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RM Designs

Architectural designer · St Albans, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 252 Christchurch architects.

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RM Designs

Architectural designer · St Albans, Christchurch

Where you stand#75of 252 architects
Overall health7.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social8.407Google search and traffic7.905Facebook page7.101Google listing6.4

Where we can help

03Map positions4.902Reviews3.908Opening hours2.306Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

RM Designs is an architectural practice founded in Christchurch in 1998, based in Saint Albans. The studio works on commercial, hospitality, multi-story apartments and fit-outs, with a particular focus on mass timber and DfMA (Design for Manufacture and Onsite Assembly) techniques. It undertakes projects across New Zealand and has experience in early contractor involvement for civic and government work.

RM Designs is an architectural practice founded in Christchurch in 1998 and based in the Saint Albans area. The studio began specialising in hospitality fit-outs and has grown to lead large-scale projects across New Zealand, maintaining a strong presence in commercial, multi-storey apartment and fit-out work.

The practice states expertise in mass timber construction and DfMA (Design for Manufacture and Onsite Assembly) techniques. RM Designs also describes a track record of working with Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) on civic and government projects. Project types listed include commercial, hospitality, multi-storey apartments and commercial fit-outs.

Customers in review snapshots commonly describe improved venue appearance and note strong communication and collaborative working relationships on multi-stage redevelopments. Several reviews single out hospitality projects where RM Designs' creative ideas and attention to detail changed the look and feel of venues. The review set shows positive experiences with collaboration on longer-term projects and redevelopment work.

Locally, RM Designs is positioned as a Christchurch-based studio with continuing work across New Zealand and a background in hospitality that expanded into larger commercial and civic projects. The combination of mass timber and DfMA specialisations, plus experience with ECI processes, is a practical distinguishing feature noted in their public materials.

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Your Google listing

RM Designs shows solid Google Business health with a score of 6.8 out of 10, indicating above-average presence but room to improve. Key strengths include a claimed listing, an accessible website link, an active phone number, and clear open status. The description and photos are improving, yet still below local midpoints, suggesting continued focus on content and imagery.

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 three 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.
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    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
  • 3
    Category fitYour category set covers less of this market than half the field, so there are jobs being searched for near you that your listing is not eligible to appear in.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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From the business

RM Designs, founded in Christchurch in 1998, is an established face in the design industry. We are a creative hub with expertise in mass timber and DfMOSA (Design for manufacture on site assembly) techniques Commerical, Hospitality, Multi Story Apartments, Commercial Fit outs

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Your reviews

RM Designs shows below average Google review health with a 3.8/10 score, indicating room for improvement in local online reputation. The most impactful findings are a lack of review responses and a solid base of reviews that can be expanded, plus a strong positioning in the top quartile for listing reviews. Focus on consistent responses and continued gathering feedback to move into higher brackets.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
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    Star ratingYour rating sits well below what customers here are used to seeing, and it is the first number they compare when two businesses look otherwise equal.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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3.3★★★★★16 reviews
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #154 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

RM Designs shows a solid overall health in Google Maps with a 4.8 out of 10. The strongest opportunities lie in lifting aggregate map visibility and sustaining the borough presence. Top-visible keywords include architectural and building designer terms in St Albans, Edgeware and surrounding areas, indicating a clear regional focus.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
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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.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
4.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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James Hunter Architectural Design5.0 ★ (8) · Architectural designer
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Grant Weekes Architect5.0 ★ (1) · Architectural designer
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RM Designs23.3 ★ (16) · Architectural designer
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #129 for map positions
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Where customers find you

RM Designs shows a healthy social and directory presence with a health score of 7.8 out of 10. Strengths lie in highly active Instagram and Facebook profiles, indicating strong social trust and engagement. LinkedIn is present but less prominent; opportunities exist to broaden reach through other local directories and professional platforms.

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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    Infobel ListingWe can see your Infobel Listing listing (https://infobel.com/rm_designs) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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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.
  • 3
    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.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #41 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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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.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your website

RM Designs shows below-average on-page SEO health with a current score of 4.1 out of 10. The most notable finding is the missing meta description for the homepage, which impacts click-through rates. Other positives include a valid favicon, an H1 tag, no render-blocking resources, and secure HTTPS content.

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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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.

Top three opportunities

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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
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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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    Page titleYour home page headline does not fit the space a search result gives it, so a searcher sees either a half-empty line or one that trails off before your name arrives.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

RM Designs shows a solid overall website traffic health with a 7.3/10 score, indicating a healthy baseline but room for gradual improvement. The standout achievement is strong organic traffic, placing in the local top 10% for organic visits. A key consideration is sustaining this momentum while expanding paid activity cautiously to avoid overspend.

Strengths

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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 3 of them.
7.9Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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About 473 visits a month from search, across 43 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #53 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

RM Designs' published hours show partial alignment with local demand: all 40 weekly open hours fall during high-demand windows, notably weekday lunchtimes, but the practice misses significant weekend demand. Strongly aligned times include midweek 11am-1pm slots. Major missed opportunities occur across Saturday midday and Sunday lunchtime when search interest peaks. Adjusting a small number of weekend hours could capture more enquiries without adding low-demand hours.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
2.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Hours 1
Monday8am-4pm
Tuesday8am-4pm
Wednesday8am-4pm
Thursday8am-4pm
Friday8am-4pm
SaturdayClosed
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The next step

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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#75of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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