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The Villa Retreat

Beautician · Spreydon, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 570 Christchurch beauty businesses.

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Checked13 October 2026
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The Villa Retreat

Beautician · Spreydon, Christchurch

Where you stand#139of 570 beauty businesses
Overall health7.6/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

The Villa Retreat is a home-based beauty clinic in Spreydon, Christchurch, run by owner and lead aesthetician Leeanne Whiting. Established in 2002, it specialises in microneedling, scar revision, acne and stretch-mark treatments alongside facials, waxing, eyelash extensions and brow services, offering personalised care in a tranquil, salon-style setting.

The Villa Retreat is a home-based beauty clinic in Spreydon, Christchurch, run by owner and lead aesthetician Leeanne Whiting. Established in 2002, the clinic offers professional aesthetic and beauty services from a residential-style clinic at 136 Lincoln Road.

Services focus on skin and facial aesthetics, with Leeanne describing specialisations in professional microneedling, acne and stretch-mark work, scar revision and skin tightening. The Villa Retreat also provides a comprehensive range of beauty therapies including facials, waxing, eyelash extensions and lifting, brow tinting and lamination, plus spray tanning and related lash-supply services.

Clients commonly report a personalised, attentive experience with treatments delivered in a calm, well-furnished space. Reviews note consistent professionalism, friendly service and care that includes listening to clients and helping plan for skin health. Many customers describe the clinic as relaxing and suitable for both routine beauty maintenance and targeted skin concerns.

The Villa Retreat is positioned as a one-stop, specialist-led option for local clients seeking both advanced skin treatments and standard beauty services. Its long-running, home-based setup and emphasis on tailored care and a comfortable clinic environment are distinguishing local features for customers in Christchurch and the Spreydon neighbourhood.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

The Villa Retreat shows strong health on Google Business Listing with a score of 8.1 out of 10. Current strengths include verified ownership, a website link and a visible phone number, plus open-for-business status. The two key findings are a growing photo library and a solid listing description that already sits mid-range among peers.

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

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    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
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    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.
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    Category fitYour category set is one of the better-fitted in this market, so you are eligible for nearly every search happening around you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
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From the business

The Villa Retreat, established 2002, is a home-based beauty clinic. Leeanne Whiting - owner and main specialist - is a qualified aesthetician with over 20 years of experience. Leeanne specializes in professional microneedling, acne and stretch marks, scar revision, and skin tightening. The Villa Retreat also offers facials, waxing, eyelash extensions and lifting, brows tinting and lamination, making it a true one-stop hidden retreat for serious skin.

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Your reviews

The Villa Retreat shows a below‑average health score on Google reviews, at 3.6 out of 10, indicating room for improvement in engagement and overall review activity. The strongest recent signal is a top 10% star rating, reflecting high customer satisfaction. The next key finding is steady progress in total reviews, suggesting growing visibility among local shoppers.

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

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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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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
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    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
3.5Room to grow
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Google reviewsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #371 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

The Villa Retreat shows an average health score of 5.4 out of 10 for Google Maps visibility, indicating moderate performance with room to improve. Top findings include a solid borough presence that has risen from the lower end and ongoing visibility in broader city searches. Opportunities focus on boosting aggregate results and strengthening local suburb ranking.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
5.5Room to grow
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2Top three for "beautician" in 1 suburb, seen in 4
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Glowing Goddess Beauty & Cosmetic Brow Tattoo4.8 ★ (53) · Beautician
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Simply Beauty Barrington4.6 ★ (337) · Beautician
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The Villa Retreat15.0 ★ (11) · Beautician
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Beauty by Chloe Marie4.0 ★ (4) · Beautician
Map positionsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #255 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The Villa Retreat shows solid health with an above-average overall health score and strong social profiles. Key strengths are outstanding Facebook and Instagram presence, which support trust and reach. Current focus areas include improving listings on other local directories and regional platforms to broaden visibility and attract new clients while maintaining consistent branding.

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.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    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
    Fresha ProfileWe could not find an active Fresha Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
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TiktokNo account found1
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FreshaNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #221 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 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.
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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

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    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    What your page says about youThere is more in your intro than in half the pages here, so a visitor has a real sense of the business before they reach the photos.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.3Room to grow
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Facebook pageChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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Your website

The Villa Retreat shows a very high On-Page SEO health score of 9.0, indicating strong technical optimisation for the homepage. Key strengths include a valid favicon, a clear and relevant title tag, adequate page text, secure HTTPS content, and fast load times under 3 seconds. Attention should focus on slightly tweaking the title tag and meta description for perfect ranges.

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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    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.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from fewer separate sites than most profiles the size of yours.
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    On-page scoreMost checks on your home page pass, so someone clicking through from a search gets a page that opens quickly and says what it is.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

The Villa Retreat shows an above-average website traffic health with a 6.8/10. Key findings include mid-range organic traffic value and solid local rankings, while paid opportunities remain underutilised. Prioritising small, targeted paid campaigns and improving landing pages can begin to convert more traffic, alongside ongoing content and technical refinements to lift organic visibility.

Strengths

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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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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than half the businesses here, so the people arriving are browsing rather than buying.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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Google search and trafficChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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Your hours against demand

The Villa Retreat's opening hours show a reasonable fit with local demand but still leave some gaps. The clinic is open during multiple high-demand slots - notably Tuesday mornings, Wednesday mid-afternoon, Thursday late afternoon and Saturday early afternoon - yet it closes during several nearby popular times on Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons. No low-demand open hours were identified.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
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The Villa Retreat
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Hours 1
Monday9am-4pm
Tuesday9am-7pm
Wednesday9am-7pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday10am-4pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Saturday · Spreydon
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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#139of 570 Christchurch beauty businesses
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