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Architects S.PA / Martin Chant Architect

Architect · Cashmere, Christchurch

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

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Checked12 October 2026
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Architects S.PA / Martin Chant Architect

Architect · Cashmere, Christchurch

Where you stand#205of 252 architects
Overall health1.9/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.2

Where we can help

03Map positions5.907Google search and traffic4.202Reviews3.505Facebook page3.001Google listing2.104Listings and social1.706Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Architects S.PA / Martin Chant Architect is an architectural practice based in Cashmere, Christchurch. The firm designs creative, individual and modern buildings, emphasising form and space that respond to context and environment. Martin Chant describes the practice as blending artistic rules with modern technical solutions to create carefully crafted, expressive architecture for residential and small-scale projects.

Architects S.PA / Martin Chant Architect is an architectural practice located in Cashmere, Christchurch. The practice focuses on creative, individual and modern architecture that responds to context and environment, aiming to shape form and space around how people like to live, work and relax.

The practice describes its work as combining specialist knowledge, skill and experience with timeless artistic principles and contemporary technical solutions. Services emphasise clever, unique solutions that fulfil clients' aspirations and produce expressive, well-crafted buildings and spaces.

Website content presents the design process as personal and energising, speaking to a client's style and passions. Clients can expect an approach that considers context, environment and lasting value, with attention to aesthetic expression as well as technical performance.

Locally, the practice is positioned as a small Christchurch architecture studio offering bespoke, thoughtfully considered design for projects where careful craft and individual expression matter. The firm highlights a focus on creating buildings and environments that aim to deliver tangible value and long-term satisfaction for clients.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Architects S.PA / Martin Chant Architect shows a low overall health on Google Business Listing, with room for improvement in claimed status, description, photos and logo. The profile already provides a title, website link, phone number and full address, and the open-for-business status is correct, which supports basic customer discovery.

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.
  • ✓
    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.
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    WebsiteYour listing links to your website, so a customer can move from Google to your own pages in one tap and read your account of the work before they ring.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
  • 2
    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have no photos on your listing, or close to none, so a customer scrolling past sees a blank where every other business shows their work.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google listingChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Architects S.PA / Martin Chant Architect shows a low overall health score on Google reviews, with limited customer feedback and minimal engagement from the business. The key finding is the need to build trust through more reviews and active responses, especially from happy clients and responses to all feedback.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
  • 2
    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #163 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Architects S.PA / Martin Chant Architect shows an above-average health score of 5.9 out of 10 in Google Maps search, indicating reasonable visibility but room to grow. Top findings show strong rankings for key names in Cashmere, with notable positions for architect and architectural designer terms, and solid presence in St Martins. Opportunities focus on broadening aggregate maps visibility and strengthening suburb presence.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
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    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.
5.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Seen in 2 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #104 for map positions
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

MarketsBase analysis for Citations & Social Presence shows a health score of 1.5 out of 10, indicating low overall presence across social platforms and directories. The most important finding is that active profiles are missing on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, plus directory listings on TikTok and GrabOne are either absent or weak. Strengths include existing LinkedIn and Neighbourly profiles.

Strengths

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    Neighbourly ProfileWe can see your Neighbourly Profile listing (https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/business/architects-s-pa-martin-chant-architect) found via: Google search results.
  • ✓
    LinkedIn ProfileWe can see your LinkedIn Profile listing (https://linkedin.com/in/martin-chant-36488626) found via: Your website.
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    White Pages ListingWe can see your White Pages Listing listing (https://whitepages.co.nz/martin-chant-architect) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing.
  • 2
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
1.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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LinkedInmartin-chant-36488626Architects S.PA / Martin Chant Architect | LinkedIn✓
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FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #210 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
3.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #176 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

The on-page health for Architects S.PA / Martin Chant Architect is 3.3 out of 10, indicating below-average performance. The most important findings are that a meta description is missing and the title tag is not optimised for length, which affects click-through and clarity.

Strengths

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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.
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    Page load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Page titleThe headline on your home page is either a single word or long enough that a search result cuts it off part way through.
  • 3
    The shape of your link profileYour links are piled onto a small number of sites for a profile this size, so they are doing less for you than the count suggests.
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

Architects S.PA / Martin Chant Architect shows a below-average health for Website Traffic, with 4.2 out of 10. The main finding is that paid traffic is not yet measurable and paid spend is unclear, while organic traffic performance is modestly positive but needs continued SEO focus. The business should start small paid campaigns and sharpen landing pages to capture potential clients.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
4.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Architects S.PA / Martin Chant ArchitectNot in these results
31About 5 visits a month from search, across 8 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #146 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Architects S.PA / Martin Chant Architect has a mixed fit between opening hours and local demand. The practice is open during several weekday lunchtime peaks (Tue 12pm; Wed 11-12pm; Thu 12-1pm), which aligns with client search activity. However, it is closed during high-demand weekend hours (Sat 11am-2pm and Sun 12pm), representing clear missed opportunities for project enquiries and viewings.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
9.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Architects S.PA / Martin Chant Architect
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-6:30pm
Tuesday8:30am-6:30pm
Wednesday8:30am-6:30pm
Thursday8:30am-6:30pm
Friday8:30am-6:30pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #22 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

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#205of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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