Anyone in new plymouth????
 

Hi there

I have been looking through past threads and see there are a few of you in New Plymouth, and wondered if you could all help me with some advice please.

We live in Wellington at the moment and my husbands job may be moving to NP so i was wondering if someone could advice me on nice areas, areas to avoid. Good primary schools and kindys/creche's please.

We are looking at being out in the suburbs or countryside away from the hussle & bussle and near the beach.

Any help would be grand, thanks :thumbsup:

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Anyone please :o

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bump :thumbsup:

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edge of the world NP. There probabily are people there :confused: but they are all on super fast kiwi dial-up, so surfing takes soooooome time.:rofl:

Give them chance:p

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The first time I went to New Plymouth I nearly ended up driving the wrong way down a one way street.

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Ones who can use a computer??????

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love the way all NP'ers have leaped to their defence. Obviously they are too busy battening down for the winters storms. Bless:thumbup:

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hiya

yes us newbies in np seem to be off the boil at the moment and the leader of the local girly pac, caz , with the rest of the coven seem to have gone quiet lol :p
the advice i was given when we planned to come here was avoid marfell and spotswood and every were else will be great. many of the suburbs in town are really nice and the schools all have quite good reps. i live in brooklands which is near the park and is only a couple of minutes from the nightmare of the one way system which you do get use to in town. if you wanna live out of town there is okato, inglewood and bell block which all involve a drive of varying times and distance.
if i am to say anything about the area, i can and will say this, its home, i have been in nz for a little over 4 months and i feel at home, people and area are great and i will find it hard to move if the need ever arises. if you have any other questions feel free to ask .

jim :thumbsup:

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hi there

sorry i didnt see the thread until now, god knows how i missed it. i have a pm to reply to which i promise i will very soon, just been busy.. btw internet better here than it was in uk so thats not a reason mr sparkie down under

I wonder if any of the people that slag np off have ever been here hmmmm , my kiwi friend advised gary not to take the job he has and not to come to np , turned out he had never been here b4 , funny thing is he is a kiwi and couldnt get a job.

any way back to thread, as jim said avoid marfell and spotswood, the rest are all lovely, some beautiful houses and some shitty ones too just like rest of nz. out of this world scenery esp where i stay in inglewood 12 minutes drive from town, theres some lovely scenic lakes en route and just lovely, I promise i will put pics up soon for everyone. schools here are very good, esp the one jims boy is at . If you want right next to beach fitzroy is lovely too but everywhere only a few minutes to get to beach. town centre right in the coast which is lovely and i think lots of shops and lots off cafes to. there are a few night clubs but never been as worked in them all my life kind of sick of them now lol, lots of wee bars, there is a theatre here called que theatre which is on my street and gets very busy. we have tsb bowl where we get lots going on there, we host womad, i could go on forever, oh seems to be loads of jobs too on offer i just suppose it depends if they the ones for you.

we have a lovely womans coven going though a bit quiet these days as debs got a blooming job hahah well done hun .... you know i finished that wine on sat lol

lets just say np is amzaing , ive been to another place which im not going to name as alot love it but lets just say im glad we didnt move there as i would of hated it , here was home from day 1 and i aint moving

oh yea we get great weather , yea we get rain but hey we need that to keep the place looking so lush , but we had temps here in inglewood off 33 most of the summer and these days around 22ish so cant complain

anyway hope some of this helps

caz x:)

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Hi Jim & Caz

Thanks so much for your helpful replies. Don't worry i have learnt to ignore the stupid reply's on here. We have everything crossed that my OH gets the job, i have a good feeling about NP, it looks homely and i havent heard any bad negatives yet.
Were going to have a drive up and look around the areas and drop in a few schools/estate agents etc. We have seen some fab houses so i hope OH gets the job. Fed up with this area it doesnt feel like home and is not what we wanted out of life when we came here so fingers crossed hey :)
Some pics would be fab Caz thanks.

Any other tips will be good will be most welcome :)

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Hi There we have been in NP nearly 6 mths now and i would say if you want to be near the beach but not to rural i would suggest you look around the Oakura part it is fantastic there, we intend to get there one day....
I would probably also suggest a weekend visit or something... Give us a shout if you want putting up for a few days whilst you have nosey round!!!!

