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Xteriorscapes

Landscape architect · Strowan, 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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Xteriorscapes

Landscape architect · Strowan, Christchurch

Where you stand#72of 252 architects
Overall health7.2/10across the eight areas

Going well

03Map positions8.804Listings and social7.407Google search and traffic7.002Reviews6.405Facebook page6.1

Where we can help

01Google listing5.808Opening hours4.406Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Xteriorscapes is a Christchurch-based landscape architecture practice in the Merivale/Strowan area. They design residential and commercial landscapes, working closely with clients to produce personalised plans and guiding projects from initial meeting to planting. The practice emphasises practical design expertise and hands-on support through design and construction phases.

Xteriorscapes is a Christchurch-based landscape architecture practice located in the Merivale/Strowan area. The studio designs both residential and commercial landscapes and aims to create personalised designs that complement each property.

Services include landscape design and guidance through construction, with an emphasis on balancing client needs and practical design expertise. The studio presents tailored solutions rather than a one-size-fits-all approach and supports clients from the initial meeting through to planting and project completion.

Customers commonly report positive experiences with responsive, helpful project support, including problem-solving on challenging sites and ongoing assistance during the building process. Reviews highlight individual team members for their involvement in answering questions and resolving issues as projects progressed.

Located on Papanui Road, Xteriorscapes is positioned to serve Christchurch clients seeking tailored landscape architecture and hands-on project guidance. The practice distinguishes itself locally by combining personalised design, practical construction support, and active client collaboration.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Xteriorscapes shows a solid health level with clear contact access and verified status, but the overall completeness could improve. The listing includes a website link, a title, a claimed status, a visible open/closed indicator, and a phone number, which supports customer reach. A stronger description would help explain services and value to potential clients.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
  • ✓
    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 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.
  • 2
    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (2)
Landscape architect · Strowan2
Open 5 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Xteriorscapes shows an above-average overall Google review health score of 6.3/10, indicating solid performance with room to grow. The business already maintains a top-quartile star rating, reflecting high customer satisfaction. A key area to improve is responding to reviews, which can build trust and demonstrate attentiveness to clients and customers.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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 countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
6.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #92 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Xteriorscapes shows very strong Google Maps health with a score of 8.7 out of 10, indicating high visibility and solid online position. The top opportunities focus on maintaining aggregate visibility and strengthening borough presence, with current results already at or above median levels.

Strengths

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

Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
8.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2Top three for "landscape architect" in 9 suburbs, seen in 59
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Xteriorscapes15.0 ★ (2) · Landscape architect
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Good Nature Gardens, Christchurch5.0 ★ (49) · Landscape architect
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STUDIO WREN landscape design5.0 ★ (3) · Landscape architect
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Emerald Landscapes Limited5.0 ★ (4) · Landscape architect
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #30 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Citations and social presence health is very high, with strong Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yellow Directory listings supporting trust. The top opportunities focus on expanding presence in TikTok, LinkedIn Company, TikTok Directory, GrabOne, and Neighbourly to broaden reach while maintaining strong existing profiles.

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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    Yellow ProfileWe can see your Yellow Profile listing (https://yellow.co.nz/y/xteriorscapes-limited-579508959) 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
    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    LinkedIn CompanyWe could not find an active LinkedIn Company 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.
7.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookXteriorscapes-Landscape-Architects-682042408532175Xteriorscapes | Facebook✓
InstagramxteriorscapesXteriorscapes | Instagram✓
Yellowxteriorscapes-limited-579508959Xteriorscapes | Yellow✓
LinkedInhayden-stark-9aba46aaXteriorscapes | LinkedIn3
TiktokNo account found1
NeighbourlyNo listing found2
LinkedInNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #66 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

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    What your page says about youYour intro runs to a line, shorter than most pages here, so it names the business without settling whether you do the particular job the reader came about or cover the suburb they live in.
  • 3
    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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☎ +64 3-421 8460✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #100 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Xteriorscapes shows a below-average on-page SEO health score with several strengths and notable gaps. The site already has a valid favicon, a page fast to load, and relevant title and meta description, but the meta description is missing, and title tag length needs adjustment. Overall health score signals room for improvement but base elements are in place.

Strengths

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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.
  • ✓
    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.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Page titleThe headline on your home page is either a single word or long enough that a search result cuts it off part way through.
  • 3
    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.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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2Page title
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How people find you on Google

Xteriorscapes shows a fair overall health for Website Traffic, with a score of 6.3 out of 10, indicating above-average performance in traffic and keywords. The top opportunities focus on starting paid traffic activities, refining ad spend, and sustaining organic momentum through fresh content and keyword monitoring.

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 ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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XteriorscapesNot in these results
About 142 visits a month from search, across 25 searches
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You are #76 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Xteriorscapes' opening hours align well with weekday lunchtime searches, notably Tuesday 12pm, Wednesday 11-12pm and Thursday 12-1pm, which are open during local peak demand. The practice is closed during several high-demand weekend hours - especially Saturday midday and early afternoon and Sunday midday - representing clear missed opportunities. There are no low-demand open hours, so weekly hours are efficiently scheduled.

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.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours 1
Monday8am-5pm
Tuesday8am-5pm
Wednesday8am-5pm
Thursday8am-5pm
Friday8am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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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#72of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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