# 49A Merrin Street, Avonhead

1 report on record since December 2017 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/avonhead/49a-merrin-street

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/336791), 7 Dec 2017

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/336791), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00336791/0

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

## Also reported on Merrin Street
- [2 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/2-merrin-street), 6 reports
- [95 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/95-merrin-street), 5 reports
- [61 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/61-merrin-street), 5 reports
- [41 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/41-merrin-street), 5 reports
- [39 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/39-merrin-street), 5 reports
- [98 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/98-merrin-street), 4 reports
- [40A Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/40a-merrin-street), 4 reports
- [74 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/74-merrin-street), 3 reports
- [Merrin Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/merrin-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5108&lon=172.5581&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5108&lon=172.5581&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5108&lon=172.5581&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
- [Cafe Euro](https://www.chch.live/business/cafe-euro-avonhead), 41 m away · Cafés
- [Black and White Coffee Cartel](https://www.chch.live/business/black-and-white-coffee-cartel-avonhead), 47 m away · Cafés
- [Green Stripes](https://www.chch.live/business/green-stripes-avonhead), 51 m away · Fashion Accessories
- [Siena Café](https://www.chch.live/business/siena-cafe-avonhead), 52 m away · Cafés

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

## The bus nearby
- [Merrin St near Withells Rd](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=46631), 92 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)
- [Withells Rd near Merrin St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=13556), 143 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 125](https://www.chch.live/buses/125)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $4,770,000, land $1,340,000, improvements $3,430,000 · 1,719 m² · ref 21894/67501 · 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.

## 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.

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **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 Merrin Street in 29 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 7 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=merrin-street&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
- [Greendale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1196-greendale-reserve), 149 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces
- [Cricklewood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1751-cricklewood-reserve), 357 m to the edge
- [Strathean Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1305-strathean-reserve), 422 m to the edge
- [Westgrove Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1666-westgrove-park), 446 m to the edge · playground, 12 pieces

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 49A Merrin Street?**

1 council report on record since December 2017, most often roading/streets (1).

**Which suburb is 49A Merrin Street in?**

Avonhead, Christchurch, on [Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/merrin-street).

**What stood at 49A Merrin Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.510833739610376&lon=172.55805969274357)

**What is the nearest park to 49A Merrin Street?**

[Greendale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1196-greendale-reserve), 149 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=avonhead&address=49a-merrin-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Avonhead&street=merrin-street
