# 17 Watts Road, Sockburn 2 reports on record since March 2025 · 2 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/sockburn/17-watts-road ## What gets reported here - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1 ## Reported here - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/5996985), 9 Mar 2025 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5956213), 1 Mar 2025 ## Photographed here (2 on record) - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/5996985), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05996985/public/1_9lyx3rmnxup.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5956213), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05956213/public/1_oqhj51782ju.jpg [More photographs on the Sockburn wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sockburn) ## Also reported on Watts Road - [18 Watts Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/18-watts-road), 9 reports - [34 Watts Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/34-watts-road), 8 reports - [23 Watts Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/23-watts-road), 6 reports - [25 Watts Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/25-watts-road), 5 reports - [18E Watts Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/18e-watts-road), 4 reports - [25E Watts Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/25e-watts-road), 3 reports - [35 Watts Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/35-watts-road), 2 reports - [6–12 Watts Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/6%E2%80%9312-watts-road), 1 report - [Watts Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/watts-road) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5375&lon=172.5614&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5375&lon=172.5614&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5375&lon=172.5614&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5375&lon=172.5614&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 - [ProVision](https://www.chch.live/business/provision-sockburn), 166 m away · Rental - [93 On Main](https://www.chch.live/business/93-on-main-sockburn), 204 m away · Cafés - [Subway](https://www.chch.live/business/subway-sockburn), 226 m away · Fast food - [The Food Cube](https://www.chch.live/business/the-food-cube-sockburn), 252 m away · Cafés *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Blenheim Rd near Watts Rd, 170 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80) - Blenheim Rd near Cable St, 193 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The rating valuation - Capital value: $1,090,000, land $510,000, improvements $580,000 · 687 m² · ref 23412/65900/B · 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.* - [Riccarton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3485-riccarton-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2017 - [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 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 47% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 4% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 47% 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_ 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 Watts Road in 24 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=watts-road&suburb=sockburn) ## Renting nearby New bonds in Sockburn ran about **$566 a week**, $16 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/sockburn#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). ## The green nearby - [Sockburn Park](https://www.chch.live/park/963-sockburn-park), 380 m to the edge · Sports ground · 2 ha · playground, 2 pieces - [Vicki Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1306-vicki-reserve), 456 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [Upper Riccarton Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-33), 311 m away · Library · 71 Main South Rd, Sockburn, Christchurch 8042 ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-237-sockburn), 204 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-230-sockburn), 334 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 17 Watts Road?** 2 council reports on record since March 2025, most often water leak (1), water general (1). **What school is 17 Watts Road zoned for?** [Riccarton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3485-riccarton-school), [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=-43.537531999021496,172.56143650028426) **Which suburb is 17 Watts Road in?** Sockburn, Christchurch, on [Watts Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/watts-road). **What stood at 17 Watts Road before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.537531999021496&lon=172.56143650028426) **What is the nearest park to 17 Watts Road?** [Sockburn Park](https://www.chch.live/park/963-sockburn-park), 380 m to its edge, 2 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sockburn&address=17-watts-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sockburn&street=watts-road