# 291B Avonhead Road, Avonhead

1 report on record since June 2022 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/avonhead/291b-avonhead-road

## What gets reported here
- General Request, 1

## Reported here
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2405983), 8 Jun 2022

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2405983), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02405965/public/public/1_oXoFshli.jpg

[More photographs on the Avonhead wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=avonhead)

## Also reported on Avonhead Road
- [517 Avonhead Road](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/517-avonhead-road), 21 reports
- [526–536 Avonhead Road](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/526%E2%80%93536-avonhead-road), 10 reports
- [72 Avonhead Road](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/72-avonhead-road), 9 reports
- [538–540 Avonhead Road](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/538%E2%80%93540-avonhead-road), 9 reports
- [466 Avonhead Road](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/466-avonhead-road), 9 reports
- [460A Avonhead Road](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/460a-avonhead-road), 9 reports
- [320A Avonhead Road](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/320a-avonhead-road), 9 reports
- [107 Avonhead Road](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/107-avonhead-road), 9 reports
- [Avonhead Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/avonhead-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5093&lon=172.5603&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5093&lon=172.5603&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5093&lon=172.5603&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Black and White Coffee Cartel](https://www.chch.live/business/black-and-white-coffee-cartel-avonhead), 212 m away · Cafés
- [Cafe Euro](https://www.chch.live/business/cafe-euro-avonhead), 216 m away · Cafés
- [Merrin Street Brewery Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/merrin-street-brewery-bar-avonhead), 283 m away · Bars & pubs
- [Green Stripes](https://www.chch.live/business/green-stripes-avonhead), 291 m away · Fashion Accessories

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- Merrin St near Farndale Pl, 92 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)
- Merrin St near Withells Rd, 290 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $1,970,000, land $780,000, improvements $1,190,000 · 1,361 m² · ref 21894/73700 · roll last edited February 2026

A mass appraisal the council runs every three years to divide the rates bill, not a market price, and not a valuation of this house in particular.

## Enrolment zones this address sits inside

*Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.*
- [Westburn Te Kura O Hereora](https://www.chch.live/school/3589-westburn-te-kura-o-hereora), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2025
- [Merrin School](https://www.chch.live/school/3434-merrin-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from May 2021
- [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2022
- [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Thursdays)

Bins go out Thursday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week Two
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two

This address is on the council’s Week Two calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check.

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **No moderate-to-severe liquefaction damage in any modelled scenario**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 0% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 0% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC1**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Future land damage from liquefaction is unlikely _Foundations: Standard foundations for concrete slabs and timber floors acceptable. Minor additional foundation works may be required eg more reinforcing_
- **Built on fill**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · No NZS 4431 certificate and no record of engineering supervision · Subdivision

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Inside a Christchurch Airport noise contour**, [Airport noise](https://www.chch.live/noise)
- **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like.
- **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of this site.

These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Avonhead Road in 70 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 12 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=avonhead-road&suburb=avonhead)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Avonhead ran about **$596 a week**, $46 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/avonhead#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Waimairi ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/waimairi), the [Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/fendalton-waimairi-harewood) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## The green nearby
- [Strathean Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1305-strathean-reserve), 234 m to the edge
- [Burnside Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1300-burnside-park), 312 m to the edge · Sports ground · 29 ha · playground, 57 pieces
- [Greendale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1196-greendale-reserve), 325 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces
- [Bullock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1581-bullock-reserve), 440 m to the edge · playground, 25 pieces

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 291B Avonhead Road?**

1 council report on record since June 2022, most often general request (1).

**What school is 291B Avonhead Road zoned for?**

[Westburn Te Kura O Hereora](https://www.chch.live/school/3589-westburn-te-kura-o-hereora), [Merrin School](https://www.chch.live/school/3434-merrin-school), [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) and [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Middleton Grange School (Year 9-10), Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Villa Maria College, Christchurch Adventist School, St Thomas of Canterbury College. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.50928878709729,172.56031799329313)

**Which suburb is 291B Avonhead Road in?**

Avonhead, Christchurch, on [Avonhead Road](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/avonhead-road).

**What stood at 291B Avonhead Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.50928878709729&lon=172.56031799329313)

**What is the nearest park to 291B Avonhead Road?**

[Strathean Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1305-strathean-reserve), 234 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=avonhead&address=291b-avonhead-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Avonhead&street=avonhead-road
