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Zion Architecture

Architectural designer · Avonhead, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 252 Christchurch architects.

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Zion Architecture

Architectural designer · Avonhead, Christchurch

Where you stand#104of 252 architects
Overall health5.9/10across the eight areas

Going well

03Map positions9.604Listings and social8.401Google listing7.1

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.802Reviews5.507Google search and traffic4.508Opening hours1.806Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Zion Architecture is a Christchurch-based residential architectural practice in Avonhead serving Christchurch and greater Canterbury. They design new homes, alterations, townhouses and minor residential units, and handle consent documentation from concept through to building consent. Visits are by appointment only; they work across Christchurch, Selwyn, Waimakariri and Hurunui districts and are a Selwyn PPP Bronze Partner.

Zion Architecture is a Christchurch residential architectural design practice based in Avonhead that serves Christchurch City and the wider Canterbury region. The practice works across Christchurch, Selwyn, Waimakariri and Hurunui districts and handles projects from initial concept to building consent documentation.

They specialise in new homes, alterations, renovations, townhouses and minor dwellings including granny flats and small stand-alone units. Services cover architectural design and consent documentation, with a focus on practical, buildable solutions that meet council requirements and guide projects through the consent process.

Clients report positive experiences with timely, efficient work and clear council submission processes; one recent review notes fast, efficient progress even around busy holiday periods. Visits to the practice are by appointment only and the team manages submissions and documentation through to building consent approval, aiming to move projects through councils' requirements.

Locally, Zion Architecture combines a Christchurch location with a regional service footprint and a practical approach to residential design. The practice is a Bronze Partner in the Selwyn District Council Professional Partnership Programme, accepts work across Canterbury districts, and recommends booking appointments by phone or online before visiting.

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Your Google listing

Zion Architecture's Google Business Listing shows solid health with a 6.8/10 score, indicating above-average completeness and reliability for local customers. The profile already includes key contact details and an active listing status, and it presents a website link for further information. The listing is claimed, and the business hours are visible, helping customers decide when to visit or call.

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
    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.
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    Category fitYour category set covers less of this market than half the field, so there are jobs being searched for near you that your listing is not eligible to appear in.
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    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.
7.1Good
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From the business

Zion Architecture is a Christchurch-based residential architectural design practice and Christchurch architect serving Canterbury. We specialise in new homes, alterations, renovations, townhouses, and minor dwellings, including granny flats and small stand-alone dwellings. Our services cover architectural design and consent documentation from concept design through to building consent approval, with a focus on practical, buildable solutions that meet council requirements. We work across Christchurch, Selwyn, Waimakariri, and Hurunui districts. Zion Architecture Limited is a Bronze Partner in the Selwyn District Council Professional Partnership Programme (PPP). Visits are by appointment only. Please call or book online before coming.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Zion Architecture shows a mixed health signal on Google Business Reviews, with a mid-range health score of 5.3 out of 10. The top achievement is a stellar star rating placing the business in the top 10% for customer satisfaction. However, two key gaps are a zero response rate to reviews and a need for more total reviews to strengthen trust and visibility.

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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    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
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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.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
5.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Where you show up on the map

Zion Architecture shows a very high overall health score for Maps Search Performance, indicating strong visibility in Google Maps. The strongest findings are top ranking in multiple core local keywords such as architect in Avonhead, Burnside, Fendalton, Ilam, Wainoni, Wigram and other architectural designer terms, reflecting solid local demand. The opportunities focus on maintaining top quartile performance and pushing borough-level scores toward the top decile.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
9.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Zion Architecture15.0 ★ (1) · Architectural designer
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Where customers find you

Zion Architecture shows a high health score of 8.5, indicating strong social presence and directory trust. The most notable findings are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, and a complete LinkedIn Company listing, which support credible reach. Opportunities focus on expanding presence on TikTok, TikTok Directory, LinkedIn, GrabOne and Neighbourly to improve discoverability.

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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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/zion-architecture) 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
    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
    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.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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NZWAOzion-architecture-limitedZion Architecture | NZWAO
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
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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 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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    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.

Top three opportunities

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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.
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    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.
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    A street addressYour page publishes no street address, so someone deciding whether you are near enough to bother with has nothing to check and moves on to a page that tells them.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your website

Zion Architecture shows a below-average on-page SEO health score, with steady strengths in title tag relevance and fast load times. The fixed issues relate to meta description length, favicon presence, and text-to-page size balance, which offer targeted refinements to lift overall performance.

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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    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

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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links are piled onto a small number of sites for a profile this size, so they are doing less for you than the count suggests.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Separate sites linking to you
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3The shape of your link profile
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How people find you on Google

Zion Architecture's website traffic health scores mid-range, reflecting limited paid activity but decent organic presence. Key takeaways show organic traffic above the bottom 25% and room to grow paid visibility; top opportunities focus on starting paid campaigns with targeted landing pages and refining keyword strategy. Overall, continued focus on organic momentum and cautious paid testing can improve visibility.

Strengths

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

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 search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
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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.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
4.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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2About 7 visits a month from search, across 10 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Zion Architecture's published hours are narrowly aligned with peak local demand: all eight weekly open hours fall on Saturdays at 11am-3pm, matching high search activity. However the practice is closed during many other popular windows-notably Sunday late morning and early afternoon and Thursday lunchtime-producing 97 missed high-demand hours. No open hours fall in low-demand periods, so waste is minimal.

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.
1.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Hours 1
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Saturday9am-5pm
SundayClosed
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You are #207 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

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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