Rebuild Progress Viewing

Peterborough Housing Cooperative is now nearly finished.

No on-site tours are currently available until the new pocket neighbourhood is finished.

​You are able to view the build from the footpath at 179 Peterborough Street, Central City, Christchurch.

Here is the progress to date, starting with the demolition at the bottom.

Peterborough Pocket Neighbourhood Site Plan

Nearly Finished (October 2020)

Architect stuffs entrance with Watertank (September)

Salisbury Parking Preparation (September)

Upstairs Studio Roadside Balcony (August 2020)

Upstairs Studio courtyard balcony & Downstairs Studio Sunroom (August)

Common House (July)

Peterborough Row - Courtyard side (July)

Salisbury Cupboards (June 2020)

Pumphouse & 2nd Laundry (June)

Common House & Peterborough Row (May 2020)

Peterborough Row - Courtyard side (May 2020)

Salisbury north facing (March 2020)

Peterborough Row 2 Bedroom Unit Upstairs. (March)

Common House framing (January 2020)

Salisbury row Larch weatherboards (January 2020)

Neighbourhood house framing (December 2019)

Pumphouse and second laundry foundations

Peterborough row view (November 2019)

Peterborough row coloursteel roofing on

Larch cladding on the courtyard facing walls of Salisbury row

Rock wool insulation in the internal walls

Peterborough row top storey framing (October 2019)

Neighbourhood house foundations finally started. City Council's slow consenting process set back the whole build by months

Peterborough row first floor framing from courtyard

Peterborough row ground floor with the flats on the other side of the road in background

Salisbury row glass folding doors and entry facing courtyard

Salisbury row

Salisbury row roofs

Salisbury row from north with the clerestory window framing

Peterborough row facing the courtyard

Peterborough Row starts. Using Polyblocks with concrete poured inside for greater insulation and soundproofing

Salisbury row framing on the inside

Salisbury row framing. Single storey with clerestory window

Peterborough row foundations under construction

Salisbury Row foundations completed. 0.7 metres above ground in case of flooding

Foundations under construction. The red pipes are the underfloor heating

Groundworks of a metre of compacted hardfill completed before the foundations could start

Site cleared. We tried to keep as many trees as possible

Demolishing 179 Peterborough