# 138 King Street, Sydenham

8 reports on record since May 2020 · 6 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sydenham/138-king-street

## What gets reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 7
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1

## Reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5724082), 19 Jan 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4655681), 13 May 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3176064), 19 Mar 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3176062), 19 Mar 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2623873), 14 Sept 2022
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2623747), 14 Sept 2022
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2623746), 14 Sept 2022
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1094344), 25 May 2020

## Photographed here (6 on record)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5724082), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05724082/public/1_kq08jqloh69s.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4655681), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04655681/public/1_8lralw657o3.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2623873), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02623873/public/1_x89t85wfeddd.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2623747), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02623747/public/1_9ph3nnjfmtoi.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2623746), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02623746/public/1_sdnntc4w5z8a.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1094344), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01094344/0_3hfKLV

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

## Also reported on King Street
- [73 King Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/73-king-street), 44 reports
- [88 King Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/88-king-street), 36 reports
- [151 King Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/151-king-street), 32 reports
- [109 King Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/109-king-street), 30 reports
- [67 King Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/67-king-street), 29 reports
- [146E King Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/146e-king-street), 28 reports
- [66A King Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/66a-king-street), 27 reports
- [150 King Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/150-king-street), 20 reports
- [King Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/king-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5548&lon=172.6439&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5548&lon=172.6439&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5548&lon=172.6439&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
- [Roger Street Fish Supply](https://www.chch.live/business/roger-street-fish-supply-sydenham), 190 m away · Fast food
- [Sydenham Souvlaki](https://www.chch.live/business/sydenham-souvlaki-sydenham), 199 m away · Fast food

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $425,000, land $280,000, improvements $145,000 · 238 m² · ref 22571/35400/A · 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.*
- [Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2021
- [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.
- **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 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.

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 King Street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=king-street&suburb=sydenham)

## 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 [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), 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, MED Substation and Setting
*200 m away · 19E Millar Street · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/215)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Mabel Howard Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1286-mabel-howard-reserve), 42 m to the edge · playground, 10 pieces
- [Southey Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1570-southey-reserve), 418 m to the edge
- [Cameron Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1575-cameron-reserve), 437 m to the edge · playground, 21 pieces
- [Waltham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1783-waltham-park), 471 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 16 pieces
- [Jacksons Creek](https://www.chch.live/park/1195-jacksons-creek), 500 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 Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-553-sydenham), 338 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-515-sydenham), 349 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-530-beckenham), 350 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-555-saint-martins), 364 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-550-sydenham), 456 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 138 King Street?**

8 council reports on record since May 2020, most often dumped rubbish (7), parks (1).

**What school is 138 King Street zoned for?**

[Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto), [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=-43.55481098204254,172.64389883085988)

**Which suburb is 138 King Street in?**

Sydenham, Christchurch, on [King Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/king-street).

**What stood at 138 King Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [MED Substation and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/215).

**What is the nearest park to 138 King Street?**

[Mabel Howard Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1286-mabel-howard-reserve), 42 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=138-king-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=king-street
