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David Robertson Decorators

Painter · Sydenham, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 111 Christchurch interior designers.

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David Robertson Decorators

Painter · Sydenham, Christchurch

Where you stand#9of 111 interior designers
Overall health9.3/10across the eight areas

Going well

02Reviews10.001Google listing8.607Google search and traffic7.8

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.108Opening hours4.903Map positions3.904Listings and social3.606Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

David Robertson Decorators is a Christchurch-based residential painting and decorating team serving Sydenham and greater Canterbury. They offer interior and exterior painting, repaints, plastering and wallpapering, working to minimise disruption and clean up thoroughly. The company is backed by the New Zealand Master Painters guarantee and highlights punctuality and careful attention to detail.

David Robertson Decorators is a Christchurch residential painting and decorating company based in Sydenham and serving homes across Canterbury. The team states they bring extensive experience to projects and work across Christchurch and neighbouring towns.

Their services include interior and exterior painting, repaints, plastering and wallpapering. The source material notes the team handles domestic and some commercial work, delivers on-site quotes and is insured for public liability up to $10,000,000. They also state membership of the New Zealand Master Painters and provide a satisfaction guarantee.

Customers commonly report punctual communication, efficient work practices and a tidy finish. Reviews highlight reliable timekeeping, clear on-site quotes, friendly and professional crews and minimal disruption to the home; projects are described as completed with careful clean-up and good workmanship.

Locally, David Robertson Decorators is presented as a hands-on decorating team that focuses on craftsmanship, consistent communication and practical scheduling. This combination of experience, trade coverage and a stated industry guarantee is positioned as the key local offering for homeowners seeking interior or exterior decorating work in Christchurch and surrounding towns.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

The overall health is strong, with a score of 8.3 out of 10, indicating solid listing setup that supports local discovery. The best two findings are: a claimed and verified Google Business Listing with a visible phone number, and an active website link for customers seeking more details.

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

  • 1
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Category fitYour category set is one of the better-fitted in this market, so you are eligible for nearly every search happening around you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.9 ★★★★★ (123)
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From the business

David Robertson Decorators are Christchurch's trusted residential painting and decorating specialists, proudly serving homeowners across Canterbury for many years. Our experienced team delivers high-quality interior and exterior painting, repaints, plastering, and wallpapering — every job handled with meticulous attention to detail, efficiency, and minimal disruption to your home. We turn up on time, work carefully around your space, and clean up completely when we're done. All our work is backed by the New Zealand Master Painters guarantee, so you can book with complete confidence. Contact us today for a FREE no-obligation estimate — we'd love to help.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

David Robertson Decorators shows a very high health score for Google Business Reviews, indicating strong overall performance. Key strengths include an outstanding Google Business Rating Confidence and a brilliant star rating, both in the top 10% nationally, and a solid total review count in the top decile. The business also demonstrates solid engagement with customers through review responses, positioned to maintain trust.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.
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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.
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    Response rateYou answer virtually every review, which almost nobody in this market does, and the page reads as a business that is present.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here. You are first of 111 Christchurch interior designers.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
10.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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David Robertson Decorators
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4.9★★★★★123 reviews
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professional team 8quality tradesman 7respectful of home environment 5high standard of work 5insurance works 4quality finish 4
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bikramjit S.★★★★★ · a month ago

It's an amazing company to deal with, everything is perfect from initial contact till finishing up the job. The team is excellent especially Nelson and Alfie. I highly recommended them to anyone looking for quality work.

Response from the owner✓

Thank you so much for the wonderful feedback — this genuinely made our day! At David Robertson Decorators, we set a high standard from the first phone call right through to the final coat, so it's gre...

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Sandra W.★★★★★ · a month ago

What an Amazing company to deal with. there were no delays, everything was as per what the quote said. The team who did my painting were awesome. Worked away quietly and very efficiently. No mess left at the end of the job. they even vacuum...

Response from the owner

Thank you so much for this wonderful review! We're really glad the project at your Christchurch home went smoothly from start to finish — that's exactly the experience we aim to deliver at David Rober...

