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Harris Build Co.

Home builder · Lyttelton, 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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Harris Build Co.

Home builder · Lyttelton, Christchurch

Where you stand#80of 252 architects
Overall health6.9/10across the eight areas

Going well

02Reviews9.601Google listing8.705Facebook page8.007Google search and traffic7.1

Where we can help

04Listings and social5.008Opening hours2.703Map positions0.906Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Harris Build Co. is an owner-operated custom home and renovation company based in Cass Bay, Christchurch. The team of specialist builders focuses on heritage work, renovations and extensions, prioritising quality over quantity. With more than 15 years' combined experience across the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, they emphasise high workmanship standards and values-based client relationships.

Harris Build Co. is an owner-operated custom home and renovation company based in Cass Bay, Christchurch. The firm focuses on custom home builds, renovations and extensions with a particular interest in heritage work and cultural inspiration.

The company describes itself as a team of specialist builders who prioritise quality over quantity. Services listed include custom home construction, heritage-sensitive renovations, extensions and retrofit work. The team notes more than 15 years of experience and prior projects in the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

Clients tend to report reliable communication, punctuality and clear quoting. Reviews commonly note technical knowledge, a professional and friendly crew, on-time delivery and precision workmanship on projects such as decking, internal renovations and larger refurbishment work.

Locally, Harris Build Co. presents as an owner-led builder focused on values-based relationships and a high standard of workmanship. The combination of heritage interest, specialist skills and an experienced team is what the company highlights as its distinction within Christchurch's building and renovation market.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Harris Build Co. shows a solid Google Business presence with a health score of 8.4 out of 10, indicating strong overall optimisation. Key strengths include a claimed status, visible open-for-business indicator, a listed phone number, and a website link, which support easy customer contact and information. The area that stands out is the listing description and photo count relative to peers.

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.
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    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.
8.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (28)
Home builder · Lyttelton3
Open 5 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Harris Build Co. are a custom home, renovation company based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Owner-operated we head a team of specialist builders who are inspired by culture, heritage, a high standard of workmanship and values-based relationships. We are driven by quality over quantity, focus on custom home specialist heritage work, renovations & extensions With over 15 years experience, our team boasts a broad and diverse skill set, having worked in the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Book a planning session with us now to experience the quality of our service first hand.

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Google listingChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Harris Build Co. shows very high Google review health with a 9.7/10 health score and top-10% achievements in rating and total reviews. The business excels in star rating, overall rating confidence, and review volume, indicating strong customer satisfaction and social proof. A key gap is lack of response to any reviews, which could affect perceived engagement with customers.

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

  • 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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Harris Build Co.
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5.0★★★★★28 reviews ✓
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decking 9remodeling 7communication 7deck building 5quick work 4fair quote 3
✓How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Harris Build Co. shows a very low overall Google Maps health score of 1.1/10, indicating limited visibility. The strongest signals come from existing rankings for two key keywords: building designer in Lyttelton and building designer in Diamond Harbour, which suggests some local demand but limited reach. The business should target broader aggregate maps queries and improve its borough presence to move out of the current low bracket.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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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.
0.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 2 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Harris Build Co.2Further down, below the first results
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #229 for map positions
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

Harris Build Co. shows an average health score for citations and social presence, with notable strength in its Instagram profile and LinkedIn listing. The most important finding is the very high trust on Instagram, alongside an established LinkedIn presence, while opportunities lie in expanding profiles across Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn Company pages, TikTok Directory, and GrabOne to improve trust and discoverability.

Strengths

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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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    Houzz ProfessionalWe can see your Houzz Professional listing (https://houzz.co.nz/sc-harris-builders-pfvwnz-pf~1169231005) found via: Google search results, Your website.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page through search alone.
  • 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 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.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
5.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Houzz Professionalsc-harris-builders-pfvwnz-pf~1169231005Harris Build Co. | Houzz Professional✓
Instagramscharris_building_nzHarris Build Co. | Instagram✓
LinkedInscott-harris-2b854475Harris Build Co. | LinkedIn
FacebookPriorityOneTgaHarris Build Co. | Facebook1
CheckMyBuilderharris-building-services-limitedHarris Build Co. | CheckMyBuilder
Builders Crack Tradiesc-harris-buildersHarris Build Co. | Builders Crack Tradie
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
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 pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
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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.
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    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.
8.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1.4K followers 3
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★ 1 reviews · recommended 1
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☎ +64 7-571 1401✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your website

Harris Build Co. shows a below-average on-page SEO health score of 3.8 out of 10. The overall health suggests technical issues are limiting visibility, though some strengths exist. Key strengths include a valid favicon, secure HTTPS resources, presence of an H1 tag, and an SEO-friendly URL. The most important opportunity is to improve on-page technical factors to move out of the bottom quartile.

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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    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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    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.
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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.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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✓Page file size
1On-page score
2Meta description
3Page title
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How people find you on Google

Harris Build Co. shows a healthy website traffic profile with an overall health score of 7.0 out of 10, indicating above-average performance for the local market. The business has solid organic traffic momentum and a reasonable paid exposure that can be extended with targeted campaigns. Key opportunities lie in paid traffic, paid SERP coverage, and maintaining organic growth through consistent content and technical SEO.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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
    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.
7.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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21No ads from you on any search
Harris Build Co.Not in these results
3About 42 visits a month from search, across 38 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Harris Build Co.'s published hours largely match weekday midday demand, with all well-aligned peak slots falling on Tuesday to Thursday lunchtime. However, there are clear missed opportunities over weekends: the business is closed through high-demand Saturday midday hours and Sunday midday. There are no open hours during low-demand windows, so extending limited Saturday and Sunday lunchtime availability or offering appointment slots could capture strong local demand without adding long weekly hours.

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.
2.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Harris Build Co.
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Hours 1
Monday8am-5pm
Tuesday8am-5pm
Wednesday8am-5pm
Thursday8am-5pm
Friday8am-4pm
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#80of 252 Christchurch architects
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