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House of Nails Manchester Street

Nail salon · Christchurch Centre, 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 Manchester Street

Nail salon · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#1of 570 beauty businesses
Overall health10.0/10across the eight areas

Going well

02Reviews10.005Facebook page9.904Listings and social9.807Google search and traffic9.801Google listing9.003Map positions7.5

Where we can help

08Opening hours5.306Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

House of Nails Manchester Street is a nail salon in Christchurch offering manicures, pedicures, builder gel, Gel X, acrylic tips and customised nail art. The salon highlights a handpicked, extensively trained team and a 7-day chip-free guarantee. Customers can book treatments online at the Manchester Street location and expect detailed, long-lasting nail work.

House of Nails Manchester Street is a Christchurch nail salon that promotes lasting, quality nail services from its Manchester Street location. The salon describes itself as an independent studio with a handpicked team of extensively trained nail artists who focus on protecting natural nails and delivering precise results.

Services include manicures and pedicures, builder gel and Gel X extensions, acrylic tips, and bespoke nail art and designs. The salon notes a 7-day chip-free guarantee and offers bookings online. The team trains to meet high standards and to recreate client inspiration images when requested.

Customer reviews consistently mention a cosy, clean and calm salon environment and friendly, polite staff who are warm and chatty during appointments. Clients often describe professional service, satisfaction with colour and design choices, and praise artists for accurately replicating inspo pictures. Several reviews highlight relief when technicians transformed short or bitten nails into neat, wearable sets.

Locally, House of Nails Manchester Street presents as a specialised nail studio with a focus on training, detail and customer care. The combination of gel and extension options, a stated short-term guarantee and a Manchester Street setting gives clients in Christchurch a clear choice for detailed nail art and longer-lasting finishes.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

House of Nails Manchester Street shows a healthy Google Business Listing with a 7.5/10 health score. The listing already lists a clear title, claimed status, website link and phone number, plus open-for-business status. A strong foundation exists, but the description remains the main growth area to reach mid-range local performance.

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

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    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.
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    Category fitYour category set is one of the better-fitted in this market, so you are eligible for nearly every search happening around you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
9.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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House of Nails Manchester Street
House of Nails Manchester Street✓✓
5.0 ★★★★★ (488)
Nail salon · Christchurch Centre2
Open 5 days ✓
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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 Manchester Street shows a very high overall health on Google reviews, with a 9.9/10 health score. The strongest signals are a top 10% standing for Google star rating, top 10% for total reviews, and excellent engagement in listing updates. The one notable area is high engagement with reviews, where the business already performs well in responding to customers.

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.
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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

Top opportunity

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    Response rateYou answer nearly all your reviews, which is more than almost anyone in this market, and a customer reading the page sees a two-sided conversation rather than a scoreboard.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
10.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
House of Nails Manchester Street
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
5.0★★★★★488 reviews ✓
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Emily R.★★★★★ · 2 days ago

Great service! Hayley did such a great job of my nails 😍

Response from the owner1

Thanks so much, Emily — so glad Hayley did a great job on your nails! 🫶

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Sarah-Louise K.★★★★★ · 3 days ago

Best French pedicures in town . Only place I will go . Have been seeing Nghi for the past 3 years. She pays close attention to detail . And my toes always look prefect . Thanks so much 😍

Response from the owner

Thank you, Sarah — we’re so glad Nghi’s attention to detail keeps your French pedicures perfect after three years! 🥰

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

House of Nails Manchester Street shows a healthy Google Maps presence with a health score of 7.8 out of 10. The top keywords indicate strong visibility for nail salons in Christchurch areas, especially central Christchurch and Phillipstown, with steady gains in Addington-Middleton and Sydenham. The main opportunity is to further lift aggregate and borough scores to reach local midpoints.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
7.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2Top three for "nail salon" in 5 suburbs, seen in 39
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House of Nails Manchester Street15.0 ★ (488) · Nail salon
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New Regent Nails4.8 ★ (165) · Nail salon
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Nail and Beauty5.0 ★ (101) · Nail salon
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Aura Nail Studio5.0 ★ (46) · Nail salon
Map positionsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #142 for map positions
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Where customers find you

House of Nails Manchester Street shows very high social presence with strong profiles on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok and a solid Fresha listing, indicating healthy external visibility. The main finding is the very high health score (9.9/10) and strong ongoing engagement, with opportunities to bolster LinkedIn, Neighbourly, NoSecretSalon and Yellow profiles to improve local reach.

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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    Fresha ProfileWe can see the Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/1999-house-of-nails-manchester-st-christchurch-level-1-87-manchester-street-t078yvh2) found via: Google search results, but nothing on it tells us it is yours - no matching phone number, no matching address, and the name does not line up.
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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.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Instagram1999houseofnailsnzHouse of Nails Manchester Street | Instagram✓
Facebook1999houseofnailsHouse of Nails Manchester Street | Facebook✓
Tiktok@1999houseofnailsHouse of Nails Manchester Street | Tiktok✓
Fresha1999-house-of-nails-manchester-st-christchurch-level-1-87-manchester-street-t078yvh2House of Nails Manchester Street | Fresha2
YellowNo listing found1
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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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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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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Facebook pageChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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Your website

House of Nails Manchester Street shows a very high on-page SEO health score of 9.5 out of 10, indicating strong technical optimisation for the homepage. A key finding is that the title tag and favicon are already in excellent shape, and the site uses HTTPS throughout. The next priorities are further refining meta tags and reducing load time to sustain the top score.

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.
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    Domain Age ScoreYour domain has been registered longer than the newest sites here but is still younger than most.
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    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 Manchester Street shows an excellent overall website traffic health with a 9.8/10 health score, indicating very strong performance in local traffic, organic visibility, and paid activity readiness. The strongest finding is excellent organic traffic value and top 10% local organic traffic; paid opportunities exist but current paid metrics are not yet measured.

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.
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    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.
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    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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fivelanes.co.nzNail & Beauty - Christchurch CBD Shopping
www.houseofnails.co.nz1999 House of Nails: Christchurch's #1 Rated Nail Salon

Christchurch's top-rated nail salon with 500+ Five-star reviews. Enjoy premium manicures, pedicures, builder gel, extensions & design.

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thefairynails.co.nzThe Fairy Nails Christchurch – Manicures, Pedicures & More
✓✓About 241,426 visits a month from search, across 12,437 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #13 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

House of Nails Manchester Street is open during several high-demand windows, notably weekday mid-mornings and late afternoons, which aligns well with local search patterns. However, several Saturday midday and early-afternoon peaks are missed because the salon is closed then. No low-demand open hours were identified, so the main opportunity is to consider limited Saturday openings around noon to capture unmet weekend demand.

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.
5.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
House of Nails Manchester Street
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Hours 1
Monday9:30am-6:30pm
Tuesday9:30am-6:30pm
Wednesday9:30am-6:30pm
Thursday9:30am-6:30pm
Friday9:30am-6:30pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Christchurch Centre
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01Google listing2 opportunities

02Reviews1 opportunity

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#1of 570 Christchurch beauty businesses
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Christchurch beautyOverall · 570 businesses
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