# 394 Moorhouse Avenue, Sydenham

1 report on record since February 2022 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sydenham/394-moorhouse-avenue

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

## Reported here
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2133295), 8 Feb 2022

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2133295), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02133295/1_67ciM6.jpg

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

## Also reported on Moorhouse Avenue
- [166 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/166-moorhouse-avenue), 36 reports
- [386 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/386-moorhouse-avenue), 29 reports
- [373 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/373-moorhouse-avenue), 28 reports
- [392 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/392-moorhouse-avenue), 19 reports
- [297 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/297-moorhouse-avenue), 19 reports
- [372 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/372-moorhouse-avenue), 17 reports
- [367 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/367-moorhouse-avenue), 16 reports
- [450 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/450-moorhouse-avenue), 14 reports
- [Moorhouse Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/moorhouse-avenue)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5402&lon=172.6423&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5402&lon=172.6423&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5402&lon=172.6423&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5402&lon=172.6423&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
- [NPD 24/7 Fuel](https://www.chch.live/business/npd-24-7-fuel-sydenham), 5 m away · Car washes
- [npd](https://www.chch.live/business/npd-sydenham), 28 m away · Petrol stations
- [Hang Seng Foodbar](https://www.chch.live/business/hang-seng-foodbar-christchurch-central-city), 64 m away · Fast food
- [Head Rush](https://www.chch.live/business/head-rush-sydenham), 66 m away · Hairdressers

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

## The bus nearby
- [Moorhouse Ave near Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=30603), 86 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)
- [Moorhouse Ave near Madras St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14523), 100 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Rail Workers Memorial This Site Is Dedicated to Rail](https://www.chch.live/plaque/7164-rail-workers-memorial), 79 m away, “RAIL WORKERS MEMORIAL THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO RAIL WORKERS WHO WERE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY…” · 2008

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $8,750,000, land $6,580,000, improvements $2,170,000 · 5,765 m² · ref 22560/98002 · 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.*
- [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Mar 2017
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [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 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 18% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% 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.

### [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 Moorhouse Avenue in 211 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 5 people killed, 32 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=moorhouse-avenue&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 Grosvenor Hotel and Setting
*83 m away · 367 Moorhouse Avenue · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/160)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, MED Substation and Setting
*196 m away · 99A Gasson Street · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/77)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 16 m to the edge
- [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 48 m to the edge
- [Washington Way Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1316-washington-way-reserve), 203 m to the edge · Sports ground
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 379 m to the edge
- [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 415 m to the edge

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 470 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 33 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), 33 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 212 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-543-sydenham), 279 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-549-waltham), 362 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 394 Moorhouse Avenue?**

1 council report on record since February 2022, most often parks (1).

**What school is 394 Moorhouse Avenue zoned for?**

[Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) 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=-43.54023029927341,172.64226520012772)

**Which suburb is 394 Moorhouse Avenue in?**

Sydenham, Christchurch, on [Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/moorhouse-avenue).

**What stood at 394 Moorhouse Avenue before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [Former Grosvenor Hotel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/160), [MED Substation and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/77).

**What is the nearest park to 394 Moorhouse Avenue?**

[Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 16 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=394-moorhouse-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=moorhouse-avenue
