1st to get to know the areas, Oh so many sweet places to consider! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Nah wouldnt bother in Welly...I did go to college in town, so I know it fairly well, plus the old man lives there. Did think about renting in the hutt, but with the dog and all my shit, its a bit difficult to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 What part of welly you going to be working in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 kelson. love it up there. can get fair priced houses now and then too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 yeah western hills rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 newlands aint too bad either. seriously windy, though, sadly. hah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 Nah, gonna be working in Lower Hutt. Wellington area is pretty much a no-go, as I want something with a big garage and a reasonable section for the dog, neither of which would be affordable for us there - we've looked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Went with a different house in Totara park in the end, moving on the 15th, w00t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joff_nz Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Upper hutt is sweet anyway. ALthough i heard some old man whinging about how T-Park has too many boyracers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Congrats, 5 min drive from speedway track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatestben Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Car poolin with D to the J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 totara park is sweet, we were looking there for a while, stay away from mitre ten mega area on thursday nights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Yeah does seem to be a few boyracer types in totara park from what I've seen, though we've bought in a cul de sac so might be ok. There was a tropicana green mk2 Escort leaving there when we first looked at the house though Might just have to put a 3" exhaust with a 5" tip on the Levin to blend in Why stay away from Mitre10? Ben - I hear you've had a few sleepovers at his place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Yeah does seem to be a few boyracer types in totara park from what I've seen, though we've bought in a cul de sac so might be ok. There was a tropicana green mk2 Escort leaving there when we first looked at the house though Might just have to put a 3" exhaust with a 5" tip on the Levin to blend in Why stay away from Mitre10? Ben - I hear you've had a few sleepovers at his place mitre 10 is the new boy racer hang out on thursdays it seems and the police just block it off and then spend hours checking wofs etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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