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Maguire and Harford Architects

Architect · 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
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Maguire and Harford Architects

Architect · Woolston, Christchurch

Where you stand#143of 252 architects
Overall health4.3/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Maguire and Harford Architects is an architectural practice based in Opawa, Christchurch. They describe a collaborative design approach focused on function, performance and sustainability, tailoring the design process to specific project needs and producing technical documentation suitable for builders.

Maguire and Harford Architects is an architectural practice located in Opawa, Christchurch. The practice describes architecture as a collaborative process that starts with listening to clients and communities, and aims to create practical, connected environments that respect their context.

Their work covers multiple design stages, from concept sketches through to detailed technical documents suitable for builders. They state they tailor the design process to each project and balance function, performance and sustainability in their solutions.

Clients engage in an iterative design process where ideas are explored openly and solutions evolve through collaboration. The practice emphasises dialogue and understanding client aspirations, challenges and values as the basis for design development.

Locally, Maguire and Harford Architects presents as a Christchurch studio that focuses on tailored, stage-based architectural design and documentation. Their stated approach centres on collaborative decision-making and delivering practical, technically prepared outcomes for builders.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Maguire and Harford Architects shows a below-average Google Business health score of 3.7 out of 10. The profile has solid basics with a listed phone number, website link, and claimed status, but lacks a clear, engaging description and a logo. Strengths include accurate open-for-business status and contact details, while opportunities focus on listing description, logo, and expanding photo evidence.

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

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    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.
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    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.
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    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.8Room to grow
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Architect · Woolston
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Maguire and Harford Architects shows very low overall health on Google reviews, with a health score of 0.1 out of 10. This indicates significant trust and engagement gaps that could deter potential clients. Key findings point to no reviews and no responses to any reviews, plus an unsettled star rating. Immediate steps focus on collecting positive reviews and starting timely responses.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
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    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
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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 3 of them.
3.5Room to grow
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Where you show up on the map

Maguire and Harford Architects shows a moderate overall health score of 5.7 out of 10 for Maps Search Performance. The business ranks well for several Opawa-related terms, especially "architect in opawa" and "architectural designer in opawa" at the top. A key opportunity is to improve local maps presence in the borough, while aggregate visibility is improving and suggests momentum across multiple suburbs.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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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.
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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.
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #101 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Maguire and Harford Architects shows a very high health in social presence, with strong Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn profiles contributing to trust and reach. The most notable findings are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles and accurate LinkedIn listings, which help reach more clients. Opportunities exist to expand on TikTok, TikTok Directory, GrabOne, and Neighbourly profiles to further visibility.

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 CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/maguire-and-harford-architects) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    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.
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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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    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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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages 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.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #76 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Maguire and Harford Architects shows a below-average on-page SEO health score of 3.1 out of 10. The site has a valid favicon, adequate text content and HTTPS across resources, and an SEO-friendly URL, but key gaps remain: no detectable meta description, and a meta title tag length that is either too short or too long. There are render-blocking resources to fix and a high text-to-page size ratio to address for better clarity.

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 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 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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    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.
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    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Maguire and Harford Architects shows average health for website traffic, with room to improve paid traffic and consolidate organic momentum. The most actionable wins are starting a small paid campaign with targeted landing pages and refining organic content to lift rankings and value.

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 search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
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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.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
5.1Room to grow
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2About 13 visits a month from search, across 18 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #125 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Maguire and Harford Architects shows partial alignment with local demand: weekday midday hours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday match popular search times, but the practice is closed across key weekend peaks. There are no low-demand open hours, so no clear waste. The biggest missed opportunities are Saturday midday (11am-2pm) and Sunday noon, which attract the highest local interest.

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.
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Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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The next step

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01Google listing3 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#143of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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