Affordable web design - one-off price from £480
Affordable web design from £480. £0 monthly fees, ever.
A hand-coded site from £480, with £0 monthly hosting on most builds and the code handed to you at launch. Nothing to renew and nothing to cancel.
Five years, four options, side by side.
Cheap and inexpensive are different things. The gap shows up in year three.
| Measure | Hand-coded, once | Everything else |
|---|---|---|
| Upfront | £480 to £800 | Builder: £0. Agency: £3,000 to £15,000 |
| Monthly | Nothing | Builder: £15 to £50, forever |
| Five-year total | What you paid on day one | Builder: £900 to £3,000, and counting |
| Ownership | Source files, handed over | Access for as long as you keep paying |
| PageSpeed | 97-100, all vitals green | Slowed by template and app overhead |
| If you stop paying | Nothing happens | The site goes offline |
What £480 actually gets you.
The floor, not a stripped-back trial version.
A real custom build
Hand-written, not a theme with your logo dropped in. One main page plus up to four mini pages.
Mobile-first, properly
Built for the phone first, because that is where almost all of your traffic is.
Forms that work
Contact and enquiry forms landing straight in your inbox, with no third-party form service to pay for.
Base SEO setup
Clean markup, correct headings, meta and schema, so Google can read the site properly from day one.
£0/mo hosting
Deployed on a free tier. Your only ongoing cost is the domain, about £12 a year.
The code, at launch
Handed over so you can move host, change developer, or take it in-house whenever you like.
Case study · Barnes Estates
A credibility site for a founder-led portfolio, in one day.
Not a listings site. A private-office style showcase of a track record, with past deals positioned as evidence rather than inventory, and a private route in for co-investors.
Three tiers. Pick one.
All tiers →Signature
from £2,500
For large sites, migrations and premium brands, where the site carries the first impression.
What's included
- Everything in Standard, at any scale
- Migrations and large multi-page rebuilds
- Brand kit and logo design
- Advanced animation and booking integration
- Photography and art direction
- SEO action plan and keyword research
Standard
Most popular£800
For small businesses and restaurants. The usual choice, and the one most clients need.
What's included
- 5 to 15 pages, custom built
- Integrated CMS, update content without touching code
- RSVP, event and enquiry forms
- Dynamic menus and service lists
- Advanced SEO, plus 2 hrs Google Business Profile setup
- £0/mo hosting, and you own the code
Starter
£480
For portfolios and personal brands that need to exist properly on Google.
What's included
- One main page, plus up to 4 mini pages
- Mobile-first responsive design
- Contact and enquiry forms
- Base SEO setup
- £0/mo hosting, and you own the code
Already donate monthly to a charity I partner with? The Supporter Credit takes another 20% off any tier.
Pricing questions.
Anything not covered here, email me and I'll answer the same day.
Broadly, a one-off cost under £1,500 with no monthly platform fee. UK agency rates for a small business site run £3,000 to £15,000 plus £25 to £50 a month for a builder plan. Freelance hand-coded sites land in the £400 to £1,500 range with £0 monthly hosting, which is cheaper over five years and leaves you owning the code.
It is good if it is hand-coded, comes with full code ownership, has no monthly lock-in, and scores above 90 on PageSpeed. It is bad if it ships a builder template with the developer's branding on it and ties you to their hosting. Ask which one you are getting.
No account managers, no sales team, no office, no platform commission. One person doing the work, quoting the work, and nothing else in between.
Your domain, roughly £12 a year. Hosting is £0 a month on most builds. Nothing goes to me after launch.
No, but there is a scope. Starter is one main page plus up to four mini pages. If you need a CMS, bookings or 15 pages, that is the £800 tier, and I will tell you which one you need before you pay anything.
Tell me in the form and we'll work something out. Fixed price either way, agreed in writing before anything starts.
One price. Paid once. Yours forever.
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you which tier it is, what it costs, and how long it takes.
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