# 245 Sawyers Arms Road, Bishopdale

1 report on record since May 2025 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/245-sawyers-arms-road

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1

## Reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6385605), 25 May 2025

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6385605), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06385605/public/1_i35yv0fetcj.jpg

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

## Also reported on Sawyers Arms Road
- [168 Sawyers Arms Road](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/168-sawyers-arms-road), 7 reports
- [352 Sawyers Arms Road](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/352-sawyers-arms-road), 5 reports
- [345 Sawyers Arms Road](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/345-sawyers-arms-road), 5 reports
- [285 Sawyers Arms Road](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/285-sawyers-arms-road), 5 reports
- [251 Sawyers Arms Road](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/251-sawyers-arms-road), 4 reports
- [295 Sawyers Arms Road](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/295-sawyers-arms-road), 3 reports
- [243 Sawyers Arms Road](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/243-sawyers-arms-road), 3 reports
- [170 Sawyers Arms Road](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/170-sawyers-arms-road), 3 reports
- [Sawyers Arms Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/bishopdale/sawyers-arms-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4819&lon=172.5936&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4819&lon=172.5936&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4819&lon=172.5936&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4819&lon=172.5936&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
- [Kens Takeaways](https://www.chch.live/business/kens-takeaways-bishopdale), 5 m away · Fast food
- [Reality Bites](https://www.chch.live/business/reality-bites-bishopdale), 11 m away · Cafés
- [Sweet Lili's Cafe And Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/sweet-lili-s-cafe-and-bar-bishopdale), 18 m away · Restaurants
- [Pinkyz Salon](https://www.chch.live/business/pinkyz-salon-bishopdale), 20 m away · Hairdressers

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

## The bus nearby
- Highsted Rd, 59 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)
- Highsted Rd, 77 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [To the Memory of F. W. Sisson Who Grew Apples on This Land](https://www.chch.live/plaque/7604-veitch-reserve), 128 m away, “TO THE MEMORY OF F. W. SISSON WHO GREW APPLES ON THIS LAND FOR A LIFETIME ERECTED BY MAISI…” · 2003

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $650,000, land $300,000, improvements $350,000 · 431 m² · ref 21920/29401 · 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.*
- [Bishopdale School](https://www.chch.live/school/3293-bishopdale-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2021
- [Cotswold Matahae School](https://www.chch.live/school/3324-cotswold-matahae-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2025
- [Casebrook Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3309-casebrook-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2021
- [St Joseph's School (Papanui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3531-st-joseph-s-school-papanui), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026
- [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Apr 2025

## Bin day (Thursdays)

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

This address is on the council’s fortnightly 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)
- **Up to 81% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 21% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 81% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### [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_

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 Sawyers Arms Road in 71 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 14 seriously hurt.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Bishopdale ran about **$599 a week**, $49 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Harewood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/harewood), 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
- [Highsted Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1780-highsted-reserve), 49 m to the edge · playground, 3 pieces
- [Veitch Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1560-veitch-reserve), 115 m to the edge
- [Tulett Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1668-tulett-park), 376 m to the edge · Sports ground · 8 ha · playground, 49 pieces
- [Tralee Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1067-tralee-reserve), 403 m to the edge · playground, 31 pieces
- [Paprika Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1362-paprika-reserve), 435 m to the edge

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 245 Sawyers Arms Road?**

1 council report on record since May 2025, most often water leak (1).

**What school is 245 Sawyers Arms Road zoned for?**

[Bishopdale School](https://www.chch.live/school/3293-bishopdale-school), [Cotswold Matahae School](https://www.chch.live/school/3324-cotswold-matahae-school), [Casebrook Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3309-casebrook-intermediate), [St Joseph's School (Papanui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3531-st-joseph-s-school-papanui), [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) and [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, 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=-43.48185999889513,172.59361199978258)

**Which suburb is 245 Sawyers Arms Road in?**

Bishopdale, Christchurch, on [Sawyers Arms Road](https://www.chch.live/street/bishopdale/sawyers-arms-road).

**What stood at 245 Sawyers Arms Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.48185999889513&lon=172.59361199978258)

**What is the nearest park to 245 Sawyers Arms Road?**

[Highsted Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1780-highsted-reserve), 49 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=bishopdale&address=245-sawyers-arms-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Bishopdale&street=sawyers-arms-road
