Papanui
Papanui, where Christchurch meets the north road
Papanui sits five kilometres north west of the city, at the point where Papanui Road, Main North Road and Harewood Road meet. Those who buy here tend to value convenience as much as the houses themselves. Families are drawn by Papanui High School, St Bede’s College and the primary schools at Papanui and Paparoa Street, while those further along in life appreciate level ground, good bus routes and the shops within walking distance; Papanui also came through the earthquakes in far better shape than the eastern suburbs, which still weighs with buyers who remember them.
Because the housing stock is so varied, the sale of a home in Papanui rests less on the suburb’s name than on the particular street, section and school zone it sits in, and on presenting the qualities a buyer for that home will care about; a weatherboard bungalow near St James Park and a newer townhouse off Main North Road will draw quite different people, and the campaign for each ought to reflect it.
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Nick is primarily works from the Harcourts Gold office at 471 Papanui Road, so this is the suburb he knows street by street, and where many of his conversations with homeowners begin.