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Hi there, Thanks for the offer of staying, that's really kind of you. Funny enough we have booked to stay in a Bach next weekend so we can have a nosey around :thumbsup:
We have been looking at the Oakura area as it does look lovely, hopefully we can get some appointments while were there to check out some houses :eek:
Will drive around and get a feel for the area, school locations, Kindys etc.
So how do you find the area after 6 months there? Do you have kids at school? Were hoping NP has more of a friendly community feel. No one talks to us here (apart from a really good couple we know) its very off putting how un friendly this area is, it doesnt hurt to say hello and smile. :curse:
Oh well here hoping NP is and area of friendly bods :thumbsup:

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Hi there

Moving to New Plymouth in the next few months, been looking at houses on the web, could anyone give us the heads up on Waitara, would you recommend it to your best friend.

Heard lots of good things about Inglewood,Fitzroy and Bell Block but nothing about Waitara. Is there a reason for this?:confused:

Only the better half & yours truly emigrating so no need of a school, but also no need for a bingo hall or old folks home just yet.:blink:

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Personally i wouldn't recommend Waitara to my worse enemy lol...
Inglewood is about 15 mins from NP and the same goes for Bell Block its slighty out of town,
Where do you want to be in regards to Parks/City Centre/Beach/Walks?????

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Hi we absolutely love it here everyone is sooooo friendly and we have made some good friends, we have 2 girls 8 & 5 and they love it too, it's very Family orientated here in NP with families doing lots together..

Hope you like Oakura there are a few properties there to rent at the moment...
Enjoy and have a nice weekend, give us a shout if you need anything else...

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wouldnt touch it with a bargepole , hope that answers though you would get a huge house for pennys... it is a bit out of town also, way by bell block i'd say 20 minutes atleast.

i can vouch for inglewood as i live here, i wouldnt stay in np its self now after being here, I like the far enough out of town but close enough feel if you know what i mean. Its just so friendly here so you wont have to worry about that , every day i walk to work and everyone says good morning etc , i love it.. also im only 15 minutes to beach so being out of town doesnt make a difference for me going there atall as its a lovely drive there

caz

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I thank for that, really helps

What do folk do for entertainment, what is tv like,(can't be much worse than the 100 or so channel of rubbish I watch at the mo), are there any 'pubs'.

I know I sound like I am talking about a third world country but you never know what to expect. :confused:(Hope you know what I mean), Its all so new.

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HA Ha Ha Well where do we start there's always something happening here...
Plus you have the Beach/Aquatic Centre/Parks/Rivers/Walkway and lots more to keep you entertained as for the TV well its pretty crap here to 80 odd channels and nothing on most of the time!!!!!
Plenty of Pubs and Resturants everything catered for really Chinese/Indian/Pizza/Italian/Thai you name it it's here along with all the facourites (YUK) McD's, BK, KFC

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Hi there, tv's not that brilliant here so we don't watch a lot of it, we tend to us a dvd rental company who send dvd's by post (not sure if i can mention them on here :confused:) which is excellent. We have friends round or talk to people in UK on line so don't bank on the tv to much :rofl: Unless you enjoy American stuff on satellite channel

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Thanks for that, all sounds pretty good to me.

At the moment we have a stack of dvd's that would reach the top of Blackpool Tower. (maybe a bit of an exaggeration) so that sound great to me.:confused:

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Hi everyone in NP, been looking at property in Inglewood but someone has told me some negatives about this area. Can anyone enlighten me anymore please or are they just being really negative. We have an appointment to look at a house there at the weekend, dont want to start off with the wrong outlook.

