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Valley Design Studio

Architectural designer · Heathcote Valley, 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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Valley Design Studio

Architectural designer · Heathcote Valley, Christchurch

Where you stand#207of 252 architects
Overall health1.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

03Map positions8.002Reviews7.1

Where we can help

05Facebook page3.404Listings and social3.301Google listing2.708Opening hours1.707Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Valley Design Studio is an architectural practice based in Heathcote Valley, Christchurch. The studio focuses on residential renovations and small-space solutions, including bathroom design, and works on projects where space is limited. Clients report practical, innovative concepts, clear communication and efficient delivery. Jodie leads the studio's design work.

Valley Design Studio is an architectural practice based in Heathcote Valley, Christchurch. The studio works on residential projects from concept to documentation, with an emphasis on renovations and adapting existing spaces to better suit client needs.

The practice specialises in renovations and small-space solutions, including bathroom design that makes the most of limited footprints. Services include design development and producing plans that aim to fit comfort and function into tight or awkward spaces.

Clients commonly report that the studio brings inventive and practical ideas to constrained sites, and that communication with the lead designer is straightforward. Reviews note a focus on quality output, efficient project delivery and design approaches that make compact rooms feel more usable.

Located in Heathcote Valley, Valley Design Studio is known locally for working successfully within small, limited spaces and for bathroom and renovation projects that needed careful spatial planning. Jodie is named in client feedback for hands-on involvement, which helps define the studio's local character and approach to residential architectural work.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Valley Design Studio shows a low overall health for its Google Business Listing, with room to improve critical details. The listing benefits from claimed status, a visible title, a phone number, a full address and a main image, but key gaps remain in online presence such as a website link and a clear description. Addressing these will help attract Christchurch 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.
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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
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google listingChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your reviews

Valley Design Studio shows an above-average overall health score for Google reviews, indicating solid performance with room to grow. The strongest outcome is a top 10% star rating, reflecting high customer satisfaction. A key concern is engagement, as no reviews have been responded to, which can affect trust and perceived responsiveness.

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.
  • 3
    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.
7.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #75 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Valley Design Studio shows strong overall health in Google Maps with a score of 8.4 out of 10, indicating solid local visibility. The borough-specific position is elite, in the top 10 percent, and indicates a competitive standing in Heathcote Valley. The main takeaway is sustained presence across key local searches, with top rankings for several architecture and design keywords.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbNo business in your suburb turns up in local Maps searches more often than you do - for a customer searching nearby, you are among the first names on the screen.

Top opportunity

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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.
8.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Valley Design Studio✓5.0 ★ (3) · Architectural designer
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Element Construction Limited5.0 ★ (7) · Architectural designer
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Site Architecture5.0 ★ (5) · Architectural designer
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Emma Wallace Architectural & Interior Design5.0 ★ (6) · Architectural designer
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #52 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Valley Design Studio shows a low overall health score for social presence, indicating limited visibility on key platforms. The most important findings are the lack of active profiles on Instagram and TikTok, and only a moderate trust score on Facebook. Addressing Instagram and TikTok could expand reach, while refining LinkedIn listings could improve trust with local clients.

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/gibbston-valley-design-studio-limited) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
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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.
  • 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 5 of them.
3.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook100094087773552Valley Design Studio | Facebook✓
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #170 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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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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    What your page says about youFew intros in this market run as full as yours, and it sits close to the limit that length has stopped being a lever.
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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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    Where your page link pointsNothing in your page details points at a website, so a visitor who has read your posts and wants prices, hours or a booking form has nowhere to go next but back to search - where your competitors are waiting.
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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.
  • 3
    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.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #166 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

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    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.
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    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.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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Your websiteNo website of your own1
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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
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Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #175 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Valley Design Studio currently has no recorded opening hours, so alignment with local demand cannot be demonstrated. Without published hours the studio is effectively closed to searches during many peak times when Christchurch clients look for architectural and renovation specialists. Adding clear weekday and weekend availability would reveal where opening hours match high-demand windows and reduce missed opportunities.

Strengths

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

Top opportunity

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    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
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Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #210 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#207of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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