Fellow Hamiltonians

We're looking at a house in Pukete, but have no idea what the area is like.....anyone live there or heard good or bad things about it??

TIA

For the most part Pukete is a good area (as Mum_me said there are a few streets to avoid though). I used to live on Pohutukawa Dr and really loved it I found it a good mix of families and young people. My friend currently lives in Ronald Ct and she says it is very family friendly. Te Rapa primary is meant to be a very good school and I've also heard good things about the kindy. Can I ask what street you are looking at?

I'm in pukete. I like the area. I have my kids in pukete school which I am ok with at the moment. Te Rapa I feel is a better school but we aren't in the zone and I missed out on two out of zone ballots. Also they go up to intermediate so you don't have to worry about the zoned intermediate school. Zoned high school is fraser so we have put the 14 year old in private school but once the proposed High School in rototuna gets approved we should be zoned for that. Too late for my oldest two but possibly ok for the younger one.   

I would avoid sherwood ave. Now don't be put off as there isn't too much that goes on there but the Mongrel mob has a house there. It is a case of nothing ever goes down there but everyone knows where the house is. It is very tidy just has high fences and heads with caps that constantly look out from it keeping watch.   

The kindy is fantastic and I can't praise it enough. Absolutely love the kindy. It is a short walk to the river with fantastic walking tracks and ducks to feed. The neighbourhood house has afterschool care. They do meat and vege co-op on thursdays and scones on tuesdays I think. A news letter comes out with all the goings on. We are currently trying to get the local
playground upgraded.

As for shopping we never go into town. We have everything at the base or chartwell which is all within a 5 min drive in each direction. The biggest bonus is we are on the city side of the river. No bridge traffic in the morning or at rush hour times. Although pukete roundabout gets clogged around 4-6pm but with the new four laning of the expressway and the bridge that should get better but it isn't completed until mar 2013 I think.

I didn't chose to live here. We took over my DH childhood home so that is why we are in the area but I love it. Lots of young families.     

dont live there myself but the area looks quite nice and it is about a 15-20 minute walk to the base :)

I live in pukete :) baught a house in Clematis ave been here bout a year.
But i lived in Pukete from 4yrs old till i was 20 something and started flatting.
Wonderful area :) I went to pukete kindy and primary. both Pukete and te rapa schools are really good!
Yea Sherwood and oakfield are kinda dodgy? (well growing up they were lol) but yea i reckon a good area to grow up in

I live in Pukete - off Church Road . We love it here, have been here 3 years. Its lovely and quiet, the neighbours are super friendly, and it is really handy to a lot of things - heaps of families live in this area. As a side note - houses in this area hold their value really well. We are possibly going to have to sell up and move north for DH's work. We bought at 305K 3 years ago at the height of the property boom, and our valuation has come out at 314K - pretty stoked about that! Te Rapa is a fantastic school and we are zoned for it and Te Kowhai - about 5mins drive up the road, good school too! (I'm also a teacher) with the added bonus of going to year 8. Fraser is the nearest high school at the moment.

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I'm not sure about DC's but congrat's on the upcoming move! Hope it all goes smoothly for you

I heard that one of the daycares by the cock and bull (not sure which one) lost 6 of its teachers at the same time. Not sure why, but check the turnover rate when you're asking around.