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Choice Architecture

Architectural designer · Kaiapoi North, 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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Choice Architecture

Architectural designer · Kaiapoi North, Christchurch

Where you stand#10of 252 architects
Overall health9.6/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Choice Architecture is a small architectural design firm based in Kaiapoi with a Christchurch presence, specialising in bespoke residential projects across Canterbury and the South Island. The practice offers design for new builds, renovations and light commercial work, provides a free initial consultation, and has two Licensed Building Practitioners on the team.

Choice Architecture is a small architectural design company based in Kaiapoi with a Christchurch orientation, working across Canterbury and the South Island. The practice focuses on bespoke residential architecture and also takes on light commercial projects and apartment work.

Services centre on architecturally significant new builds and site-responsive homes set within rural, coastal and hillside landscapes. The firm offers design for renovations, additions and kitchen or bathroom layouts, provides a free no-obligation consultation, and notes two Licensed Building Practitioners on staff to support building compliance and documentation.

Customers commonly report a collaborative process and practical problem-solving, with the team helping to turn renovation plans into workable new-build solutions. Reviews highlight efficient project work, fresh ideas for constrained spaces such as kitchens, and ongoing relationships with local builders and contractors that help move projects from concept to construction.

Locally, Choice Architecture presents as a small, client-focused studio that prioritises clarity and site intent in residential projects. The combination of hands-on design, local construction knowledge, and a focus on rural and coastal sites distinguishes the practice for clients seeking tailored homes within Christchurch, Kaiapoi and the wider Canterbury region.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Choice Architecture shows a very high health for its Google Business Listing, with strong basic details and verified ownership. The most notable findings are that a website link, a listing title, claimed status, open-for-business status and a phone number are all present and correct, supporting easy customer contact.

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

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    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.
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    Description lengthYour description is one of the fuller ones in this market, which means a customer comparing you side by side has more of your case in front of them than most.
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    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 6 of them.
8.5Strong
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4.9 ★★★★★ (13)
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From the business

We are a small but dedicated, architectural design company who work closely with our clients to ensure their design is one they can be truly proud of. Through creative planning, we can turn your dream into reality. Although we work predominantly on residential design, we also have experience in light commercial and apartments. We offer a free, no obligation consultation to discuss your needs, which enables us to provide you with a quote tailored to your project and requirements. With two Licensed Building Practitioners on board, you can be assured you are in good hands when you choose to work with Choice Architecture.

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Your reviews

Choice Architecture shows a very high overall health score of 9.0 out of 10 for Google reviews, indicating strong customer satisfaction and engagement relative to peers. The business benefits from a solid star rating, a strong number of reviews, and active listing health. The main area for improvement is customer engagement through review responses, which can further enhance trust.

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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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you ahead of most of this market, which means a customer sees a well-rated business with enough reviews behind it to be believed.
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    Star ratingYour rating is higher than most of this market, and it is the first thing a customer reads about you.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
9.0Strong
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #25 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

The Maps Search Performance health is very high, indicating strong visibility in Google Maps for the business. Key strengths include top 10% borough-specific visibility and several top ranking keywords across Christchurch and the Waimakariri district coast, east and north. The main opportunity is maintaining and slightly improving aggregate visibility to stay above local medians.

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.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbNo business in your suburb turns up in local Maps searches more often than you do - for a customer searching nearby, you are among the first names on the screen.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here. Every check we run here is at its best on Google Maps.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
9.5Strong
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✓Top three for "architecture firm" in 9 suburbs, seen in 22
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RW Design Ltd5.0 ★ (38) · Architectural designer
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Choice Architecture✓4.9 ★ (13) · Architectural designer
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Elevate Design0.0 ★ (0) · Architectural designer
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Where customers find you

Choice Architecture shows a very high health score of 9.8, indicating strong social presence and easy discovery by customers. Key strengths include outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, plus an active LinkedIn Company and Neighbourly listing that are already established and trusted. The primary opportunity is expanding other platforms to widen reach while maintaining current high standards.

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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    Neighbourly ProfileWe can see your Neighbourly Profile listing (https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/business/choice-architecture-ltd-1) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    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
    LinkedIn ProfileWe could not find an active LinkedIn 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.
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
LinkedInNo listing found3
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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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    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
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    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
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    Recommendations on your pageMore customers have recommended you than at most pages in this market, and depth like that reads as a business that has been doing this a while.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
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North Canterbury based Architectural Design Company. Get in touch now for your FREE consultation2
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #44 for your Facebook page
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Your website

The on-page SEO health for Choice Architecture shows a high level of technical optimisation with an 8.2/10 score. Key strengths include a well-structured title tag within the ideal length, a valid favicon, a relevant meta description, sufficient page text, and secure HTTPS content. Opportunities focus on improving load speed, refining the meta description length, and addressing render-blocking resources and text-to-page size balance.

Strengths

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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.
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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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    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
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    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.
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    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Website traffic for Choice Architecture shows an above-average health score of 6.2/10, indicating moderate performance with room for growth. The strongest signal is solid organic presence, while paid activity remains unclear. Key opportunities focus on starting small paid campaigns and improving organic reach through consistent content, better fundamentals, and technical tweaks.

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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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than half the businesses here, so competitors are picking up searches you could be answering.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Choice Architecture's opening hours align well with several weekday lunch peaks but miss high weekend demand. The practice is open during strong weekday demand-Tuesday 12pm, Wednesday 11-12pm and Thursday 12-1pm-yet remains closed across high-traffic Saturday and Sunday mid-day slots. No low-demand open hours were identified, so adjusting weekend availability could capture substantial unmet local demand.

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.
9.2Strong
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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The next step

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These are your top 19 opportunities, from the 74 checks we run on every business. Tick any of them to see where it takes you.

01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#10of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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