Enquiries over $299,000. In St Albans. Zoned for Christchurch Girls' and Boys' High, and a few minutes from the four avenues. A price point like that doesn't turn up in this part of Christchurch very often, and when it does, it doesn't hang around.

A9 is a one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in a secure, gated complex on Caledonian Road. It's the kind of easy, lock-up-and-leave buying that makes sense whether you're getting out of the rental market, adding to a portfolio, or after a city base without a city price tag.

Inside, the layout is smart and efficient, with open plan kitchen and living, a separate bedroom and bathroom, and double glazing throughout. It's genuinely easy to live in and even easier to look after, with no lawns to mow and no weekends lost to maintenance.

The complex does the heavy lifting outside. Remote-controlled gates with separate pedestrian access, your own dedicated carpark inside the secure grounds, and a shared lawn with BBQs for when you want green space without the upkeep.

The address does a lot of the work too. Edgeware Village is a short stroll for the supermarket, cafés and eateries, Merivale and the CBD are around five minutes' drive, and bus and cycle routes are right on hand. It's also zoned for Christchurch Girls' and Boys' High, Heaton Normal Intermediate and St Albans School.

Here's the part worth sitting with. At this price point, the gap between paying someone else's mortgage and paying your own gets very small, very quickly. For investors, it's a low-entry, low-maintenance asset in one of Christchurch's most popular inner suburbs.

Enquiries over $299,000. At this level, in this postcode, expect interest to move quickly. Call Harsh to arrange a viewing.