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Purchas Street, St Albans

Purchas Street in St Albans has 58 properties, valued by the council between $255,000 and $1,630,000 with a median of $640,000 (St Albans: $780,000). More of its homes were built in the 1970s than in any other decade.

$640kmedian council valuation
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62 properties on Purchas Street, St Albans

Highest and lowest on Purchas Street

Highest-valued home81 Purchas Street$1,630,000council valuation · 396 m² floor · 708 m² land
Lowest-valued home2/80 Purchas Street$255,000council valuation · 34 m² floor

Property values on Purchas Street

The council values Purchas Street's 58 rated properties between $255,000 and $1,630,000. The middle half sit between about $496,500 and $704,000; the median is $640,000 and the mean $621,466.

Lowest: $255k$255kLowest10%: $259k20%: $451k20%30%: $542k40%: $610k40%Median: $640k60%: $654k60%70%: $690k80%: $718k80%90%: $806kHighest: $1.63m$1.63mHighest

Council rating valuations: the council's figure for apportioning rates, not a market appraisal.

Purchas Street compared with St Albans

Purchas Street's median council value is 18% below St Albans's.

Purchas StreetSt AlbansChristchurch
Median council value$640k$780k$680k
Median section225 m²554 m²625 m²
Median year built197019901980
Council value per m² of floor$6k$6k$5k

The homes on Purchas Street

Purchas Street has 27 units and townhouses, 24 houses, 4 apartments and 3 sections. More were built in the 1970s than in any other decade (26%).

1900s: 2 (2 homes)21910s: 7 (7 homes)1910s1920s: 1 (1 home)1930s: 1 (1 home)1930s1960s: 3 (3 homes)1970s: 15 (15 homes)151970s1980s: 1 (1 home)2000s: 12 (12 homes)2000s2010s: 9 (9 homes)2020s: 6 (6 homes)62020s

Building and resource consents on Purchas Street

2resource consents in the last 5 years
  • 3 Purchas Street9 Nov 2022 · Resource consentProposed new dwelling matching existing footprint
  • 3 Purchas Street20 Oct 2022 · Resource consentAlteration to dwelling - Foundation replacement

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Sales and valuations as at 11 September 2026, from council and LINZ records. Medians resting on fewer than 3 sales are not shown.

About property on Purchas Street, St Albans

Every property in Purchas Street, St Albans, whether it is for sale or not: homes, sections, farms, lifestyle blocks, shops, offices and industrial land. Each is listed from the council rating roll and Toitū Te Whenua LINZ, with the listing beside it when an agent is marketing it.

Each property has its own page: our estimate of its value beside the council rating valuation, past sale prices, the title and land area, zoning and hazards, building consents, and what it would cost to own.

Listings are published by the agents who market them. Addresses, land details and rating valuations come from Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand and from the council. No ownership information is published.

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