# 243 Colombo Street, Sydenham 14 reports on record since June 2019 · 12 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/sydenham/243-colombo-street ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 ## Reported here - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8360408), 4 Jun 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5762229), 26 Jan 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5335421), 29 Oct 2024 - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5335413), 29 Oct 2024 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5335163), 29 Oct 2024 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4966180), 5 Aug 2024 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4966179), 5 Aug 2024 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4966176), 5 Aug 2024 - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/4037695), 18 Dec 2023 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/2667700), 29 Sept 2022 ## Photographed here (12 on record) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5762229), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05762229/public/1_un9n23ml1dbo.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5335421), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05335421/public/1_wnr9clhzuplh.jpg - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5335413), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05335413/public/1_w055rng5beeo.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5335163), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05335163/public/1_25ono72vd08o.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4966180), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04966180/public/1_ged00x9ef7vg.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4966179), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04966179/public/1_solxpjxfrjfd.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4966176), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04966176/public/1_kwpr7l4aw9gp.jpg - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/4037695), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04037695/public/1_wt8iub4km07j.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2426948), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02426948/public/1_CeYopJl.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2426945), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02426945/public/1_Gk1ehFl.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1533654), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01533654/1_VygXoz.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/727049), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00727049/0 [More photographs on the Sydenham wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sydenham) ## Also reported on Colombo Street - [468 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/468-colombo-street), 71 reports - [300 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/300-colombo-street), 66 reports - [303 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/303-colombo-street), 64 reports - [504 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/504-colombo-street), 56 reports - [340 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/340-colombo-street), 52 reports - [406 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/406-colombo-street), 37 reports - [500 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/500-colombo-street), 36 reports - [420 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/420-colombo-street), 36 reports - [Colombo Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/colombo-street) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5524&lon=172.6367&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5524&lon=172.6367&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5524&lon=172.6367&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 - [MobileZone- iPad & iPhone Repair | MacBook & Computer Repair in Christchurch NZ](https://www.chch.live/business/mobilezone-ipad-iphone-repair-macbook-computer-repair-in-christchurch-nz-sydenham), 7 m away · Phone shops - [Brothers Mediterranean Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/brothers-mediterranean-restaurant-sydenham), 13 m away · Fast food - [Purple Patch Handcrafts Inc](https://www.chch.live/business/purple-patch-handcrafts-inc-sydenham), 15 m away · 2 Dollar Shop - [Starfish Swimwear](https://www.chch.live/business/starfish-swimwear-sydenham), 15 m away · Clothing *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Colombo St near Southampton St, 25 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1) - Colombo St near King St, 105 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: $790,000, land $710,000, improvements $80,000 · 1,166 m² · ref 22650/85100 · 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.* - [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). ## The street’s crash record NZTA’s record names Colombo Street in 200 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 people killed, 35 seriously hurt. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=colombo-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 [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 *72 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 *95 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 *168 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. ## What was here, Former MED Substation and Setting *239 m away · 259 Milton Street · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/291)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Bradford Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1591-bradford-park), 219 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 40 pieces - [Southey Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1570-southey-reserve), 335 m to the edge - [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park), 354 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha - [Jacksons Creek](https://www.chch.live/park/1195-jacksons-creek), 356 m to the edge - [Cadogan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1690-cadogan-reserve), 381 m to the edge · playground, 2 pieces *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-507-cashmere), 8 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-513-sydenham), 99 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-452-sydenham), 209 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-492-sydenham), 346 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-484-addington), 483 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 243 Colombo Street?** 14 council reports on record since June 2019, most often graffiti (4), graffiti somewhere else (3), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (2). **What school is 243 Colombo 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=-43.552382656621546,172.63673401956322) **Which suburb is 243 Colombo Street in?** Sydenham, Christchurch, on [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/colombo-street). **What stood at 243 Colombo Street before?** The heritage register names 4 places at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/221), [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/220). **What is the nearest park to 243 Colombo Street?** [Bradford Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1591-bradford-park), 219 m to its edge, 3 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=243-colombo-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=colombo-street