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Carters Estate

Architecture firm · Northcote-Papanui, 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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Carters Estate

Architecture firm · Northcote-Papanui, Christchurch

Where you stand#252of 252 architects
Overall health0.0/10across the eight areas

What you have

01Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.01NameYour 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.01PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Where we can help

02Reviews3.505Facebook page3.008Opening hours1.701Google listing0.404Listings and social0.303Map positions0.207Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Carters Estate is an architects practice based in Papanui, Christchurch. The firm provides architectural design and project planning services for clients across the city and surrounding areas. Work focuses on guiding projects from initial concept through drawings and consents. Being locally based in Papanui helps the practice respond to Christchurch clients with knowledge of regional rules and building conditions.

Carters Estate is an architects practice located in the Papanui suburb of Christchurch. The practice works with clients on building and design projects within Christchurch and nearby areas, operating from its local base in Papanui.

The firm offers architectural design, project planning and drawings to support building work. Services include concept development, preparation of technical drawings and documentation intended to help secure consents and guide construction.

Clients engage Carters Estate to move projects from initial ideas to deliverable plans. The practice works with homeowners, developers and other stakeholders to prepare documentation and coordinate design inputs during the planning stages of a build or renovation.

Situated in Papanui, Carters Estate brings local knowledge of Christchurch building conditions and regulatory processes. The practice presents itself as a local architectural office able to assist clients through design and documentation phases of residential and small-scale commercial projects.

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Your Google listing

Carters Estate shows a very low overall Google Business Listing health at 0.3 out of 10. The listing has essential basics in place, including a listed phone number, a full address and a main image, which supports local discovery. Two key findings stand out: no website link and a missing or brief description that limits context for customers.

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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    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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    PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

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
    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
0.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Architecture firm · Northcote-Papanui
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
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No description yet3
Google listingChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Carters Estate shows a low overall health on Google reviews, indicating customers may hesitate to engage. The most important findings are a very low rating confidence and a missing or new star rating, plus very few reviews and no responses to existing reviews. Addressing response rate and gathering initial positive reviews are key.

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

Carters Estate shows a very low overall health score in Google Maps search at 0.3 out of 10, indicating limited visibility. The top finding is a partial presence in broader maps queries, with architecture-related queries like architecture firm in northcote-papanui ranking at position 20. Opportunities lie in improving aggregate maps visibility and strengthening borough-level presence to boost local results.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
  • 2
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
0.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #246 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Carters Estate shows a very low overall health score on social presence and directories, indicating limited visibility. Key findings point to missing active profiles on Instagram and Facebook, with TikTok and LinkedIn also absent or inactive. Improving presence on these platforms will help reach local clients and build trust.

Strengths

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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 3 of them.
0.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
YellowNo listing found
NeighbourlyNo listing found
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #244 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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Your website

Carters Estate shows a very low on-page SEO health score of 0.9 from Marketbase, indicating significant gaps in technical optimisation. The most important findings are missing homepage title tag and meta description, and no valid favicon, all of which impact visibility and click-through potential.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Domain HealthYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met.
  • 2
    Domain UniquenessWe could not find a domain registered to your business, which means there is no address of your own for a customer to go to and nothing for your Google listing to link to.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Your websiteNo website of your own1
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How people find you on Google

Carters Estate shows very low overall website traffic health, with room to grow through targeted content and SEO. The top opportunities focus on boosting organic traffic value, increasing organic visits, ranking keywords, and implementing a small paid effort to test conversions. Addressing these areas can begin to stabilise traffic and start attracting Christchurch clients.

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Where we can help

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0 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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No ads from you on any search
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You are #175 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Carters Estate currently has no published opening hours, so temporal alignment with local demand cannot be measured. With a health score of 0.8/10, there are no recorded hours that align with peak search times, and the business may be missing times when potential clients search for architectural services. Adding hours will reveal strong matches and missed windows to act on.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
1.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours
No opening hours listed1
Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #210 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

08Opening hours1 opportunity

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