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Tell Architecture

Architecture firm · Opawa, Christchurch

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Tell Architecture

Architecture firm · Opawa, Christchurch

Where you stand#206of 252 architects
Overall health1.8/10across 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.01ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.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.

Where we can help

03Map positions4.805Facebook page4.001Google listing3.604Listings and social3.602Reviews3.508Opening hours1.707Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Tell Architecture is an Opawa-based architecture firm in Christchurch that describes itself as designing buildings that tell stories and writing stories that Tell Architecture. The practice focuses on architectural design, emphasising narrative-led projects and thoughtful building design. Its work is located in the Opawa neighbourhood, serving clients seeking considered, site-responsive architecture in Christchurch.

Tell Architecture is an architectural practice based in Opawa, Christchurch. The firm presents itself with the tagline "Designing Buildings that Tell stories. Writing stories that Tell Architecture," signalling a focus on architectural design and storytelling rooted in place.

Services listed by the practice are architectural design and related professional work typical of architects. The available source material highlights the studio's emphasis on narrative in design rather than listing specific technical services, building types or project stages.

There is no review snapshot or client feedback included in the supplied sources, so specific statements about customer experience or recurring client themes are not available from the provided material.

Locally, Tell Architecture is identified by its Opawa location and by the studio's stated design approach that links storytelling and architecture. That combination of locality and a narrative-led description is what distinguishes the practice in the information supplied here.

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Your Google listing

Tell Architecture shows a low overall health score for its Google Business Listing at 2.7 out of 10, indicating there is substantial room for improvement in the profile. The most important findings are that the listing is claimed and has a website link and phone number, but gaps remain in description, photos, and a logo. Addressing these areas will help local customers find and trust the business.

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 is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
  • 2
    Photos on the listingYou have no photos on your listing, or close to none, so a customer scrolling past sees a blank where every other business shows their work.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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From the business

Designing Buildings that Tell stories. Writing stories that Tell Architecture.

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Your reviews

Tell Architecture shows a below-average health score on Google Reviews, with limited reviews and no responses yet. Key opportunities focus on boosting the rating, gathering feedback from satisfied clients, and engaging publicly with reviews to build trust. Encouraging positive feedback and addressing negative comments swiftly are essential steps.

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
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Where you show up on the map

Tell Architecture shows a mixed health score of 5.0 out of 10 for Google Maps visibility, indicating average performance. The most notable findings are strong positioning for top keywords in Opawa such as architectural designer in opawa (rank 2) and architecture firm in opawa (rank 5), with room to improve aggregate and borough presence.

Strengths

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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.
4.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Maguire and Harford Architects0.0 ★ (0) · Architecture firm
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Tell Architecture20.0 ★ (0) · Architecture firm
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Emma Wallace Architectural & Interior Design5.0 ★ (6) · Architecture firm
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Hunter Anderson Architecture5.0 ★ (2) · Architecture firm
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #131 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Tell Architecture shows an overall health score of 3.9 out of 10, indicating below-average visibility for social platforms and directories. The strongest current achievement is a very high-trust Facebook profile, with continued high-quality posts and consistent branding. A Yellow Directory listing also exists, but overall reach remains limited without active Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn presences.

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

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 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 can see the Yellow Profile listing (https://yellow.co.nz/y/banbury-architects-579408758) found via: Google search results, but nothing on it tells us it is yours - no matching phone number, no matching address, and the name does not line up.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
3.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #162 for listings and social
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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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    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
  • 3
    A phone numberNo phone number is published on your Facebook page, so someone who found you there and wants to ring has to go hunting elsewhere or send a message and wait.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #152 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Tell Architecture shows a low overall health score for on-page SEO, indicating room for improvement. The key strengths include HTTPS-secure resources, no frames, an SEO-friendly URL, a solid page size under 256KB, and a relevant title tag. The most important opportunities are adding a missing title tag and meta description, improving the H1 tag, favicon presence and boosting the overall on-page SEO score through meta tags and structure.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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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    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.
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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

  • 1
    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Page titleThere is no headline set on your home page, so the clickable blue line in a search result falls back to your domain name or a scrap of code.
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

Tell Architecture shows a low health score for Website Traffic, indicating limited organic and paid traffic. The top opportunities to improve focus on building organic value, local content and on-page SEO, plus starting small paid campaigns with proper tracking. Key takeaway is to aim for measurable traffic growth through targeted content and modest advertising.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
  • 2
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
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You are #175 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Tell Architecture has no published opening hours, so temporal alignment cannot be measured directly. Because hours are missing the listing effectively appears closed during high-demand windows, causing missed visibility when local clients search. Adding clear weekday hours that match typical daytime client search patterns will reduce missed opportunities and improve the very low 1.4/10 timing health score.

Strengths

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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
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Hours
No opening hours listed1
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You are #210 for opening hours
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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#206of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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