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Cronin Design

Architect · Addington-Middleton, 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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Cronin Design

Architect · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

Where you stand#179of 252 architects
Overall health2.9/10across 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.01WebsiteYour 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.

Where we can help

02Reviews5.703Map positions4.505Facebook page3.001Google listing2.104Listings and social1.808Opening hours1.707Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Cronin Design is an architecture practice in Riccarton, Christchurch, established in 1984 and specialising in new home design. The studio offers pre-purchase inspections, site assessments, feasibility studies, additions, alterations and construction documentation. Regular customers note the firm's experience and efficiency, while reviews also mention helpful, timely service alongside occasional delays and covenant-related issues.

Cronin Design is an architecture practice based in Riccarton, Christchurch, established in 1984. The firm specialises in new home design and works with residential clients across the area, drawing on decades of local experience to design homes suited to their sites and surroundings.

Services include pre-purchase inspections, site assessment analysis, project feasibility assessment, new house design, additions, alterations and extensions, and preparation of construction documentation. The practice emphasises listening to clients' requirements and designing homes that reflect individual lifestyles and the potential of each site.

Customer feedback highlights problem-solving, helpfulness and timely delivery from members of the team, with several reviewers noting professional and kind staff. The review snapshot also records at least one complaint about long processing times and issues around covenant checks that led to extra costs for a client, indicating mixed experiences alongside generally positive comments.

Locally, Cronin Design is identified by its long history and focus on residential design, a steady list of technical services covering the build process, and an emphasis on designing homes that respond to site characteristics. Clients seeking a Christchurch architect for new house projects or residential alterations will find a practice that highlights experience, efficiency and practical, site-aware design.

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Your Google listing

Cronin Design's Google Business Listing shows low health but core contact details are in place. The overall health is very low, with key gaps in the listing such as not claimed, unclear status, and missing description and visuals. The strongest current elements are a website link, a phone number, a complete address, and a main image.

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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    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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4.2 ★★★★★ (5)
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Cronin Design shows a moderate overall health score for Google reviews, with some solid engagement in listing activity. The most notable findings are a lack of response to reviews and steady review growth, which supports trust but needs more public interaction.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
5.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
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You are #110 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Cronin Design shows a 4.1 out of 10 health score on Google Maps, indicating below-average local visibility. The strongest showing is in upper Riccarton with top 5 rankings for several architecture-related keywords, while borough-wide scores remain modest. Opportunities lie in boosting local map presence and maintaining momentum across multiple suburbs.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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
    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.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
4.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Cronin Design14.2 ★ (5) · Architect
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Kevin Clancy Architectural Design4.5 ★ (2) · Architect
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Architects Plus0.0 ★ (0) · Architect
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Te Manawa Atawhai - Catherine McAuley Centre4.9 ★ (9) · Architect
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #138 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Cronin Design shows a low overall health score for citations and social presence, indicating limited visibility across platforms. Key findings point to very low trust on Instagram, moderate trust on Facebook, and no active presence on TikTok or LinkedIn, with opportunity to build consistent profiles on those networks to boost discovery and credibility.

Strengths

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    White Pages ListingWe can see your White Pages Listing listing (https://whitepages.co.nz/cronin-design-2016) found via: Google search results.
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    Cylex ListingWe can see your Cylex Listing listing (https://cylex.co.nz/cronin+design-18130587) found via: Google search results.
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    ServiceFinder ProfileWe can see your ServiceFinder Profile listing (https://servicefinder.co.nz/Cronin-Design-56997) 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 turned up your Instagram Profile page, but only barely, and nothing you own points at it - your website does not link to it and it is not on your Google listing.
  • 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.
1.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Cylexcronin+design-18130587Cronin Design | Cylex✓
ArchiPro Professionalcronin-design-ltdCronin Design | ArchiPro Professional
ServiceFinderCronin-Design-56997Cronin Design | ServiceFinder✓
White Pagescronin-design-2016Cronin Design | White Pages✓
InstagramcroninkitchensCronin Design | Instagram2
FacebookNo account found1
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #206 for listings and social
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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

Cronin Design shows a below-average on-page SEO health score of 3.8 out of 10, with key gaps in meta description and render-blocking resources. Strengths include a valid favicon, HTTPS content, a clear H1 tag, an SEO-friendly URL, and no frames, indicating solid technical foundations. Addressing meta description and on-page elements could lift overall performance.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    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.
  • 2
    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
  • 3
    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.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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How people find you on Google

Cronin Design shows very low health for website traffic with an overall health score of 1.2 out of 10. The most important findings indicate near zero organic and paid traffic value, and no organic keywords ranking in the top 100, suggesting a need to focus on local content, on-page SEO, and small paid campaigns to start building visibility.

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.
  • 2
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
  • 3
    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
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21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
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Your hours against demand

Cronin Design currently has no recorded opening hours, so alignment with local demand cannot be measured. The area's demand patterns were analysed at city level, and the temporal health score is 0.9/10. Without published hours, it is not possible to identify where the practice is open during high-demand windows, closed during peak periods, or open during low-demand times.

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
Cronin Design
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Hours
No opening hours listed1
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You are #210 for opening hours
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The next step

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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#179of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
You are #179 overall
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