Surface & Core Taking on new clients

Beautiful on the surface.Built right at the core.

Made-to-measure websites for small businesses. One price, paid once, from £395. Tell us what you need and we'll come back with a plan.

  • From £395, paid once
  • Live in 7 days
  • No monthly fees

See through
the surface.

Every site we build has two layers. Drag across this example to see the one your customers never have to think about.

The example is a cleaning company's homepage. On the surface it shows a headline, a short description, a photo, its Google rating, a quote button, a call button and a quote form. Underneath, each part has a job:

  • Menu: same on every page, works with one thumb.
  • Headline: your trade and town, the words people search for.
  • Page title and description: what Google shows in results.
  • Quote button: jumps to the form.
  • Click-to-call: rings you from a phone.
  • Photo: sized and compressed so the page loads fast.
  • Reviews: your real Google rating, on show.
  • Quote form: lands in your inbox with the details you need, behind the secure padlock.
Drag the orange handle, or use these buttons.

Example only: Brightside Cleaning is a made-up business.

Surface

What your customers see. Designed around your business, never a template.

  • Design made for you
  • Your colours and logo
  • Your real photos
  • Plain-English words
  • Built for phones first

Core

What makes it work. The parts you never have to think about.

  • Loads fast
  • Secure padlock
  • Google set-up
  • Quote form to your inbox
  • Hosting set up for you
  • Yours to keep

Selected work.

Concept homepages we designed to show what's possible for local trades. They're not client projects. Pick one to see it on screen, or open it full size to try it.

Concept homepage: Dog groomer, Romsey, the whole page from top to bottom

Dog groomer, Romsey

A groom card made out for your dog: type their name and the whole page talks about them.

Open full screen

Concept designs, made to show each owner what their site could be. Want one for your business? Tell us about your project, or read how each one was made.

From first look
to launch.

Four steps from your first message to a live site.

  1. 01

    Tell us about your project

    What you need, your budget and when you'd like it. We'll reply with honest advice and which package fits.

  2. 02

    A quick call

    What you like, what you don't, and what you want customers to do when they land on your site.

  3. 03

    You send your bits

    Logo, colours, photos, services and prices. A short form makes it easy.

  4. 04

    Build, approve, live

    Your rounds of changes are included, then it goes live, usually within 7 days. Once it's paid for, it's yours.

Simple prices.
Paid once.

No monthly fees, no contracts. Half to start, half before it goes live. Every package includes hosting set-up, the secure padlock, a privacy notice and your domain for the first year, in your name.

Essentials

£395

One-off

One clean page in your colours, with click-to-call and a quote form. You send the words, we tidy them up.

  • 1 round of changes
  • Live within 7 days
  • 14 days of fixes after launch
Choose Essentials

Professional Recommended

£895

One-off

Up to five pages designed around your business and brand, with the words written together with you, a photo gallery, your reviews and Google set-up.

  • 2 rounds of changes
  • Live within 7 days
  • 30 days of fixes after launch
Choose Professional

Showpiece

£2,495

One-off

Up to ten pages, fully bespoke, with custom illustration, scroll animation and interactive sections. Written for you, with a page for each town you cover and a simple logo.

  • 3 rounds of changes
  • Live within 21 days
  • 60 days of fixes after launch
Choose Showpiece

Founding offer: our first three clients get half price (Essentials £197, Professional £447, Showpiece £1,247) in return for an honest review and letting us show off their site. All prices are final: no VAT is added.

After launch, pay as you go. Small changes £40 an hour in 15-minute blocks. Extra page £95. Google Business Profile set-up £75.

Questions.

What are SEO and AEO?

SEO helps your business show up when people search on Google. AEO does the same for AI answers, like ChatGPT or Google's AI summaries. We can do either alongside your website or on their own, priced for your project.

Are there any monthly fees?

No. You pay once: half to start, half before it goes live. Hosting runs on a free plan, and after the first year you renew your domain yourself, which costs about £10 to £15 a year.

Do I own my website?

Yes. Once it's paid for, your domain, your content and the site files are all yours.

What do you need from me?

A few photos of your work, your services and prices, and the areas you cover. A short form walks you through it.

Can I change things later?

Yes. Small changes like new prices or photos are £40 an hour, in 15-minute blocks. An extra page is £95, and bigger jobs are quoted first.

Will I show up on Google?

We set your site up so Google can find it and link it to your Google Business Profile. Nobody can promise a top spot, but a proper site gives you a real chance.

Let's build
yours.

Tell us what you need, your budget and when you'd like it done. We'll reply with honest advice and a clear price. No hard sell, no chasing.

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