Close up of the foundations of a house on Avonside Drive. The top of the house has shifted during the quake, leaving a displacement between the house and the foundations about five centimetres wide.
The cracked foundations of a house on Charles Street in Kaiapoi. Planks have been removed from the front decking to allow access to the foundations.
A house on Avonside Drive that has moved off its foundations.
A detail of a house on Avonside Drive showing how the house has moved off its foundations.
A gap between the house and the foundations along Avonside drive caused when the house was lifted during the 4 September earthquake.
A house on Avonside Drive showing a substantial gap between the foundations and the rest of the house.
A house on Avonside Drive showing a substantial gap between the foundations and the rest of the house.
A house on Avonside Drive that has moved off its foundations.
A house on Avonside Drive showing large cracks in its foundations and siding.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This house has moved substantially off the foundations".
A sight becoming more common in post-earthquake Christchurch - lifting earthquake-affected buildings to allow their foundations to be replaced and or completely replaced.
The base of a house in on Charles Street in Kaiapoi showing cracks in its foundations and garden path.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged house in Christchurch. The house has moved off its foundations and many of the walls have crumbled, the bricks spilling onto the street in front. Messages such as "Clear" and "Danger keep out" have been spray-painted on the foundation wall.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged house in Christchurch. The house has moved off its foundations and many of the walls have crumbled, the bricks spilling onto the street in front. Messages such as "Clear" and "Danger keep out" have been spray-painted on the foundation wall.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged house in Christchurch. The house has moved off its foundations and many of the walls have crumbled, the bricks spilling onto the street in front. Messages such as "Clear" and "Danger keep out" have been spray-painted on the foundation wall.
Cracking along the bottom of a house in Avonside Drive. The house has lifted a few centimetres off its foundations.
A red-stickered house which has separated from its foundations.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Brick cladding is badly cracked and buckled, and some bricks have fallen. There is a large gap between the floor and the foundations. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Our house - foundations and floor parted".
A detail of a house on Avonside Drive showing how the house has moved off its foundations.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. The house has fallen off its foundations and is on a severe lean.
A empty site in Bexley where a house once stood. The foundations for the house can still be seen.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "House shifted on its foundations, Gayhurst Road".
A damaged house where the house has separated from the foundations. A section of the roof has been covered by a tarpaulin.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. House on Avonside Drive lifted off its foundations".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. House on Avonside Drive lifted off its foundations".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. House on Avonside Drive lifted off its foundations".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. House on Avonside Drive lifted off its foundations".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Ironside House is being repiled after its foundations were damaged in the earthquakes. Corner Montreal and Salisbury Streets".
A red-stickered house with cracks running down the brick wall. The house has also separated slightly from the foundations and is now on a lean. The brick wall on the house next door has partially crumbled.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lake Terrace Road. Note how the house has shifted on its foundations".