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

David Robertson Decorators shows an overall health score of 3.8 out of 10, which indicates below average visibility on Google Maps. The strongest performers are keywords like interior decorator in Sydenham (rank 4) and interior decorator in St Martins (rank 6). Local presence in the borough remains limited and there is room to improve in suburb-specific results.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
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    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.
3.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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interior decorator
1Seen in 5 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Admire Interiors4.9 ★ (11) · Painter
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White Canvas Interiors5.0 ★ (1) · Painter
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Kit & Caboodle5.0 ★ (3) · Painter
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David Robertson Decorators24.9 ★ (123) · Painter
Map positionsChristchurch interior designers · 111 businesses
You are #68 for map positions
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Where customers find you

David Robertson Decorators shows low overall health in social and directory presence (2.4/10). The strongest existing asset is a highly trusted Facebook profile, with a solid Yellow Directory listing improving basic discovery. The main gaps are inactive profiles on Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, GrabOne, and Neighbourly, which limits reach and trust across local channels.

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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    Yellow ProfileWe can see your Yellow Profile listing (https://yellow.co.nz/y/david-robertson-decorators-ltd-579362925) found via: Google search results.
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    White Pages ListingWe can see your White Pages Listing listing (https://whitepages.co.nz/david-robertson-decorators-beckenham) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    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
    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
17 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Builders Crack Tradiedavid-robertson-decorators-ltdDavid Robertson Decorators | Builders Crack Tradie
Yellowdavid-robertson-decorators-ltd-579362925David Robertson Decorators | Yellow✓
White Pagesdavid-robertson-decorators-beckenhamDavid Robertson Decorators | White Pages✓
Yelpdavid-robertson-decorators-christchurchDavid Robertson Decorators | Yelp
CheckMyBuilderdavid-robertson-decorators-2025-limitedDavid Robertson Decorators | CheckMyBuilder
ServiceFinderDavid-Robertson-Decorators-Limited-203551David Robertson Decorators | ServiceFinder
FacebookDavidRobertsonDecoratorsDavid Robertson Decorators | Facebook✓
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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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.
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    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.

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.
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    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.
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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page sends people to another feed or a links page rather than to a site of your own, so someone chasing a price ends up one more tap from the answer and scrolls until the errand is forgotten.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Local Canterbury painter & decorator helping homeowners love their homes again. From interior & exterior painting to wallpapering, plastering, and gib stopping — one team for the whole job, servicing...
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Facebook pageChristchurch interior designers · 111 businesses
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Your website

David Robertson Decorators shows an above-average on-page SEO health of 6.4/10, with strong title tag and relevant meta description. Current strengths include a solid character count and HTTPS-secured resources. Key opportunities focus on meta description length, favicon presence, removing frames, reducing render-blocking resources, and further boosting the on-page SEO score.

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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    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

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    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
  • 2
    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, so a reasonable spread of places vouch for you.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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3Separate sites linking to you
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How people find you on Google

David Robertson Decorators shows a healthy website traffic picture with strong organic value and local visibility. The health score is 6.9 out of 10, indicating above-average performance. The standout finding is highly valuable organic traffic, while paid activity remains unclear and should be explored carefully to avoid inefficiencies.

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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.8Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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David Robertson DecoratorsNot in these results
About 90 visits a month from search, across 12 searches
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Your hours against demand

David Robertson Decorators generally aligns opening hours with local demand during midweek mornings and mid-afternoon: key matches include Wednesday 9am and 11am, Tuesday 3pm, Thursday 11am and Friday 10am. However, several high-demand windows are missed, notably Sunday mornings and weekday late afternoons. There are no open hours during low-demand periods, so open hours are efficient but could be tweaked to capture missed demand.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
4.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
David Robertson Decorators
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Hours 1
Monday7:30am-5pm
Tuesday7:30am-5pm
Wednesday7:30am-5pm
Thursday7:30am-5pm
Friday7:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#9of 111 Christchurch interior designers
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