How a website build works — and what it actually costs

One plan: £50 a month, all in. That covers designing and building your site, hosting it, keeping it secure and making changes when you need them. There's no deposit and no setup fee. It runs for 24 monthly payments; make all 24 and the website is yours. If you need something bigger — an online shop, a booking system, a members area — that is quoted separately.

£50 a month, all in. That's the build plus Starter hosting, updates, business email, backups, security and support for the 24 months of the plan. Once all 24 payments are made the website is yours and £20/month care is optional. Hosting on its own starts at £20/month, and Business Growth is £75/month if you want active monthly improvement.

Yes, on suitable builds. Before we start, we agree exactly which sections you can edit yourself — prices and services, menus, photo and project galleries, opening hours and holiday closures, special offers, news posts, service areas, contact details. Photo galleries are already live for a real client (KAP Joinery), and the same approach covers the rest. You edit the approved content; the layout, branding and mobile design can't be broken, and your changes publish straight to your live site without slowing it down. Prefer to just email your changes instead? Small changes stay included in your monthly care — the panel is simply there for owners who like to do it themselves.

Only if you want to update the agreed sections yourself. There's no separate charge and it won't slow your site down — but plenty of owners would rather just send changes over. If that's you, email them across and we'll make them as part of your monthly care; the panel is for owners who prefer self-service. Bigger jobs — building whole new pages yourself, several staff editing everything, running a full online shop, or managing orders, customer records or bookings — are a different kind of project and quoted separately.

Most sites are live in about a week once we have your content. Bigger builds are quoted with their own timeline.

You'll need to provide your business description, website examples you like, logo and brand assets, content for pages (text and images), and any specific functionality requirements. We can help with domain name selection if needed.