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Courtney Architects-Designers

Architect · 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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Courtney Architects-Designers

Architect · Northcote-Papanui, Christchurch

Where you stand#119of 252 architects
Overall health5.3/10across the eight areas

Going well

03Map positions9.408Opening hours9.2

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.902Reviews5.504Listings and social4.601Google listing1.207Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Courtney Architects-Designers is an architectural practice based in Papanui, Christchurch. They describe themselves as an award-winning firm working across residential, heritage, health, education and commercial projects, offering a complete service that includes interior design. They state their work is informed by a considered design approach and 35 years of technical and practical experience.

Courtney Architects-Designers is an architectural practice located at 14 Harewood Road, Papanui, Christchurch. They describe themselves as an award-winning practice and state they work across residential, heritage, health, education and commercial sectors. The practice offers a complete service that includes interior design and lists a long history of work from their Christchurch base.

They state that their design approach is considered and that architecture should support occupant well-being and be respectful of the environment. Project types mentioned on their website include new builds and work on existing or heritage structures, and they say their service covers the full design and delivery process, including interiors.

Customers tend to report high satisfaction in the available review snapshot, which shows an average rating of 5. Reviews indicate consistent positive feedback for the practice's technical competence and client service, suggesting clients value their design clarity and practical knowledge through project delivery.

Locally, Courtney Architects-Designers presents itself as a Christchurch practice with multi-sector experience and long-standing technical expertise. The combination of stated environmental consideration, a full-service offering that includes interiors, and the claim of 35 years' practical experience are the features the firm highlights in its local market presence.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Courtney Architects-Designers shows a low overall health on Google Business Listing (1.6/10). The listing has several basic elements in place, such as open status, a listed phone number, a full address and a main image, but critical gaps remain. The most impactful findings: the listing is not claimed and lacks a website link, a meaningful description, a logo, and additional photos.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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.
1.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (1)
Architect · Northcote-Papanui
Open 5 days ✓
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet3
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

The Google Business health for Courtney Architects-Designers shows a solid overall standing but below peer averages, with a 4.9 out of 10 health score. The standout finding is a top 10% star rating, indicating high customer satisfaction. Opportunities exist in responding to reviews, growing total reviews, and continuing to improve rating confidence, to lift overall performance.

Strengths

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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.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
5.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Where you show up on the map

Courtney Architects-Designers shows a very high overall health score and strong visibility across Google Maps. The business ranks well in key markets and suburbs, with top positions in several core keywords. Primary opportunities focus on maintaining strong suburb visibility and continuing to refine the Google Business Listing presence to push into the top decile.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Courtney Architects-Designers15.0 ★ (1) · Architect
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Zoelen Architects5.0 ★ (1) · Architect
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Craig Fitchett Architecture5.0 ★ (1) · Architect
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James Hunter Architectural Design5.0 ★ (8) · Architect
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

The Citations & Social Presence health for Courtney Architects-Designers stands at 4.6 out of 10, indicating average visibility across social platforms and directories. The strongest current assets are the very strong Facebook presence and accurate, up-to-date LinkedIn, Neighbourly and Yellow Directory profiles. Key opportunities lie in activating Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn Company, TikTok Directory and GrabOne listings to broaden reach and trust.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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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    Neighbourly ProfileWe can see your Neighbourly Profile listing (https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/business/courtney-architects-designers) found via: Google search results.
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    NZIA PracticeWe can see your NZIA Practice listing (https://nzia.co.nz/courtney-architects-designers-ltd) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Yellow ProfileWe can see the Yellow Profile listing (https://yellow.co.nz/y/courtney-architects-579498015) 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.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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CheckMyBuildercourtney-architects-designers-limitedCourtney Architects-Designers | CheckMyBuilder
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Neighbourlycourtney-architects-designersCourtney Architects-Designers | Neighbourly✓
NZIA Practicecourtney-architects-designers-ltdCourtney Architects-Designers | NZIA Practice✓
FacebookcourtneyarchitectsCourtney Architects-Designers | Facebook✓
LinkedInliz-courtney-8731a087Courtney Architects-Designers | LinkedIn
Yellowcourtney-architects-579498015Courtney Architects-Designers | Yellow3
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

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 pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
  • 2
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
  • 3
    What your page says about youYour intro runs to a line, shorter than most pages here, so it names the business without settling whether you do the particular job the reader came about or cover the suburb they live in.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your website

This executive summary evaluates On-Page SEO for Courtney Architects-Designers, based on the provided health score and the completed achievements and opportunities. The overall health is below average, indicating room for improvement, particularly in meta data and H1 presence. The business has solid basic optimisations already in place, including a favicon, HTTPS content, no frames, an SEO-friendly URL, and a compact page size.

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

  • 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.
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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
  • 3
    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.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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How people find you on Google

Courtney Architects-Designers shows a low overall traffic health, with room to grow organic and paid visibility. The top findings indicate near-zero organically earned traffic value and no organic traffic yet, suggesting content and SEO actions are needed. A small paid campaign could begin to generate initial paid traffic while content and on-page optimisation are developed.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Courtney Architects-Designers has partial alignment with local demand: weekday lunchtime hours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday match customer searches, covering the practice's core weekday demand. Several high-demand weekend hours are missed when the office is closed, notably Saturday midday and early afternoon and Sunday lunchtime. No low-demand open hours were identified, suggesting hours are not wasteful but weekend openings could capture more clients.

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
Courtney Architects-Designers
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#119of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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