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One Square Rate

Landscape architect · Selwyn District East, 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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One Square Rate

Landscape architect · Selwyn District East, Christchurch

Where you stand#25of 252 architects
Overall health9.0/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social9.207Google search and traffic9.201Google listing8.402Reviews8.205Facebook page7.6

Where we can help

08Opening hours4.403Map positions3.706Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

One Square Rate is a Prebbleton, Christchurch landscaping firm specialising in landscape design and construction. Headed by directors Gareth Scarlett and Karl Odell, they offer services from concept to build, including hydroseeding and hard and soft landscape works. Customers note professional, prompt service and practical advice during projects.

One Square Rate is a landscaping and landscape architecture practice based in Prebbleton, Christchurch. Founded in 2010 and led by directors Gareth Scarlett and Karl Odell, the company takes projects from design through to construction and highlights landscape design and construction as core specialties.

Services include landscape design, hard and soft landscape construction, and hydroseeding. The team describes itself as fully qualified landscape architects and lists expertise in hydroseeding alongside construction of planters, pavers and other outdoor features. The company states its goal is to ensure clients' vision and expectations are met.

Customers commonly report prompt, professional service, clear practical advice, and tidy site work. Reviews mention quick quoting and responsive scheduling, helpful staff who offer pragmatic solutions, reasonable pricing compared with alternatives, and successful outcomes such as even new lawns after hydroseeding.

Locally, One Square Rate is identified by its full-service approach - taking projects from concept through construction - and by a focus on landscape construction and hydroseeding. Clients seeking a Christchurch-area firm that combines design capability with hands-on construction and practical site advice would find these local characteristics relevant.

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Your Google listing

One Square Rate shows strong overall health with a score of 8.5 out of 10, indicating solid listing completeness and visibility. The most notable findings are that the listing is claimed and has a visible phone number, plus a working website link and open status that helps customers reach and learn about services.

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
    Category fitYour category set covers less of this market than half the field, so there are jobs being searched for near you that your listing is not eligible to appear in.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.6 ★★★★★ (16)
Landscape architect · Selwyn District East2
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From the business

Our expertise and passion is designing and constructing outdoor spaces that add value to your property and lifestyle. One Square Rate is a Christchurch landscaping company that has been taking projects from design through to construction since 2010. Headed by Gareth Scarlett and Karl Odell, One Square Rate's strength lies in our two director's key passions; landscape construction and landscape design, which complement each other seamlessly, resulting in a comprehensive service for you. We work closely with all of our clients to ensure your vision and expectations are met with stunning results.

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Your reviews

One Square Rate shows a solid overall health with a 7.9 out of 10. The most notable findings are strong Google review momentum and high confidence in ratings, though engagement on responses remains nil and could improve trust with customers.

Strengths

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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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    Star ratingYour rating sits below what half the businesses here carry, which gives a customer choosing between three of you a reason to pick one of the others.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
8.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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4.6★★★★★16 reviews
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Where you show up on the map

One Square Rate shows below-average visibility on Google Maps with a health score of 3.5 out of 10. The business ranks well for several landscape keywords in nearby suburbs, indicating strong relevance in specific areas, but overall local reach remains limited. The top results-focused opportunities involve improving aggregate maps presence and boosting borough-level visibility.

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.
  • 2
    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.
3.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Seen in 6 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Design Me a Garden4.8 ★ (18) · Landscape architect
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Flourish Landscape Design Ltd4.8 ★ (5) · Landscape architect
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SK Civil & Landscaping Christchurch5.0 ★ (64) · Landscape architect
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Canvas Landscaping5.0 ★ (31) · Landscape architect
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Where customers find you

One Square Rate shows a healthy presence with a 7.6/10 health score. The strongest results are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles and a LinkedIn listing. Opportunities lie mainly in adding or completing TikTok, LinkedIn Company, TikTok Directory, GrabOne and Neighbourly profiles to broaden reach and trust among potential customers.

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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    ServiceFinder ProfileWe can see your ServiceFinder Profile listing (https://servicefinder.co.nz/One-Square-Rate-Limited-184460) 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.
9.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookOneSquareRateOne Square Rate | Facebook✓
InstagramonesquarerateOne Square Rate | Instagram✓
Houzz Professionalone-square-rate-pfvwnz-pf~1580278796One Square Rate | Houzz Professional
ServiceFinderOne-Square-Rate-Limited-184460One Square Rate | ServiceFinder✓
Builders Crack Tradieone-square-rate-ltdOne Square Rate | Builders Crack Tradie
LinkedInella-sprott-317928276One Square Rate | 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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    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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    What your page says about youYour intro runs to a line, shorter than most pages here, so it names the business without settling whether you do the particular job the reader came about or cover the suburb they live in.
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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.
  • 3
    Recommendations on your pageMore customers have recommended you than at most pages in this market, and depth like that reads as a business that has been doing this a while.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.6Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your website

One Square Rate has a solid on-page SEO health score and strong technical basics, with no render-blocking resources and secure HTTPS. Key strengths include a valid favicon, an SEO-friendly URL, and a compact page size that helps fast loading. The main opportunity is to nudge the score slightly higher by refining the title tag and meta description to ideal lengths.

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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    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.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from fewer separate sites than most profiles the size of yours.
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

One Square Rate shows a very high health for Website Traffic, with strong organic performance and top local rankings. The main takeaway is that organic traffic value and volume are in the top percentiles, reinforcing solid visibility and audience reach, while paid efforts are limited and could be explored carefully with targeted campaigns.

Strengths

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth more than almost any business in this market - an enquiry stream with no cost per click behind it.

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 4 of them.
9.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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One Square RateNot in these results
✓About 1,204 visits a month from search, across 91 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your hours against demand

One Square Rate's opening hours mostly align with weekday lunchtime searches: open during popular mid-day windows on Tuesday (12pm), Wednesday (11am-12pm) and Thursday (12-1pm). However, the business is closed across high-demand weekend afternoons-especially Saturday 11am-2pm and Sunday 12pm-representing significant missed opportunities. No low-demand open hours were identified, so weekend openings should be considered first.

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.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours 1
Monday8am-5pm
Tuesday8am-5pm
Wednesday8am-5pm
Thursday8am-5pm
Friday8am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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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#25of 252 Christchurch architects
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