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Southern Design

Landscape architect · New Brighton, 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
Your marketChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Southern Design

Landscape architect · New Brighton, Christchurch

Where you stand#246of 252 architects
Overall health0.2/10across the eight areas

What you have

01Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.01NameYour 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.01PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Where we can help

03Map positions5.102Reviews3.505Facebook page3.008Opening hours1.704Listings and social1.101Google listing0.307Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Southern Design is an architectural practice based in South New Brighton, Christchurch. The firm provides architectural services and design for clients across the city, working from a local base close to the coastline. Its location and focus on architecture make it a recognised local option for design-related projects in the eastern Christchurch suburb.

Southern Design is an architectural practice located in South New Brighton, Christchurch. The practice operates from its local base in the eastern suburbs and identifies as a local provider of architectural services to Christchurch clients.

Southern Design offers architectural services and design work consistent with its role as an architects practice. The firm describes its core activity as delivering architectural solutions and working with clients on design matters across building projects in the Christchurch area.

Information about customer experiences or review themes was not provided in the source material. Clients looking for details on project delivery, timelines and interactions will need to consult Southern Design directly or review customer feedback from other channels.

As an architects practice based in South New Brighton, Southern Design is distinguished locally by its Christchurch location and focus on architectural work. Its presence in the eastern suburb positions it as a nearby option for clients seeking architectural services in that part of the city.

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Your Google listing

Southern Design's Google Business Listing shows a very low health level overall, but there are clear strengths such as a listed phone number, a complete address and a main image. The main issue is the missing website link and limited description, which together hinder discovery and trust for potential clients.

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.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
  • 2
    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
0.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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0.0 ★★★★★ (0)
Landscape architect · New Brighton
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business
No description yet3
Google listingChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Southern Design shows a low overall Google review health score, with limited customer feedback and minimal owner engagement. The business would benefit from building credibility through more reviews and timely responses, while seeking positive experiences from satisfied clients to improve perceived trust and attract new customers.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
  • 3
    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
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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No reviews yetBe the first to review1
Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #163 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Southern Design shows a health score of 5.3 out of 10 for Google Maps presence, indicating average visibility. The top opportunities highlight improving aggregate Google Maps search results and strengthening borough performance, where current results already meet or exceed median levels in the local area. The best keywords show strong ranking in New Brighton for architecture and landscape work.

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 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 more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
5.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "architecture firm" in 1 suburb, seen in 1
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ADQ Architecture5.0 ★ (2) · Landscape architect
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Southern Design20.0 ★ (0) · Landscape architect
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Designshop Architectural Design0.0 ★ (0) · Landscape architect
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Chaplin Crooks Architects5.0 ★ (16) · Landscape architect
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #123 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Southern Design shows very low overall health in Citations & Social Presence, with limited social profiles and directory listings. The top opportunities focus on establishing active profiles on Instagram and Facebook, plus presence on TikTok and LinkedIn to improve visibility and trust with local clients.

Strengths

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    CheckMyBuilder CompanyWe can see your CheckMyBuilder Company listing (https://checkmybuilder.co.nz/southern-design-landscape-architecture-limited) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing.
  • 2
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
1.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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CheckMyBuildersouthern-design-landscape-architecture-limitedSouthern Design | CheckMyBuilder✓
FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
YellowNo listing found
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #225 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
3.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #176 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

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

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Domain HealthYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met.
  • 2
    Domain UniquenessWe could not find a domain registered to your business, which means there is no address of your own for a customer to go to and nothing for your Google listing to link to.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google Mapsgoogle.com › mapsSouthern Design - New Brighton, Christchurch
Your websiteNo website of your own1
Your websiteChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

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

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here.
0 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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No ads from you on any search
Southern DesignNot in these results
Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #175 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Southern Design currently has no published opening hours, so alignment with local demand cannot be measured precisely. The area-level model shows a low temporal health score (0.8/10). Because hours are missing, no specific hours of strong alignment or closed-peak missed opportunities can be identified. Adding accurate opening hours is the first practical step to reveal where hours match or miss high-demand periods.

Strengths

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

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
1.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours
No opening hours listed1
Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #210 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 page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#246of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
You are #246 overall
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