# 53 Durham Street South, Sydenham

5 reports on record since January 2016 · 5 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sydenham/53-durham-street-south

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5001064), 13 Aug 2024
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4328411), 23 Feb 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2627636), 15 Sept 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/293562), 28 Aug 2017
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/115807), 28 Jan 2016

## Photographed here (5 on record)
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5001064), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05001064/public/1_cyxizoebqsvx.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4328411), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04328411/public/1_ynf5c7qzb1w.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2627636), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02627636/public/1_8wQHC43.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/293562), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00293562/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/115807), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00115807/0

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

## Also reported on Durham Street South
- [100 Durham Street South](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/100-durham-street-south), 35 reports
- [50 Durham Street South](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/50-durham-street-south), 26 reports
- [175 Durham Street South](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/175-durham-street-south), 23 reports
- [14 Durham Street South](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/14-durham-street-south), 19 reports
- [52 Durham Street South](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/52-durham-street-south), 18 reports
- [85 Durham Street South](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/85-durham-street-south), 17 reports
- [68 Durham Street South](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/68-durham-street-south), 13 reports
- [30 Durham Street South](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/30-durham-street-south), 12 reports
- [Durham Street South, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/durham-street-south)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5449&lon=172.6336&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5449&lon=172.6336&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5449&lon=172.6336&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
- [Brymac Tiles](https://www.chch.live/business/brymac-tiles-sydenham), 37 m away · Hardware
- [Dominion Flooring](https://www.chch.live/business/dominion-flooring-sydenham), 73 m away · Hardware
- [Just Desserts Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/just-desserts-cafe-sydenham), 84 m away · Cafés
- [5th Street](https://www.chch.live/business/5th-street-sydenham), 90 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- [Colombo St near Lawson St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=23371), 251 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](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=23836), 256 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.*

## 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.

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 50 Year
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2115 (CC16)

### [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 Durham Street South in 33 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=durham-street-south&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
*60 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

## The green nearby
- [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park), 300 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha
- [Buchan Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1146-buchan-playground), 305 m to the edge · playground, 5 pieces
- [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 473 m to the edge
- [Antigua Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1620-antigua-reserve), 487 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), 249 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-484-addington), 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 53 Durham Street South?**

5 council reports on record since January 2016, most often graffiti (3), overgrown vegetation (1), graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset (1).

**What school is 53 Durham Street South 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=-43.54492707701603,172.6335895017441)

**Which suburb is 53 Durham Street South in?**

Sydenham, Christchurch, on [Durham Street South](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/durham-street-south).

**What stood at 53 Durham Street South before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Dwellings and Setting, Blackheath Place](https://www.chch.live/place/58).

**What is the nearest park to 53 Durham Street South?**

[Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park), 300 m to its edge, 5 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=53-durham-street-south · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=durham-street-south
