# 87 Ilam Road, Ilam

3 reports on record since February 2022 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/ilam/87-ilam-road

## What gets reported here
- General Request, 2
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/problems/flooding), 1

## Reported here
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5985743), 7 Mar 2025
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2654483), 25 Sept 2022
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/2128849), 6 Feb 2022

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5985743), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05983856/public/1_3uvxvqqcxosv.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/2128849), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02128849/1_TaYnUR.jpg

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

## Also reported on Ilam Road
- [66 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/ilam/66-ilam-road), 21 reports
- [90 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/ilam/90-ilam-road), 11 reports
- [77 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/ilam/77-ilam-road), 11 reports
- [120 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/ilam/120-ilam-road), 10 reports
- [149 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/ilam/149-ilam-road), 7 reports
- [121 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/ilam/121-ilam-road), 7 reports
- [158 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/ilam/158-ilam-road), 6 reports
- [129 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/ilam/129-ilam-road), 6 reports
- [Ilam Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/ilam/ilam-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.524&lon=172.5772&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.524&lon=172.5772&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.524&lon=172.5772&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
- [Ilam Homestead Function Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/ilam-homestead-function-centre-ilam), 67 m away · Venues & events
- [The UCSA Event Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/the-ucsa-event-centre-ilam), 186 m away · Venues & events
- [Ilam Apartments](https://www.chch.live/business/ilam-apartments-upper-riccarton), 216 m away · Hostels
- [Haere-roa Events Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/haere-roa-events-centre-ilam), 230 m away · Venues & events

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

## The bus nearby
- University - Ilam Rd, 188 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100)
- Waimairi Rd near Athol Tce, 351 m away · [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $265,970,000, land $71,000,000, improvements $194,970,000 · 281,651 m² · ref 21901/79902 · 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.*
- [Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2002
- [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2022
- [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [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)
- **Up to 72% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 13% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 72% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one.
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 50 Year
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2123

### What has been here
- **Former Ilam Gardens**, [Heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage) · Former Ilam Gardens _Not Listed · Highly Significant · Operative_

### [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 University of Canterbury**, [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 Ilam Road in 66 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 11 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Ilam ran about **$548 a week**, about the city median, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/ilam#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Riccarton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/riccarton), the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) 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).

## What was here, Former Ilam Gardens
*on this spot · located to ±203 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/116)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Dwelling and Setting, Ilam
*48 m away · 87 Ilam Road · located to ±22 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/115)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, College House Library and Setting
*203 m away · 100B Waimairi Road · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/454)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, College House Accommodation Block (North) Rymer, Chichele, Watts Russell and Setting
*236 m away · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/453)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, College House Accommodation Block (South) Stanford, Carrington, Milford, Parr, Warren and Setting
*245 m away · 100A Waimairi Road · located to ±47 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/451)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Siska Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1191-siska-reserve), 323 m to the edge
- [Peer Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1754-peer-reserve), 423 m to the edge

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-277-ilam), 115 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-294-ilam), 157 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-295-ilam), 173 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-276-ilam), 325 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-270-upper-riccarton), 325 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 87 Ilam Road?**

3 council reports on record since February 2022, most often general request (2), flooding (1).

**What school is 87 Ilam Road zoned for?**

[Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school), [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-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=-43.52401432481643,172.57717663843036)

**Which suburb is 87 Ilam Road in?**

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

**What stood at 87 Ilam Road before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former Ilam Gardens](https://www.chch.live/place/116), [Former Dwelling and Setting, Ilam](https://www.chch.live/place/115).

**What is the nearest park to 87 Ilam Road?**

[Siska Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1191-siska-reserve), 323 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=ilam&address=87-ilam-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Ilam&street=ilam-road
