What Sandringham's old swamp and bungalows mean for cleaners
Built on a swamp
The land was once called Cabbage Tree Swamp, and in its early days Eden Park and Gribblehirst Park became lakes in heavy winter rain. It was renamed Edendale in 1916 and Sandringham in 1929.
Bungalows, villas and state houses
Most streets have wooden villas and California-style bungalows from the 1920s and 1930s, and the last of the farmland became state housing after the Second World War. In an old timber house on low ground, the subfloor is worth a look: rentals need a ground moisture barrier in an enclosed subfloor where possible under the healthy homes standards.
Albert-Eden Local Board
Sandringham is in Auckland Council's Albert-Eden Local Board area and the Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward. At the 2023 Census it had 11,514 people in 3,984 dwellings.
The village and getting there
Sandringham Road runs north to south through the village, sometimes called Auckland's Little India for its substantial Indo-Fijian community. Buses run along it, and cars reach the Northwestern Motorway through St Lukes Road.
Bungalow or flat: home cleaning in Sandringham
In a bungalow you live in, a regular clean plus a deep clean after winter handles most of it: the sills, the bathroom ceiling and the back of the wardrobes where damp gathers. Leaving one of the older duplex flats or a villa split into flats: the end of tenancy clean.
What we'd do before a deep clean in Sandringham
Before a deep clean, open the wardrobes and look behind the furniture on the south side of the house, then list every mould spot you find. The business can deal with small patches as part of the clean; large areas, or mould after water came in, need a mould removal specialist's advice first.
