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R&B Build Christchurch

Home builder · Addington-Middleton, 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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R&B Build Christchurch

Home builder · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

Where you stand#57of 252 architects
Overall health7.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

02Reviews9.307Google search and traffic9.305Facebook page8.601Google listing8.4

Where we can help

04Listings and social5.008Opening hours4.403Map positions2.706Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

R&B Build Christchurch is a family-owned residential and bespoke building firm based in Middleton, Christchurch. Founded by Brett and Linsay with over 20 years' experience, the company delivers architecturally designed homes and manages material costs through its RBA Studio. The firm showcases a display home at Cashmere Estate and emphasises craftsmanship and personalised service.

R&B Build Christchurch is a family-owned design and build firm located in Middleton, Christchurch. Founded by Brett and Linsay, the company specialises in residential and bespoke building projects, delivering architecturally designed homes and operating an in-house design capability under RBA Studio.

Services cover end-to-end design and build work with in-house architects and designers who translate client concepts into buildable plans. R&B Build mentions a coordinated process that includes material cost management through RBA Studio, and a construction team of more than 30 builders who carry projects from design through to completion. The business also maintains a display home at Cashmere Estate.

Customers commonly report clear, helpful communication and attentive, professional service across sales and handover. Reviews highlight responsive staff members and a willingness to assist after purchase, with several noting a smooth buying and handover experience. Clients also refer to a finished product described as above average in quality and to team members who manage processes seamlessly for out-of-area buyers.

Locally, R&B Build presents as a hands-on, family-run builder with an integrated design studio and a focus on craftsmanship and personalised service. The combination of in-house design, material cost oversight, a sizeable building team and a Cashmere Estate display home are practical features that distinguish the firm for Christchurch residential projects.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

R&B Build Christchurch shows a very healthy Google Business Listing with a 9.0 score. The strongest finds are a verified, claimed listing with a clear phone number and a direct website link, and an open-for-business status that informs customers of availability. It also has a solid listing title that remains active.

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
    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.
  • 2
    Category fitYour categories cover this market better than the middle of the field, so you appear in most of the searches your competitors appear in.
  • 3
    Description lengthYour description is one of the fuller ones in this market, which means a customer comparing you side by side has more of your case in front of them than most.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.8 ★★★★★ (25)
Home builder · Addington-Middleton2
Open 5 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

R&B Build is a family-owned business specialising in residential and bespoke building services across Christchurch. Founded by Brett and Linsay, we have over 20 years of experience delivering architecturally designed homes tailored to your needs. Through our subsidiary, RBA Studio, we manage building material costs throughout the design process, ensuring premium quality and efficiency. Renowned for our craftsmanship and attention to detail, R&B Build is dedicated to creating homes that reflect your unique vision. Trust us to bring your dream home to life with expert, personalised service. For all sales enquiries please call Linsay on 021610820 or email [email protected]

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Google listingChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

R&B Build Christchurch shows a very high health on Google reviews, with a 9.2/10 score and strong review volume. The key achievement is a top 10% placement for total reviews, reinforcing local trust and social proof. A notable improvement area is the lack of responses to reviews, which affects customer engagement and perceived responsiveness.

Strengths

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

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 ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you ahead of most of this market, which means a customer sees a well-rated business with enough reviews behind it to be believed.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.3Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
R&B Build Christchurch
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4.8★★★★★25 reviews ✓
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #19 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

R&B Build Christchurch shows a low overall health score for Maps Search at 2.6 out of 10, indicating limited visibility in Google Maps overall. The top findings show some strength in city-wide presence through the strongest keywords, but there is notably weak local performance in the suburb/borough searches and overall maps rankings that require improvement.

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.
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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.
2.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Seen in 4 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #184 for map positions
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Where customers find you

R&B Build Christchurch shows an overall health of 4.9 out of 10, indicating moderate presence and room for improvement. The strongest asset is Facebook, with a very high trust profile and ongoing audience interaction. LinkedIn Company listing is present and accurate, supporting reach to professional connections, while other platforms have gaps that reduce overall 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.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page through search alone, with no link from your own website and nothing on your Google listing.
  • 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 4 of them.
5.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookrnbbuildersR&B Build Christchurch | Facebook✓
Builders Crack Tradier-and-b-buildersR&B Build Christchurch | Builders Crack Tradie
LinkedInrnbbuildR&B Build Christchurch | LinkedIn
ArchiPro Professionalr-and-b-buildR&B Build Christchurch | ArchiPro Professional
CheckMyBuilderr-and-b-build-limitedR&B Build Christchurch | CheckMyBuilder
InstagramrnbbuildFound through search, not linked from anything you own1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #127 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    People following your pageYours is one of the largest local followings in this market.
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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.

Top two 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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    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.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
8.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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6.1K followers ✓
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★ 3 reviews · recommended 2
🌐 randb.nz✓
☎ +64 21 227 77115
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your website

R&B Build Christchurch shows an overall on-page health score of 3.9 out of 10, indicating below average performance and room for improvement. Key findings include a valid favicon, good text-to-page size ratio and absence of render-blocking resources, alongside a present H1 tag and secure HTTPS content. Notable opportunities involve meta description absence, suboptimal title tag length, non-ideal URL structure, and frames usage.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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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 scoreThe basics on your home page are half in place: it opens and it reads, but enough checks still fail that a customer on a phone away from wifi notices the wait before they notice the business.
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    Page titleYour home page headline does not fit the space a search result gives it, so a searcher sees either a half-empty line or one that trails off before your name arrives.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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How people find you on Google

R&B Build Christchurch shows a very strong website traffic health, with high organic value and solid local visibility. The key takeaway is sustained organic performance, supported by top-10% local SERP coverage, and a strong organic traffic total. The main opportunities relate to initiating small paid campaigns and testing targeted keywords to begin paid visibility.

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.
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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 4 of them.
9.3Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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R&B Build ChristchurchNot in these results
✓About 1,025 visits a month from search, across 106 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #18 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

R&B Build Christchurch's opening hours show a generally strong match with weekday midday demand, especially around midweek lunch hours. The firm is closed for several high-demand weekend midday periods, which represent the clearest missed opportunities. There are no hours open during low-demand times, so inefficiency from over-long hours is not evident. Consider targeted weekend openings to capture search traffic.

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
Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page2 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#57of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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