Nelson Real Estate

Archive for March 28th, 2009

Nelson is more than just one place

Although many people generally think of Nelson as just one place, like most NZ towns its actually made up of many different suburbs, most with their own characteristics, definitely different geographical and topographical layouts, and different socio-economical and commercial mixes.

Nelson, Stoke, Tahunanui and Richmond are but the main well known ones.

So here’s a bit more information on the suburbs make up;

Self-promotion hat on here – on the left panel here I have attempted to detail, albeit somewhat briefly, basic information on the suburbs. (be aware it is still, as I get time, a work in progress)
Government statistical data, on Nelson and some suburb breakdowns (example here is the Stoke sub-suburb of Isel Park, where our office is, more areas here, although the names are not that well known as the convention they use relates more to political boundaries)
Zoodle, quite comprehensive info on suburbs here, aggregates info from many sources (for example here’s the Stoke suburb of Nayland the suburb info pages are at the bottom so you may have to scroll down a few pages)
Suburbview – as of recently, many of the reports / charts are now free, if you like graphical reports, then you’ll find some here, although some aren’t quite there yet, for example it shows Stoke as having the following # of houses for sale…Jan = about 12, Feb = seems about 11, March = near 50 and I know we didn’t have that sort of explosion in new listings. In their For Sale listings for Stoke they also forget to mention our company who have 40 odd listings for sale in the suburb, but don’t get a mention other than in making up the “extra’s” (guess that’s just the nature of commercial sites today though)
NZ Ministry of Education, school search might be of some assistance here.
If sports is your thing, then here’s where our parks and playing grounds are.
If access by walking or biking is important, go here.