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House of Nails Ferrymead

Nail salon · Brookhaven-Ferrymead, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 570 Christchurch beauty businesses.

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Checked13 October 2026
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House of Nails Ferrymead

Nail salon · Brookhaven-Ferrymead, Christchurch

Where you stand#3of 570 beauty businesses
Overall health10.0/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social10.005Facebook page9.907Google search and traffic9.802Reviews9.203Map positions8.601Google listing8.5

Where we can help

08Opening hours3.806Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

House of Nails Ferrymead is a nail salon in Ferrymead, Christchurch, offering manicures, pedicures, builder gel, Gel X and nail art. The salon highlights a handpicked, well-trained team, a 7-day chip-free guarantee, and an emphasis on clean, professional service and attention to client requests.

House of Nails Ferrymead is a nail salon located in Ferrymead, Christchurch. It presents itself as a full-service nail studio focused on delivering lasting manicures and pedicures, with services listed including builder gel, Gel X extensions and customised nail art.

The salon describes a handpicked team of extensively trained nail artists who work to meet high standards. The website mentions a 7-day chip-free guarantee and an emphasis on conscious beauty. Booking is promoted as quick and straightforward.

Customer review themes mention professional, friendly technicians, punctual appointments and tidy, clean surroundings. Reviews note attentive service, technicians who listen and make adjustments, and consistent, well-shaped gel results that customers feel comfortable recommending.

Locally, House of Nails Ferrymead positions itself on thorough training, a clear service list and a short guarantee period. Customers can expect standard salon experiences such as on-time appointments, professional technicians and a focus on detailed nail finishes in a Christchurch Ferrymead setting.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

House of Nails Ferrymead shows strong Google Business health with a 7.4/10 and clear listing basics. The most impactful findings are the claimed status, open-for-business indicator, a live website link and a visible phone number. The listing also has a solid photo count and a description improving toward the local midpoint, setting up for further gains.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
  • 2
    Photos on the listingYou carry more photos than most of this market, which gives a customer a real look at the work before they ring.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
8.5Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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House of Nails Ferrymead✓✓
5.0 ★★★★★ (100)
Nail salon · Brookhaven-Ferrymead
Open 5 days · late Tue and Thu ✓
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From the business

Discover why 1999 House of Nails is Christchurch’s top-rated nail salon. Our highly-trained nail artists deliver exceptional manicures, pedicures, builder gel, Gel X, and stunning nail art with meticulous attention to detail. Say goodbye to rushed, average results—experience true luxury and the best customer care in town.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

House of Nails Ferrymead shows a very high health score in Google reviews, indicating strong overall performance. The most important findings are a top 10% Google star rating and rating confidence, demonstrating high client satisfaction, along with a 9.2 health score. Opportunities include improving the response rate and pushing review counts toward the top 10% for even greater credibility.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.
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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top two opportunities

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    Response rateYou answer more of your reviews than the middle of this market, so a customer scrolling your page mostly finds you there.
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    Review countYou hold more reviews than most of this market - depth buyers read as proof.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
House of Nails Ferrymead
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
5.0★★★★★100 reviews 2
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attention to detail 16vibe 11nail quality 6polite staff 6friendly team 4quality of work 4
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Charlotte B.★★★★★ · 3 days ago

I get so excited for my appointments at House of Nails. Lately, I’ve been going to Sandy, and she is so meticulous with her technique and always brings the ideas I have in my head to life (somehow they turn out even better than I imagined)....

Response from the owner1

So happy to hear that, Charlotte — Sandy loves bringing your ideas to life. We’re thrilled you enjoy trying styles like cat-eye, aura, and chrome! ✨

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Laura B.★★★★★ · 4 days ago

Absolutely amazing, staff are so friendly and helpful. Gorgeous salon which was implacably clean. Great consultation process for my nail art! Have already booked to go back :)

Response from the owner

Thank you so much, Laura — we’re thrilled you enjoyed the friendly team, spotless salon, and nail art consultation. Can’t wait to see you again! 🫶

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

House of Nails Ferrymead shows strong health on Google Maps with an 8.2/10 score, indicating solid local visibility and search presence. The top opportunity lies in maintaining and slightly improving aggregate visibility, where the business is already at or above the local median. A second opportunity is to sustain momentum in the borough-specific results to approach top performers.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
8.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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✓Top three for "nail salon" in 8 suburbs, seen in 44
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House of Nails Ferrymead15.0 ★ (100) · Nail salon
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BeStar Nails Spa5.0 ★ (39) · Nail salon
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Willow Nail & Beauty Studio5.0 ★ (1) · Nail salon
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My Nails The Tannery4.6 ★ (28) · Nail salon
Map positionsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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Where customers find you

