# 55 Murray Place, Saint Albans 5 reports on record since August 2018 · 5 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/55-murray-place ## What gets reported here - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 3 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2 ## Reported here - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6707595), 6 Aug 2025 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5964284), 3 Mar 2025 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5948803), 28 Feb 2025 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2200300), 7 Mar 2022 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/489326), 24 Aug 2018 ## Photographed here (5 on record) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6707595), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06707595/public/1_mot0ztxmtxj1.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5964284), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05964284/public/1_14ol8npqpkw2.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5948803), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05948803/public/1_to0b8qtjhcpa.jpg - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2200300), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02200300/1_3Qxjle.jpg - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/489326), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00489326/0 [More photographs on the Saint Albans wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=saint-albans) ## Also reported on Murray Place - [69 Murray Place](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/69-murray-place), 2 reports - [90 Murray Place](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/90-murray-place), 1 report - [74 Murray Place](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/74-murray-place), 1 report - [73 Murray Place](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/73-murray-place), 1 report - [68 Murray Place](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/68-murray-place), 1 report - [62 Murray Place](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/62-murray-place), 1 report - [50 Murray Place](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/50-murray-place), 1 report - [Murray Place, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/murray-place) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5096&lon=172.6218&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5096&lon=172.6218&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5096&lon=172.6218&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 - [Elm Tree House](https://www.chch.live/business/elm-tree-house-merivale), 128 m away · Hotels - [Merivale Medical Pharmacy](https://www.chch.live/business/merivale-medical-pharmacy-merivale), 136 m away · Pharmacies - [Nurse Maude Hospital](https://www.chch.live/business/nurse-maude-hospital-saint-albans), 138 m away · Hospital - [Merivale Medical Practice](https://www.chch.live/business/merivale-medical-practice-merivale), 146 m away · Doctors & clinics *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Merivale Mall, 161 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100) - Papanui Rd near Murray Pl, 171 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The rating valuation - Capital value: $2,600,000, land $1,220,000, improvements $1,380,000 · 499 m² · ref 22261/14305 · 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.* - [St Albans Catholic School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3517-st-albans-catholic-school-christchurch), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2026 - [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2020 - [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024 - [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025 - [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025 - [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 (Fridays) Bins go out Friday, by 6am. - Green bin, Weekly - Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week One - Red bin, Fortnightly · Week One This address is on the council’s Week One 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 97% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 33% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 97% in the worst modelled scenario. - **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might. - **Technical category TC3**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Moderate to significant land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Site-specific geotechnical investigation and specific engineering foundation design required eg deep pile foundations, innovative ground strengthening, etc_ ### [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_ - **In the Merivale alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Seven nights a week from 6pm to 6am. 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 Murray Place in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=murray-place&suburb=saint-albans) ## Renting nearby New bonds in Saint Albans ran about **$514 a week**, $36 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Fendalton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/fendalton), 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). ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting *126 m away · 236 Papanui Road · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/180)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1885 ## What was here, Former Dwelling and Setting, Fitzroy *132 m away · located to ±25 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/148)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1908 ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting, Chippenham Lodge *229 m away · 51 Browns Road · located to ±16 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/16)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1846 ## The green nearby - [Merivale Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1081-merivale-village-green), 386 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 Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-341-fendalton), 158 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 55 Murray Place?** 5 council reports on record since August 2018, most often hazard, vehicle (3), roading/streets (2). **What school is 55 Murray Place zoned for?** [St Albans Catholic School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3517-st-albans-catholic-school-christchurch), [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), [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=-43.509606699176686,172.62182677995207) **Which suburb is 55 Murray Place in?** Saint Albans, Christchurch, on [Murray Place](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/murray-place). **What stood at 55 Murray Place before?** The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/180), [Former Dwelling and Setting, Fitzroy](https://www.chch.live/place/148). **What is the nearest park to 55 Murray Place?** [Merivale Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1081-merivale-village-green), 386 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=saint-albans&address=55-murray-place · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Saint%20Albans&street=murray-place