# 85 Epsom Road, Sockburn 9 reports on record since April 2023 · 7 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/sockburn/85-epsom-road ## What gets reported here - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 3 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 - Water Fountain, 1 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/6930633), 22 Sept 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6923153), 20 Sept 2025 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6899124), 15 Sept 2025 - [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/5484273), 30 Nov 2024 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/4596489), 28 Apr 2024 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/4596487), 28 Apr 2024 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4136905), 13 Jan 2024 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3794355), 14 Oct 2023 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3256016), 16 Apr 2023 ## Photographed here (7 on record) - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/6930633), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06930633/public/1_0opk9a853rhgt.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6923153), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06923153/public/1_yae4fthkj4hr.jpg - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6899124), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06899124/public/1_mg0rgiiof5hc.jpg - [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/5484273), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05484273/public/1_mt9xzx5u86ro.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/4596489), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04596489/public/1_kssc4mc6pgj9.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/4596487), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04596487/public/1_dfq3y6ky7jch.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4136905), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04136905/public/1_osgfe9s3vds.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 - [70 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/70-epsom-road), 8 reports - [42 Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/42-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=-43.5337&lon=172.5479&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5337&lon=172.5479&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5337&lon=172.5479&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 - [Racecourse Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/business/racecourse-riccarton-sockburn), 57 m away · Venues & events - [The Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge](https://www.chch.live/business/the-racecourse-hotel-motor-lodge-sockburn), 57 m away · Hotels - [Hoofbeats Bar and Bistro - The Racecourse Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/hoofbeats-bar-and-bistro-the-racecourse-hotel-sockburn), 75 m away · Restaurants - [Carbine Lounge & Bar - The Racecourse Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/carbine-lounge-bar-the-racecourse-hotel-sockburn), 86 m away · Bars & pubs *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Racecourse Rd near O'briens Rd, 96 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130) - Epsom Rd near Carbine Pl, 98 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: $670,000, land $670,000, improvements $0 · 2,637 m² · ref 23413/64300 · 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) - **No moderate-to-severe liquefaction damage in any modelled scenario**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 0% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 0% in the worst modelled scenario. ### Water - **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote 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) · Heathcote catchment · 50 Year - **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2115 (CC16) ### [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 [Hornby ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/hornby), 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](https://www.chch.live/park/1477-paparua-stream-reserve), you are in it - [Paparua Stream Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/988-paparua-stream-reserve-no-2), 274 m to the edge - [Gloaming Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1841-gloaming-reserve), 344 m to the edge · playground, 27 pieces - [Chokebore Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1446-chokebore-reserve), 353 m to the edge · Botanic - [Showgate Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1922-showgate-reserve), 396 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 Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-215-hornby), 384 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-228-hornby), 438 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 85 Epsom Road?** 9 council reports on record since April 2023, most often overgrown vegetation (3), graffiti on a playground or in a park (2), water fountain (1). **What school is 85 Epsom 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=-43.53371572022703,172.54785225125954) **Which suburb is 85 Epsom Road in?** Sockburn, Christchurch, on [Epsom Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/epsom-road). **What stood at 85 Epsom Road before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53371572022703&lon=172.54785225125954) **What is the nearest park to 85 Epsom Road?** [Paparua Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1477-paparua-stream-reserve), the address is inside it. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sockburn&address=85-epsom-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sockburn&street=epsom-road