The House of Nails Ferrymead shows very strong health in its citations and social presence, with a 9.9/10 health score indicating high trust across platforms. The strongest current assets are outstanding Facebook, Instagram and TikTok profiles, plus a well-maintained Fresha listing. Key opportunities focus on expanding professional branding on LinkedIn, Neighbourly, NoSecretSalon, and local profiles to broaden reach and engagement.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Tiktok ProfileWe found your Tiktok Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
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    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    LinkedIn CompanyWe could not find an active LinkedIn Company listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
10.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Instagram1999houseofnailsnzHouse of Nails Ferrymead | Instagram✓
Facebook1999houseofnailsHouse of Nails Ferrymead | Facebook✓
Tiktok@1999houseofnailsHouse of Nails Ferrymead | Tiktok✓
OpenLocallyhouse-of-nails-ferrymead-woolstonHouse of Nails Ferrymead | OpenLocally
Fresha1999-house-of-nails-ferrymead-christchurch-1027-ferry-road-wz0qdfb2House of Nails Ferrymead | Fresha
YellowNo listing found1
NeighbourlyNo listing found2
LinkedInNo listing found3
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    People following your pageYours is one of the largest local followings in this market.
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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.

Top opportunity

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    Recommendations on your pageYour count sits above the middle of this market, so a visitor reading the page finds enough written by other people to stop needing anything written by you.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 4 of them.
9.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1999houseofnails✓
7K followers ✓
Discover why 1999 House of Nails is Christchurch’s top-rated nail salon. Our highly trained artists offer luxurious manicures, pedicures, builder gel, Gel X, and nail art—delivering meticulous detail...
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★ 10 reviews · recommended 1
🌐 houseofnails.co.nz/book-now✓
☎ +64 27 901 1999
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Your website

House of Nails Ferrymead shows a very high on-page health in its homepage SEO, with a 9.5/10 health score. The most notable findings are a strong title tag and a relevant meta description, and a concise page size with an intact H1 tag. Minor opportunities include tiny tweaks to the meta description, avoiding render-blocking resources, removing frames, and improving text-to-page size ratio to keep content well balanced.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than almost any business in this market - a spread built over years that a competitor cannot buy their way into.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from about as wide a range of sites as anything in this market, and the mix of link types looks entirely natural.

Top three opportunities

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    On-page scoreThe basics on your home page are half in place: it opens and it reads, but enough checks still fail that a customer on a phone away from wifi notices the wait before they notice the business.
  • 2
    Domain Age ScoreYour domain has been registered longer than the newest sites here but is still younger than most.
  • 3
    Domain UniquenessYour web address is shared with other businesses, which is normal for a franchise or a multi-site group.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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✓Separate sites linking to you
✓The shape of your link profile
1On-page score
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How people find you on Google

House of Nails Ferrymead shows a very high overall health score for website traffic, indicating strong performance in organic visibility and traffic value. The most notable strengths are top-tier organic traffic value, local top percentile organic traffic total, and excellent local keyword coverage. Opportunities focus on building paid traffic reach with small, targeted campaigns and landing pages.

Strengths

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth more than almost any business in this market - an enquiry stream with no cost per click behind it.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws more visitors from search than almost any business in this market - a stream of enquiries arriving at no cost per visit.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site appears for more search terms than almost any business in this market, so there are more ways to find you than to find anyone else here.

Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
  • 2
    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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321No ads from you on any search
www.houseofnails.co.nzFerrymead & Sumner Nail Salon

We offer premium manicures, pedicures, extensions, and nail art. Book today for personalised nail services and unmatched quality.

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bestar.co.nzHome - Bestar Nail Spa
✓✓About 241,426 visits a month from search, across 12,437 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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Your hours against demand

House of Nails Ferrymead shows a reasonable match between published hours and local demand, with a health score of 5.8/10. The salon is open across several high-demand windows midweek, with no open hours during low-demand times. However, notable demand on Saturdays is unmet. Prioritising a small Saturday opening window could capture unmet local search demand and improve commercial returns.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
3.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
House of Nails Ferrymead
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Hours 1
Monday9am-6pm
Tuesday9:30am-7pm
Wednesday9am-6pm
Thursday9:30am-7pm
Friday9am-6pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#3of 570 Christchurch beauty businesses
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