# 19 Elgin Street, Sydenham

7 reports on record since February 2024 · 7 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sydenham/19-elgin-street

## What gets reported here
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/vandalism), 1
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5429867), 18 Nov 2024
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4432447), 19 Mar 2024
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4328233), 23 Feb 2024
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/4328198), 23 Feb 2024
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/4328066), 23 Feb 2024
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4328058), 23 Feb 2024
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4328051), 23 Feb 2024

## Photographed here (7 on record)
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5429867), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05429867/public/1_1os0y9qqngg8.jpg
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4432447), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04432447/public/1_b450ud5cxr4n.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4328233), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04328233/public/1_ywz6puqiqbhe.jpg
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/4328198), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04328198/public/1_6e1tcqw91y5g.jpg
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/4328066), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04328066/public/1_d5av8wip0l8h.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4328058), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04328058/public/1_loos8nk9kjet.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4328051), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04328051/public/1_jrvg6kyvxyjv.jpg

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

## Also reported on Elgin Street
- [2 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/2-elgin-street), 20 reports
- [6 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/6-elgin-street), 18 reports
- [33 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/33-elgin-street), 18 reports
- [29 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/29-elgin-street), 12 reports
- [5 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/5-elgin-street), 11 reports
- [13 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/13-elgin-street), 11 reports
- [27a Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/27a-elgin-street), 7 reports
- [23 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/23-elgin-street), 4 reports
- [Elgin Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/elgin-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5458&lon=172.6351&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5458&lon=172.6351&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5458&lon=172.6351&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
- [Metro Gold & Academy Cinema](https://www.chch.live/business/metro-gold-academy-cinema-sydenham), 23 m away · Cinemas & theatres
- [Cycle Trading Co Ltd](https://www.chch.live/business/cycle-trading-co-ltd-sydenham), 27 m away · Bike shops
- [GraysOnline](https://www.chch.live/business/graysonline-sydenham), 51 m away · Auction
- [Mr Sushi's Donburi Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/mr-sushi-s-donburi-bar-sydenham), 51 m away · Fast food

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

## The bus nearby
- Sydenham Shops, 139 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44)
- Colombo St near Wordsworth St, 149 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [This Fountain Was Moved and Resited by the City Council](https://www.chch.live/plaque/29149-king-edward-lamp), 230 m away, “THIS FOUNTAIN WAS MOVED AND RESITED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF TH…” · 2009
- [Presented by Jubilee Committee 75th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28992-sydenham-school-memorial), 234 m away, “PRESENTED BY JUBILEE COMMITTEE 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS NOVEMBER 1948 PRESIDENT: T. C…” · 2008
- [Presented by Jubilee Committee 75th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28996-sydenham-school-memorial), 234 m away, “PRESENTED BY JUBILEE COMMITTEE 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS NOVEMBER 1948 PRESIDENT: T. C…” · 2008

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## 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.*
- [Addington Te Kura Taumatua](https://www.chch.live/school/3271-addington-te-kura-taumatua), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Apr 2024
- [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [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 Two
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two

This address is on the council’s Week Two 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 100% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 31% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 100% 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_
- **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 Elgin Street in 16 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=elgin-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, Former Dwellings and Setting, Blackheath Place
*210 m away · 71 Durham Street South · located to ±30 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/58)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1829

## What was here, King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Lamp and Drinking Fountain and Setting
*231 m away · located to ±1 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/15)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Buchan Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1146-buchan-playground), 186 m to the edge · playground, 5 pieces
- [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park), 203 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-513-sydenham), 123 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 19 Elgin Street?**

7 council reports on record since February 2024, most often damaged road (2), vandalism - general (1), pavement - damaged (1).

**What school is 19 Elgin Street zoned for?**

[Addington Te Kura Taumatua](https://www.chch.live/school/3271-addington-te-kura-taumatua), [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate), [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. 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=-43.54579921635964,172.63514137922758)

**Which suburb is 19 Elgin Street in?**

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

**What stood at 19 Elgin Street before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [Former Dwellings and Setting, Blackheath Place](https://www.chch.live/place/58), [King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Lamp and Drinking Fountain and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/15).

**What is the nearest park to 19 Elgin Street?**

[Buchan Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1146-buchan-playground), 186 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=19-elgin-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=elgin-street
