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Rea Architecture

Architectural designer · Waimakariri 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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Rea Architecture

Architectural designer · Waimakariri District East, Christchurch

Where you stand#58of 252 architects
Overall health7.7/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social9.708Opening hours9.202Reviews8.101Google listing6.905Facebook page6.3

Where we can help

07Google search and traffic5.103Map positions1.106Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Rea Architecture is an architectural practice based in Swannanoa, Christchurch, focused on residential design. The studio aims to create homes through a strategic design process that responds to clients' lives and environments. It highlights personalised consultations and creative yet functional solutions, led by founder David Rea, for clients seeking distinctive, well-considered homes in the Christchurch region.

Rea Architecture is an architectural practice based in Swannanoa, Christchurch, that focuses on residential design. The studio describes its work as delivering impactful designs by understanding people and the spaces they inhabit, with an emphasis on translating each client's vision into the finished home.

The practice specialises in custom home design using a strategic process to develop each project. Services emphasise creative and considered architectural solutions, transforming existing plans or producing new designs that respond to site, lifestyle and client priorities. Contact details and enquiries are handled through direct consultation with lead designer David Rea.

Clients commonly report informative consultations and practical outcomes from working with Rea Architecture. Review themes note a helpful, communicative approach during briefing and design stages, creative problem solving that refines or reworks plans, and completed designs described as distinctive, functional and suitable for the intended site and use.

Locally, Rea Architecture is positioned as a small Christchurch-based studio offering tailored residential architecture. It is presented as a practice that aims to align client aspirations with considered design decisions, making it a choice for homeowners seeking personalised, site-responsive homes in the Christchurch and surrounding areas.

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Your Google listing

Rea Architecture shows a solid overall health score for its Google Business Listing, indicating a well-optimised presence that supports customer discovery. The most notable findings are that the listing already includes a website link and a phone number, and the listing is claimed and verified, with accurate open status. Opportunities focus on expanding the description and adding high-quality photos.

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 less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.9Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (6)
Architectural designer · Waimakariri District East3
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From the business

We recognise that every great design results from a combination of ideas and are inspired by the dynamism of each individual's experience of life. ​ Our aim is to make a difference with a strategic process to produce each client's home. ​ Your vision is our vision. We will create inspirational spaces for you to fully enjoy the environment in which you live.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Rea Architecture shows strong Google review health with a high overall health score and top tier star rating. The business benefits from a widely trusted rating and a solid review base, while engagement on replies is currently missing. Addressing review responses will boost perceived care and trust among clients.

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

  • 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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #48 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

A very low health score for Rea Architecture in Google Maps suggests limited visibility across city searches and in its suburb. The top findings show rankings for two keywords, with better performance for "architect in rangiora north west" and "building designer in waimairi beach." Opportunities include improving aggregate and suburb scores and ensuring the listing address matches the query spelling.

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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 suburbWe are not seeing you in Maps searches in your own suburb, which is the search a customer standing a street away actually makes.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
1.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #224 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Rea Architecture shows an overall health of 9.9 out of 10, indicating a very strong social and directory presence. The strongest findings are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles with very high trust, along with well-maintained LinkedIn profiles and Neighbourly presence. Opportunities lie in expanding listings on TikTok, GrabOne, Neighbourly, Yellow and related directories to broaden reach.

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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    Neighbourly ProfileWe can see your Neighbourly Profile listing (https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/business/rea-architecture) 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
    White Pages ListingWe could not find an active White Pages Listing 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.
9.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Instagramreaarchitecture_nzRea Architecture | Instagram✓
FacebookREAarchRea Architecture | Facebook✓
LinkedIndavid-rea-b31a34213Rea Architecture | LinkedIn
CheckMyBuilderrea-architecture-limitedRea Architecture | CheckMyBuilder
NZWAOrea-architecture-limitedRea Architecture | NZWAO
Neighbourlyrea-architectureRea Architecture | Neighbourly✓
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
White PagesNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #8 for listings and social
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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 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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    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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REA Architecture prides itself on working with each client to deliver a completely bespoke design3
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☎ +64 21 875 687✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #94 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Rea Architecture shows a very strong on-page SEO health score of 9.7 out of 10 for the homepage. The key strengths include an outstanding on-page SEO score, a meta description that is perfectly sized, and a valid favicon, all contributing to clear search results and trust for potential clients in Christchurch. The main opportunities focus on fine-tuning the title tag, increasing content length, improving text-to-page size ratio, and removing render-blocking resources.

Strengths

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    On-page scoreFew sites in this market clear these checks as completely as yours: fast to open, readable, and accurate about itself to Google and to the person who lands on it.
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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
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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.

Top three opportunities

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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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    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.
  • 3
    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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1Separate sites linking to you
3The shape of your link profile
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How people find you on Google

Rea Architecture shows an average overall health for Website Traffic, with some positive momentum in organic traffic but limited paid activity so far.

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 search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
  • 3
    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
What customers seeWhere you rank
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31No ads from you on any search
Rea ArchitectureNot in these results
2About 11 visits a month from search, across 16 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #124 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Rea Architecture's published hours show clear strengths around weekday lunchtime, with open windows on Tuesday 12pm, Wednesday 11-12pm and Thursday 12-1pm that match local demand. However, the practice is closed during strong weekend peaks-particularly Saturday 11am-2pm and Sunday 12pm-creating missed opportunities. There are no open hours during low-demand periods, so the main opportunity is shifting a small portion of hours into weekend midday windows.

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.
9.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Rea Architecture
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #22 for opening hours
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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#58of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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