4pommes

Hi,


Been looking through rentals and found that properties in Otaki are cheaper than elsewhere in Kapiti.

Guess there must be a reason for this.....any ideas?? Anyone live in Otaki?

Thanks
Lydia

Genesis

Know it a bit. It has a main area inland and a beach area too with lots of houses. It is a wee bit on the low decile side that will be the reason for the low rent. Stayed a weekend there once at the beach..was pretty good. You pay your money and get your choice. Google 'Otaki' stuff and see what you find. We live about 45 mins away. Very good shops. Nice beach. By contrast Kate knows it very well as she spends much time working in the community there. She loves it (and not just because of the shops!!). Wellington is just 1.5 hrs by road and Waikanae is the next township down which has a glorious beach.

leedge

And also because the normal trains to/from Wellington only go as far as Paraparaumu (will be Waikanae early next year).

There's is a train running from Palmerston North to Wellington that stops at Otaki, but it's one direction only - goes to Wellington in the morning stopping at Otaki at about 7am-ish and then returns leaving Wellington at 5:15pm. You're a bit stuck if you're delayed and miss the train in the evening

simonmarkellis

Traffic through the main thoroughfare can ve a nightmare, especially around bank holidays... days out at the Race Course there though are great...

Biddy

We live 10 mins sth of Otaki and I can't realy recommend it. It is a generally low decile area with some poor housing. 3 main areas to it. State Highway 1 which is mainly commercial. Road to the beach. Once again mainly commercial but less so. Otaki Beach - which is resedential. Obviously all the 'bits' in between are residential with some great larger houses / lifestyle plots on the edges - so there are some secluded areas to be found. Depends on your budget, work, schooling needs etc.

Personally I'd pay a bit more to be a little further south.

Browner_

What are you going to do in Otaki? For work?
And what you going to at weekends? Fish? Golf? Run up and down the beach? Its allright for those things, but Welliington is a long way to go for any things that might be on. Who you gonna associate with - there are two gangs to chose from.

4pommes

Ha! This made me smile!

Buzzy--Bee

My sister in law was a paramedic there for about a year before she emigrated to the UK - boy did she have some tales to tell about the gangs as she saw the end results of their disagreements.

BB

JaneRiley

Don't be put off. There are gangs everywhere in NZ. Just don't join one! Otaki has the best shoe shop - MINX!

Browner_

Thats the most sensible thing you have ever posted.

JaneRiley

Cheers Browner. I wish we could all meet up sometimes... I think we are probably quite alike. Why else do we go on these websites?

Charismatic

Well Otaki is just a bit further to commute which is why it’s cheaper (that said if you had some flexibility in where you worked it might not be such a problem). I like it around them parts (Otaki/Levin/Foxton) and don’t be put off by the street gang rubbish because I never see them when I’m in those parts.

The population of N41 (which is the Otaki/Levin/Foxton electoral district) is actually shrinking by about 1.5% p.a. IRRC so you may have it all to yourself eventually. Seems like a good bet if/when government decentralises its department (something the most developed countries did in the mid 90’s or before) from Wellington as Palmerston North is an obvious candidate for expansion into rural townships. All those government employees will want houses by the sea driving prices way up .

ExKiwilass

Curious. What do you mean by this? And which developed countries did this?

zoglet

"Otaki.....what's it like??"


Bring your banjo!

Hope this helps!

Browner_

They will certainlu have to bring the workforce with them. There arent many of employable age who could use a computer or add up an invoice.
And there are even less with a full set of teeth