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DJ Hewitt Builders

Custom home builder · Woolston, 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
Your marketChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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DJ Hewitt Builders

Custom home builder · Woolston, Christchurch

Where you stand#63of 252 architects
Overall health7.5/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social9.702Reviews9.608Opening hours9.205Facebook page9.0

Where we can help

03Map positions5.507Google search and traffic5.501Google listing3.906Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

DJ Hewitt Builders is an architectural home builder based in Hillsborough, Christchurch, with more than 25 years' experience. They specialise in architecturally designed new homes, specialist hill builds, remodelling, extensions and bespoke projects. Services also cover landscaping, pools, decks, kitchens and bathrooms. Customer feedback highlights high standards of workmanship and reliable follow-up.

DJ Hewitt Builders is an architectural home builder located in Hillsborough, Christchurch. Founded by Daryl and Tara Hewitt, the company describes decades of experience delivering custom residential projects in the Christchurch area.

Their stated specialisations include architecturally designed new homes and specialist hill builds, remodelling and alterations, extensions and a range of renovations. They describe work alongside architects, designers and consultants and list bespoke projects, landscaping, pools, decks, kitchens and bathrooms among their services.

Customer reviews emphasise consistently high standards of workmanship, attention to detail and strong follow-up after completion. Clients and trade partners frequently note Daryl Hewitt's personal commitment to finishing homes to a high standard and an ongoing focus on well-executed details. Reviews characterise the company as reputable, with builds described as beautiful and carefully executed.

Locally, DJ Hewitt Builders presents as a long-established architectural builder that handles complex, site-specific work such as hill builds as well as interior and exterior renovations. The combination of stated collaborations with architects and a broad list of construction services positions them as a full-service builder for clients seeking tailored, architect-led residential projects in Christchurch.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

DJ Hewitt Builders shows a below-average health score on Google Business Listing at 3.9/10, indicating improvements are needed to reach local standards. The listing already provides a website link, a title, claimed status, open-for-business status and a phone number, which are solid foundations. Significant room remains in branding and visuals.

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 is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
  • 2
    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (23)
Custom home builder · Woolston
Open 5 days ✓
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From the business

Architectural home builders with over 25 years experience

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Google listingChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

DJ Hewitt Builders shows a very high Google review health, with a 9.6/10 health score. The most notable findings are outstanding confidence and star ratings in the top 10% and a large total review count, confirming strong local reputation. A key gap is a zero response rate to reviews, which can affect customer trust over time.

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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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

Top opportunity

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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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #12 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

DJ Hewitt Builders shows a mid-range health score in Google Maps at 5.3 out of 10. The business already ranks well for several building and architecture related terms in Opawa and Hillsborough, indicating strong relevance to core services. Opportunities lie in expanding visibility across more local suburbs and pushing borough presence toward the district midpoint.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
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    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.
5.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #114 for map positions
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Where customers find you

DJ Hewitt Builders shows a very high health score for social presence and directories, indicating strong credibility. The strongest current strengths are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, plus an established LinkedIn listing and Yellow Directory entry. The business should maintain consistent branding and engagement to preserve trust while building on opportunities to improve some missing profiles.

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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    LinkedIn ProfileWe can see your LinkedIn Profile listing (https://linkedin.com/in/daryl-hewitt-37958959) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    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
    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.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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OpenLocallydj-hewitt-builders-hillsboroughDJ Hewitt Builders | OpenLocally
FacebookdjhewittbuildersDJ Hewitt Builders | Facebook✓
InstagramdjhewittbuildersDJ Hewitt Builders | Instagram✓
White Pagesdj-hewitt-builders-hillsboroughDJ Hewitt Builders | White Pages
LinkedIndaryl-hewitt-37958959DJ Hewitt Builders | LinkedIn✓
ArchiPro Professionaldj-hewitt-buildersDJ Hewitt Builders | ArchiPro Professional
Yellow/hillsborough-christchurch/hewitt-d-j-builders-ltdDJ Hewitt Builders | Yellow2
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
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 pageYour count sits above the middle of this market, so a visitor reading the page finds enough written by other people to stop needing anything written by you.
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    What your page says about youThere is more in your intro than in half the pages here, so a visitor has a real sense of the business before they reach the photos.
  • 3
    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #27 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

DJ Hewitt Builders shows below-average on-page health with a 3.0/10. Immediate focus on the meta description and title tag health will help lift visibility. Key strengths include a valid favicon, absence of frames, presence of an H1 tag, an SEO-friendly URL and a page size under 256KB. Addressing render-blocking resources and mixed content will further improve performance.

Strengths

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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.
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    Page file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

Top three opportunities

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    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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    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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    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.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

DJ Hewitt Builders shows a below-average health for Website Traffic with a score of 4.0 out of 10. It indicates limited earned organic traffic value and no clear paid spend, suggesting needs for content and initial paid activity. The most important findings are near-zero organic traffic value and zero measurable paid traffic, with some positive movement in organic SERP count.

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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    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.
  • 3
    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.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
5.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

DJ Hewitt Builders' current opening hours show partial alignment with local demand. The business is open during several lunchtime peaks on weekdays (Tuesday 12pm, Wednesday 11-12pm, Thursday 12-1pm), but remains closed across high-demand weekend hours, notably Saturday midday-2pm and Sunday noon. No low-demand open hours were identified, so peak coverage could be improved by limited weekend availability.

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
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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

02Reviews1 opportunity

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#63of 252 Christchurch architects
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