Southern View: September 20, 2016

SOUTHERN VIEW Tuesday September 20 2016 21
Post-quake residential growth
a boon for Hornby
There has been a significant residential
movement to the south and west
of Christchurch city following the
earthquakes that severely damaged
large swathes of the eastern suburbs, and
Hornby has been a “huge beneficiary”
of this movement, says regional director
for REINZ Canterbury/Westland/Nelson/
Marlborough, Jim Davis.
“Hornby has taken off as a result, with
the new shops and everything else that
has gone on contributing to this, and
with people moving to where there was
employment,” Mr Davis says.
“Following the earthquakes there was
an initial increase in employment right
through this part of Christchurch. Hornby
has benefitted because it is an affordable
suburb to buy homes in, which has brought
a lot of people here.”
REINZ figures show that over the
months of May, June and July 2015,
residential sales in Hornby and the
surrounding suburbs of Wigram,
Sockburn, Aidanfield and Halswell were
as follows: May, 54 sales, with a median
price of $470,000; June, 65 sales with a
median price of $520,000; and July, 66
sales with a median price of $484,000. In
the same three months this year, sales were
as follows: May, 74 sales with a median
price of $536,500; June, 66 sales with a
median price of $469,250; July, 57 sales
with a median price of $482,500.
The improvements in roading, such as
the Southern Motorway and the by-pass
north to Russley Road, have also benefitted
Hornby, Mr Davis says.
New subdivisions in adjacent areas are
contributing to Hornby’s growth, too.
“Rolleston has grown at a huge rate and
people living there stop off in Hornby
for shopping on their way to and from
Christchurch, and this has added to the
interest in the suburb.”
Mr Davis believes the retail
developments have brought a change of
image to Hornby and people are looking at
the suburb differently now.
“It’s not the outpost of Christchurch that
it once was.”
On the city side of Hornby, Wigram
has also seen major growth following the
earthquakes, including the sub-division at
Wigram Skies on the former air force base,
which is being developed by Ngai Tahu
Property.
“South-west Christchurch has long been
an identified growth corridor for the city
and Wigram Skies provided the impetus
for the development of this region in the
post-earthquake era,” says development
manager Wigram Skies Scott Johansson.
“In the earlier stages of the development
there was demand from a number of red
zone residents. Anecdotally, there were
also a lot of sales coming from people who
had sold their existing dwellings to red
zoners and then upgraded to a new house
at Wigram.”
Another sub-division, Awatea, which is a
public-private housing project comprising
affordable homes, is being constructed on
Crown-owned land in Wigram by Fletcher
Residential. The 11.5-hectare site was
land owned by the NZ Transport Agency
and left over from the construction of the
Southern Motorway. When completed,
the development will have a total of 238
homes, with 40 per cent of them priced
below $400,000.
Residents from these developments,
and other sub-divisions further west, such
as Longhurst and Knights Stream Park in
Halswell will potentially bring hundreds
more customers into the Hornby retail
and business area, contributing to its
continuing growth, Mr Davis says.
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Their new online store, www.
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products to your door for $4.50, or free for
orders over $50.
“It is a great way to check out our product
range. It can be a bit overwhelming when
you first come in-store – there is just so
much stock at such awesome prices,” Jo
says.
Based on customer feedback a makeup
and nail school has been set up at the
store for the everyday woman. Taught
by fully qualified makeup artists and nail
technicians the inexpensive teaching
modules include how to contour, how to
shape your eyebrows, how to look younger,
do your eyes and gel nails. Participants
wanting to take the training further will
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school.
Clearance Health and Beauty also have
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Find them beside Weirdos on Main
South Rd, opposite the Hub Hornby. Like
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ONLINE www.clearancehealthandbeauty.co.nz
SHOP: 401 Main South Road, Hornby
Phone: 344 0333 or 0508 BEAUTY
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