# 13 Forbes Street, Sydenham 11 reports on record since January 2024 · 6 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/sydenham/13-forbes-street ## What gets reported here - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 5 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 2 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/problems/street-lights), 1 - [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 ## Reported here - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8876250), 7 Sept 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8394846), 11 Jun 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8392229), 10 Jun 2026 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7362820), 11 Dec 2025 - [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/7101628), 26 Oct 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6149669), 6 Apr 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5957865), 2 Mar 2025 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5801572), 3 Feb 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5753983), 24 Jan 2025 - [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5208202), 1 Oct 2024 ## Photographed here (6 on record) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7362820), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07362820/public/1_7murvk5utaws.jpg - [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/7101628), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07101628/public/1_6e67l6mt3ns.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5957865), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05957865/public/1_71qn8pkfvy8s.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5753983), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05753983/public/1_lhh2aa6s749.jpg - [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5208202), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05208202/public/1_t8nmdqrhuke.jpg - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4181229), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04181229/public/1_a50rir5r4zwc.jpg [More photographs on the Sydenham wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sydenham) ## Also reported on Forbes Street - [29 Forbes Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/29-forbes-street), 16 reports - [19 Forbes Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/19-forbes-street), 11 reports - [9 Forbes Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/9-forbes-street), 7 reports - [27 Forbes Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/27-forbes-street), 7 reports - [30 Forbes Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/30-forbes-street), 6 reports - [9B Forbes Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/9b-forbes-street), 3 reports - [4 Forbes Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/4-forbes-street), 3 reports - [21 Forbes Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/21-forbes-street), 2 reports - [Forbes Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/forbes-street) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.553&lon=172.6344&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.553&lon=172.6344&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.553&lon=172.6344&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 - [Woolworths](https://www.chch.live/business/woolworths-sydenham), 104 m away · Supermarkets - [Tyres 2 Go](https://www.chch.live/business/tyres-2-go-sydenham), 150 m away · Car repair - [Woolworths Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/business/woolworths-colombo-street-sydenham), 163 m away · Supermarkets - [Taste of Persia](https://www.chch.live/business/taste-of-persia-sydenham), 176 m away · Fast food *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Colombo St near Devon St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=23337), 195 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1) - [Colombo St near Southampton St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=23940), 209 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The rating valuation - Capital value: $300,000, land $165,000, improvements $135,000 · 78 m² · ref 22650/82300/H · roll last edited May 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.* - [Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo](https://www.chch.live/school/3506-somerfield-te-kura-wairepo), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2022 - [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024 - [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026 - [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026 ## Bin day (Tuesdays) Bins go out Tuesday, 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 95% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 24% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 95% in the worst modelled scenario. - **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_ ### [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 South Colombo alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. - **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Areas of high deprivation**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Freeze on the issue of new off-licences, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences a set distance of this site. 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). ## Renting nearby New bonds in Sydenham ran about **$518 a week**, $32 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/sydenham#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) 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 *105 m away · 5 Shelley Street · located to ±8 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/220)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3701 ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting *130 m away · 6 Shelley Street · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/221)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3702 ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting *223 m away · 12 Drummond Street · located to ±7 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/57)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Bradford Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1591-bradford-park), 46 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 40 pieces - [Southey Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1570-southey-reserve), 410 m to the edge - [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park), 436 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-492-sydenham), 159 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-507-cashmere), 198 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-513-sydenham), 255 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-452-sydenham), 259 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-484-addington), 312 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 13 Forbes Street?** 11 council reports on record since January 2024, most often dumped rubbish (5), trees - general (2), water leak (1). **What school is 13 Forbes Street zoned for?** [Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo](https://www.chch.live/school/3506-somerfield-te-kura-wairepo), [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate), [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Cashmere High School, Hagley Community 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=-43.552984679437536,172.63440173103132) **Which suburb is 13 Forbes Street in?** Sydenham, Christchurch, on [Forbes Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/forbes-street). **What stood at 13 Forbes Street before?** The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/220), [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/221). **What is the nearest park to 13 Forbes Street?** [Bradford Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1591-bradford-park), 46 m to its edge, 3 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=13-forbes-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=forbes-street