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Lucid Commercial Design

Interior designer · Ilam, Christchurch

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Lucid Commercial Design

Interior designer · Ilam, Christchurch

Where you stand#56of 252 architects
Overall health7.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

01Google listing9.308Opening hours9.202Reviews8.107Google search and traffic8.003Map positions7.504Listings and social7.4

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.306Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Lucid Commercial Design is a Christchurch-based architecture and interior design studio in Burnside that transforms commercial spaces. Specialising in restaurants, shops, showrooms, clinics and offices, the team manages projects from concept to completion and handles renovations and general architectural services. Customers can expect detail-focused design and a coordinated, practical approach to commercial fitouts.

Lucid Commercial Design is a Christchurch architecture and interior design studio based in Burnside. Established in 2003, the firm focuses on commercial projects, working across restaurants, retail shops, showrooms, clinics and offices. The practice handles both new-fitout work and renovations, and combines interior design with broader architectural services for commercial clients.

The studio describes its work as clear, communicative design that reflects a client's identity and market. Services include concept development, detailed design and project management from concept to completion. Lucid Commercial Design states it pays close attention to practical outcomes and compliance, and it works to align design intent with operational needs for businesses.

Customers typically report timely communication, practical advice and a smooth process through council requirements and construction phases. Reviews note a combination of creativity and technical expertise, with staff willing to go the extra mile on projects. Clients describe the team as professional and diligent, highlighting clear communication and helpful guidance for those less familiar with building processes.

Locally, Lucid Commercial Design presents as a full-service commercial design studio that manages project stages from initial idea to finished space. The practice's mix of interior focus, architectural capability and hands-on project delivery distinguishes it among Christchurch commercial design options. Customers seeking coordinated fitouts or renovations can expect a detail-oriented, practical approach rooted in commercial clarity.

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Your Google listing

Lucid Commercial Design shows strong overall health on Google Business Listing with a score of 8.6 out of 10. The profile has been claimed, is open-for-business, includes a website link and a phone number, and features a clear listing title. The main opportunity is to continue optimising the description to maintain a competitive position among local firms.

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 two 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
    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 5 of them.
9.3Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (6)
Interior designer · Ilam2
Open 5 days ✓
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From the business

Lucid Commercial Design transforms commercial spaces into captivating and functional environments. Specialising in interior design and architecture, they expertly craft restaurants, shops, showrooms, clinics, and offices. With a keen eye for detail, Lucid Commercial Design manages projects from concept to completion, ensuring a seamless and stress-free experience. Established in 2003, their experienced team also excels in renovations and general architectural services, revitalising existing spaces with innovative design solutions. Discover the potential of your commercial space with Lucid Commercial Design.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Lucid Commercial Design shows a strong Google Business health with a score of 8.2 out of 10. The top strengths include a stellar star rating in the top 10% and good overall review volume. A key finding is that there is currently no response to any reviews, which may dampen customer trust and engagement.

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

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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.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
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    Review countYour review count sits above the middle of this market, which puts you in the group customers read as established rather than untested.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
8.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Where you show up on the map

Lucid Commercial Design shows a high health score of 7.8 out of 10, indicating strong visibility in Google Maps. The top 5 keywords show solid performance for building and architectural design queries in Burnside, Bryndwr and Fendalton, with leadership in several related terms. Opportunities focus on broadening aggregate reach and maintaining borough momentum.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
7.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2Top three for "building designer" in 4 suburbs, seen in 13
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Zion Architecture5.0 ★ (1) · Interior designer
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Lucid Commercial Design15.0 ★ (6) · Interior designer
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Len Lye Building (School of Product Design)5.0 ★ (3) · Interior designer
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Christchurch Designers5.0 ★ (1) · Interior designer
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Where customers find you

Lucid Commercial Design shows solid health with staying power in social profiles, scoring 6.7 out of 10 overall. The strongest findings are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, which demonstrate trusted, high-quality presence. Opportunities lie mainly in expanding activity on LinkedIn and TikTok, plus directory listings, to reach more customers and improve discovery.

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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    Builders Crack TradieWe can see your Builders Crack Tradie listing (https://builderscrack.co.nz/lucid-commercial-design) 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.
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    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.
7.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Instagramlucid_design_nzLucid Commercial Design | Instagram✓
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LinkedInluciddesignstudioLucid Commercial Design | LinkedIn
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing 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.
5.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Commercial interior design studio. We design businesses including restaurants, cafes, retail stores, fast food kiosks, clinics, salons, showrooms and offices. Give us a call so we can help realise you...
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your website

Lucid Commercial Design's on-page health sits at 4.8 out of 10, indicating average technical performance. The most relevant findings are a valid favicon, presence of an H1 tag and an SEO-friendly URL, with the page under 256KB. These strengths support crawlability and quick loading, while opportunities focus on meta descriptions, title tag length, HTTPS-linked resources, and text-to-page ratio.

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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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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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.
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

Lucid Commercial Design shows a healthy website traffic profile with a 6.9/10 health score. Organic traffic value is in the 50-75% band and organic traffic total is also strong locally. The standout finding is that paid traffic metrics are currently weak, with no clear paid spend or paid keywords in top results, indicating room for cautious, targeted paid exploration.

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.
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    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.
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    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.
8.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Lucid Commercial DesignNot in these results
About 328 visits a month from search, across 27 searches
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Your hours against demand

Lucid Commercial Design's hours show partial alignment with local demand: open during several weekday lunchtime peaks (Tuesday 12pm, Wednesday 11-12pm, Thursday 12-1pm), which matches customer search times. However, significant weekend demand is missed - multiple Saturday midday hours and Sunday noon are closed when searches spike. No low-demand open hours were identified, so trimming or adding weekend midday coverage is the key commercial decision.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    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
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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01Google listing2 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

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#56of 252 Christchurch architects
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