# 42 Epsom Road, Sockburn

8 reports on record since June 2022 · 4 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sockburn/42-epsom-road

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 4
- General Request, 2
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1

## Reported here
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3636883), 25 Aug 2023
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3636818), 25 Aug 2023
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/3151955), 10 Mar 2023
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/2879384), 8 Dec 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2466364), 8 Jul 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2453918), 1 Jul 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2448678), 29 Jun 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2438961), 23 Jun 2022

## Photographed here (4 on record)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2466364), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02466364/public/1_8ceV3By.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2453918), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02453918/public/1_hdq4KEe.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2448678), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02448678/public/1_HyZH4Gu.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2438961), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02438961/public/1_Y33Sa2k.jpg

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

## Also reported on Epsom Road
- [87 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/87-epsom-road), 26 reports
- [87D Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/87d-epsom-road), 9 reports
- [85 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/85-epsom-road), 9 reports
- [70 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/70-epsom-road), 8 reports
- [24 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/24-epsom-road), 6 reports
- [80 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/80-epsom-road), 5 reports
- [32 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/32-epsom-road), 5 reports
- [89 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/89-epsom-road), 4 reports
- [Epsom Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/epsom-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.536&lon=172.5505&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.536&lon=172.5505&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.536&lon=172.5505&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
- [Georgio’s Café](https://www.chch.live/business/georgio-s-cafe-sockburn), 130 m away · Cafés
- [Grand Prix Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/grand-prix-cafe-sockburn), 140 m away · Cafés
- [South Island Filter Cleaning Specialists](https://www.chch.live/business/south-island-filter-cleaning-specialists-sockburn), 278 m away · Car repair
- [Transgear](https://www.chch.live/business/transgear-sockburn), 299 m away · Car repair

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

## The bus nearby
- Epsom Rd near Middlepark Rd, 66 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)
- Middlepark Rd near Epsom Rd, 112 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $540,000, land $360,000, improvements $180,000 · 535 m² · ref 23414/43501 · 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
- [Avonhead School](https://www.chch.live/school/3287-avonhead-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jul 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 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 4% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 0% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 4% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC1**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Future land damage from liquefaction is unlikely _Foundations: Standard foundations for concrete slabs and timber floors acceptable. Minor additional foundation works may be required eg more reinforcing_
- **Built on fill: silt**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · No NZS 4431 certificate and no record of engineering supervision

### [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 Riccarton Racecourse alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Applies from 7am to 12 midnight, Saturday of Cup Week (New Zealand Cup Day).

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 Epsom Road in 23 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=epsom-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
- [Paparua Stream Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/988-paparua-stream-reserve-no-2), 160 m to the edge
- [Paparua Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1477-paparua-stream-reserve), 249 m to the edge
- [Sockburn Park](https://www.chch.live/park/963-sockburn-park), 320 m to the edge · Sports ground · 2 ha · playground, 2 pieces
- [Gloaming Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1841-gloaming-reserve), 350 m to the edge · playground, 27 pieces

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-215-hornby), 276 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-228-hornby), 300 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-237-sockburn), 453 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-230-sockburn), 485 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 42 Epsom Road?**

8 council reports on record since June 2022, most often roading/streets (4), general request (2), rubbish and bins - general (1).

**What school is 42 Epsom Road zoned for?**

[Riccarton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3485-riccarton-school), [Avonhead School](https://www.chch.live/school/3287-avonhead-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=-43.53602616705527,172.55050479080876)

**Which suburb is 42 Epsom Road in?**

Sockburn, Christchurch, on [Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/epsom-road).

**What stood at 42 Epsom Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53602616705527&lon=172.55050479080876)

**What is the nearest park to 42 Epsom Road?**

[Paparua Stream Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/988-paparua-stream-reserve-no-2), 160 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sockburn&address=42-epsom-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sockburn&street=epsom-road
