hamilton

hey.
i am living in chch atm but my partner and i are looking at moving to hamilton and i was just wondering wat areas are good to rent in??

my partners sister lives in rototuna but looking on trademe houses there for rent are 400+ which is abit out of our price range.

thanks ladies

I grew up quite close to Hamilton, from what I can tell most areas are pretty reasonable especially compared to the bigger cities.
Hamilton East seems to be the more reasonable - lots of students in the area though wink
If you don't mind living a bit out of town there are some real bargains in the rural areas.

Rototuna can be quite expensive as well as flagstaff because they are new suburbs. If you wanted to be in that area then chartwell has older houses that may be a bit cheaper.
The areas to be careful of are Fairfield and Nawton and areas of melville they have cheaper houseing but that is because they are areas that tend to be lower class IYKWIM.
I am extremely biased because I live there but I really like Dinsdale/Frankton as an area to live. It is mid-lower class in Frankton and middle class in Dinsdale hills. It is close to town and has some nice schools depending on where you rent. Pukete is really nice too and would be in the slightly lower price range.

I used to live in Hillcrest when I went to school, close to uni and in good school zone BUT that was a good 10 years ago so not too sure what the area is like now but I'd say Ham east is still a good area. Or I think there's some newish subdivisions out near The Base which are good.

cool thanks ladies!!
ive started looking around chartwell/ rototuna area. we will not be able to afford to live in rototuna. but hopefully we will find somewhere close. i also looked at dinsdale.

i am soo nervous about moving away from my family but at least DF fam live up there and will be nice to get away from the shakes.