Which place in wellington new zealand is the best place to live. i work in lower hutt?

Question

i am willing to travel up to an hour to get to work. long for some where to rent that is not to dear in a nice safe part of wellington, with a good school for my 8 year old son.

please help guys

Answer 1

Tawa is actually pretty good. It is away from the hutt, but still commutable (i lived in Tawa and worked in Lower Hutt). Schools are good (Redwood, Greenacres, Tawa in particular) and it is *very* safe. Very safe. Also the Intermediate is very well regarded, as is the college. Because the area has such a good mix it has some more expensive homes but also some less expensive ones but still in a nicer area.

The commute isn't too bad either. I used to go along Willowbank Road/Middleton Road then take the churton park turn off, head along the motorway then down the gorge and back along State Highway 2. Apart from a brief hold up just before the Ngauranga Gorge, it was pretty clear sailing. Used to get to Lower HUtt in less than 30 minutes in peak times.

At the weekends it is quicker.

Also, it is only about 15 mins on train into Wellington City.

Answer 2

Western Hutt hills, like Kelson, and as for Schools Belmont, but the best school  by far would be Waterloo.

Answer 3

If you are working in Lower Hutt then I would be looking to live in the Hutt Valley.  Some parts of Lower Hutt are not so good, but others just fine.   Central Hutt would be good I think, and the Western Hutt hills are pretty good.

Answer 4

Probably the best area is Karori. This is quite an affluent area but you can find 2 bed flats for around $270 a week. The schools in this area are great. We used to live their and my wife commuted by car to Lower Hutt and it took her 25 mins in a car in traffic. Use the website below to find properties (type in property to rent in the subject box and narrow down the options)

Answer 5

Maungaraki

Real close to Lower Hutt.

Pretty good schools.

Nice safe area

Tawa

Fantastic schools

Great community to bring up family

Very safe

Yeeeeah there are heaps of places you could go.

Try suburbs like Kaori,Normandale,Johnsonville,Petone etc

Sweeeeeeeeeet.

Answer 6

Tawa would be my pick. I grew up there and it didn't seem too bad. good schools there, and alot of churches for some reason. and you can get to the hutt either on the motorway, over the haywoods road to the north, or on the train.