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hi steph

i live in inglewood and its a fantastic wee town,we love it that much we have bought a section here. you used to be able to buy houses here cheaper than np town but now on a par, alot of people want to move here. got all the shops you need on your doorstep but only 12 minutes into town for weekly shop and beaches etc, everyone very friendly etc

what street is it you are going to view house ??

caz

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Hi Caz

Were going to look at one in Upper Dudley Road. What that street like? Do you know the nearest primary school.
Great to get info from some one who's there :thumbsup:

Jackie

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We looked to buy a house there but in the end the house came with 4 acres of land and we decided it was to much.. upper dudley road is 2 minutes from me on the outskirts of inglewood( my house one of last few on main road) so more in the country kinda thing you would need your car to drive to mainstreet inglewood but only 2 minutes drive so not bad atall. we would of bought the house if it had come with less land to be honest. inglweood has a great wee community , we just love it. i work in macfarlanes on the main street you will see it driving through town to get to house you wanting to see., there is a street called faber place and its all new brick houses , im sure one up for rent its a 3 bed im sure it was harcourts and i think 350 a week though dont hold me to that.

how cool if you move here though , atleast you will know me lol

caz

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Thanks for that Caz, this house has 1.75acres which is great, we have 3 kids under 5 so we wanted plenty of land so they can go wild in the garden lol.
We rent here at the moment and have no garden, now are ready to buy, i just want to clean my own house and not someone elses for a change ha ha.
Looking forward to some space around us for a change. We have 5 houses around the area to look at this weekend so really excited.
Bonus to know your in the area :thumbsup:

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awww thats great then , i think i know the house..is it the brick one? ive seen it on a flyer if it is... we ended up buying just half an acre, 4 was just 2 much grass to mow lol... in inglewood most houses seem to have lots of land not squashed in the way they are in main town... there are like everywhere some real sheds though so dont be put off cos there are plenty lovely houses too all in all a fab town

caz

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Hi Caz

Yer its the brick bungalow with the black/grey roof.
My oh wants a ride on mower - men and there toys :rofl:
Hate being squashed in and over looked, feel like a fish in a bowl ha ha

Jackie

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:p
hey caz

a super sub for the coven for when deb and i move to blenheim lol

inglewood is a great place and caz and gary are great people as are everyone we have met since we have been here

:thumbsup:

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Did you have to remind me my best mate is moving away from me :( :( :(

but yea steph will help fill the void lol

was gonna ask what you were doing on the computer, just remembered its thurs and your day off... hope up have done all your chores lol :rofl:

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meant to say , the local primary school gets a fab review, apparently lots from np try get thier kids in to it, also high school good

well i must be off to work , start at 12 and have to drop lucy at nursery ( rainbow nursery is great also btw lucy loves it , i spoend half an hour trying to get her to leave her pals at end of day lol)

caz

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Thanks for that, we need a primary school, a pre school and a nursery for my daughter who is 2. How old is Lucy?
By the way my name is Jackie, kiwisteph just my log in lol sorry to confuse.

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lol hi jackie

lucy is 2 but will be 3 in aug so will be moving up to pre school.. her nursary is great they do after school care and holiday stuff etc for older kids too..

caz

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Hi Caz

What are the waitlists like at nursery & pre school. Its taken us 3 months to get our son a place at one pre school here and that was by luck through a friend. He was 80th on the list at the other pre school we wanted:eek:
Is Lucy's nursery Rainbow 19 Miranda Street, Stratford West?

Jackie

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hi Jackie

Lucys is rainbow at cutfield street inglewood , i got her in straight away as there are always kids moving up etc

caz

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Hi All,

I have been in NP for 6 months now and I LOVE it! Wife and kids joined in March and they LOVE it! Weather has been great, festivals great, beaches fantastic, people friendly, housing good, schools wonderful, day trips great! Walkway a winner on an international arena.

Cheers:rofl::D:lol:

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Hi we've been here 6 mths too and we also think it is "the best place in the world to live"

Andrea x:thumbup:

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Is Wellington and the Newlands area not for you then Jackie?

Tell Daz he can buy me a pint before you go!

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Oh wow, don't you just love the change of season at the moment? The sea has so many different moods. I walk to work, have done so since October last year. Yesterday was the first time the rain forced me to drive. Not bad for a country where it rains every day :unsure:

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yeah its far better than the Uk, i cant believe it's the middle of Autumn and still hitting 20 degrees...Loving it....:thumbsup: