# 488 Colombo Street, Sydenham 4 reports on record since February 2024 · 4 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/sydenham/488-colombo-street ## What gets reported here - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - General Request, 1 - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7894880), 12 Mar 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6656512), 25 Jul 2025 - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/4803646), 21 Jun 2024 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4272803), 12 Feb 2024 ## Photographed here (4 on record) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7894880), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07894880/public/1_gxu2c4898yk.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6656512), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06656512/public/1_nc7ev8drgdgs.jpg - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/4803646), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04803646/public/1_6p9kdalot6d2.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4272803), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04272803/public/1_hxiukscirsce.jpg [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=-43.5421&lon=172.6368&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5421&lon=172.6368&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5421&lon=172.6368&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5421&lon=172.6368&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 - [Crate Escape - Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/business/crate-escape-sydenham), 17 m away · Attractions - [Bar on Colombo](https://www.chch.live/business/bar-on-colombo-sydenham), 24 m away · Restaurants - [Allen & Yee Lawyers](https://www.chch.live/business/allen-yee-lawyers-sydenham), 36 m away · Lawyers - [Extrastaff](https://www.chch.live/business/extrastaff-sydenham), 44 m away · Recruitment *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Colombo St near Cass St, 16 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 Byron St, 92 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 rating valuation - Capital value: $240,000, land $240,000, improvements $0 · 179 m² · ref 22560/84701 · 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. ### [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 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 [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). ## The green nearby - [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 83 m to the edge - [Buchan Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1146-buchan-playground), 307 m to the edge · playground, 5 pieces - [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 417 m to the edge - [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 483 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-513-sydenham), 9 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), 242 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 243 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-441-sydenham), 243 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 337 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 488 Colombo Street?** 4 council reports on record since February 2024, most often hazard, vehicle (1), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (1), general request (1). **What school is 488 Colombo Street 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=-43.54212403544038,172.63678057607245) **Which suburb is 488 Colombo Street in?** Sydenham, Christchurch, on [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/colombo-street). **What stood at 488 Colombo Street before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.54212403544038&lon=172.63678057607245) **What is the nearest park to 488 Colombo Street?** [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 83 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=488-colombo-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=colombo-street