15 Desmond Street
10 council reports since August 2022, 6 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Desmond Street.
On the register here
- Dwelling and Setting, 16 Helmores Lane (172m)
- Dwelling and Setting, 2 Helmores Lane (197m)
- Bridge and Setting (204m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The green nearby
- Little Hagley Park, 93 m to the edge · Botanic · 7 ha
- Millbrook Reserve, 183 m to the edge · Botanic
- Hagley Park North, 189 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- Mona Vale, 276 m to the edge · Botanic · 5 ha
- Carlton Mill Riverbank, 461 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- The Preservatory, 327 m away · Cafés
- Holmwood Dairy, 331 m away · Supermarkets
- Le Panier, 334 m away · Bakeries
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Harper Ave near Deans Ave, 160 m away · route 29
- Fendalton Rd near Wood Ln, 169 m away · route 29
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 129 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 140 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 198 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 211 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 216 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge; Named places within 1.5 km of this address; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- Little Hagley Park plaque, 192 m away · 2017
- In Loving Memory of / James Ryder Burford / 1944 - 2017, 246 m away ·
In loving memory of/ James Ryder Burford/ 1944 - 2017/ cherished father, brother,/ partner
· 2009
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres, the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Merivale ran about $604 a week, $54 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 6 on record
What’s on record
Pavement - Damaged, 12 Jun 2026 Footpath - large berm tree roots rupturing footpath and lifting asphalt and a significant trip hazard footpath uses.
Pavement - General, 28 Apr 2026 Heavy leaf fall from the berm trees, cul-de-sac end of Desmond Street.
Street Cleaning, 30 May 2025 Hello could consideration be to sweeping the street gutters ? There is very heavy leaf fall due to the large deciduous trees. The stormwate
Dumped Rubbish, 21 Nov 2024 Hello Frustratingly an untidy human has dumped the green waste on the berm outside 15 Desmond Street. ? There is also contamination with
Roads - General, 25 Jun 2024 This outstanding remedial works remains uncompleted. After works were done, the road remains very rough and gravely. Please refer to picture
- Pavement - Damaged, 9 Aug 2023
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 26 May 2023
- Water Leak, 5 Jan 2023
- Pavement - Damaged, 26 Nov 2022
Pothole, 31 Aug 2022 Hello councilperson Can consideration be given to filling this pothole ? ??
Elsewhere on Desmond Street
- 20 Desmond Street, 7 reports
- 4 Desmond Street, 4 reports
- 29 Desmond Street, 4 reports
- 27 Desmond Street, 4 reports
- 10 Desmond Street, 4 reports
- 24 Desmond Street, 2 reports
- 19 Desmond Street, 2 reports
- 14 Desmond Street, 2 reports
The civic layer
This ground votes in Fendalton ward, the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board 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.
Desmond Street, the whole record → · Everything about Merivale → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
10 council reports on record since August 2022, most often pavement - damaged (3), water leak (1), street gutters / storm water (1).
Merivale, Christchurch, on Desmond Street.
The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, Dwelling and Setting, Dwelling and Setting.
Little Hagley Park, 93 m to its edge, 7 ha.