Bricks are easy. Mortar is what makes it a wall.
Proper websites, built to last.
We design and build WordPress sites the way a software team would, then host them and look after them. One fixed price to build, and an optional monthly plan to keep it standing.
How a build goes, one course at a time.
A starter site launches in about three weeks; a bespoke site usually takes 6 to 8. You can see every step before we start, so nothing about working with us is a surprise.
1
Day 1
Talk
We talk through your business and what the site needs to do. You get a fixed price and a plain-English plan.
You A few emails, or a quick call if you’d rather.
2
Week 1
Design
We design a look that's yours: type, colour and layouts. You approve it before we build anything.
You Feedback, your logo, photos and words.
3
Weeks 2–3
Build
We build it properly and test it as we go, on a private preview you can click round and edit.
You Check it, add your words, say yes.
4
Week 3
Launch
We switch it on, check everything twice and hand you the keys to edit it yourself.
You Tell people.
5
Monthly, if you want it
Care
We keep it safe, fast and up to date, and make small changes whenever you ask.
You Nothing, unless you want something.
Times shown are for a starter site with your words and photos ready. Every date is confirmed in your quote.
Four things you can hold us to.
Plenty of people can put up a WordPress site. Fewer will build it to last, design it from scratch, reply to you themselves and tell you the price first.
Built properly.
Your site sits on a solid, tested foundation, built the careful way rather than the quick way. Nobody makes changes straight on your live site. The section below shows exactly what that means.
A person, not a ticket.
You get one email address for everything: a change to a page, a question, a problem. Someone who knows your site replies, not a support queue.
Designed for you.
Every site gets its own design, made around your business. Your team edits it in the normal WordPress editor, with sections made to fit.
Priced before we start.
You get a fixed price before any work begins. We start from a foundation that’s already solid, so launch comes quickly. After launch, care is one predictable monthly plan, if you want it.
What your site stands on.
Customers only see the top course. Everything underneath, and the care that keeps it there, decides whether your site is still fast, safe and easy to change in five years' time.
Your website
What customers see
Your own design
Drawn for your business, not a bought template with your logo dropped in.
Works on every phone
Every page is laid out for small screens first, then large ones.
Quick to load
Nothing on the page that doesn't need to be there, so it opens fast.
Easy to edit
Your team edits it in the normal WordPress editor, with sections made to fit your design.
What holds it together
How we build it
Every change checked
Each change is tested before it goes live and written down, so it can be undone.
A spare copy of every update
We keep the last good version ready. If anything misbehaves, we put it back.
WordPress, set up carefully
The important settings are kept safely apart from the site, so nothing changes by accident.
No pile of add-ons
We don't bolt on add-ons from strangers. Fewer moving parts, fewer things to break.
What it stands on
How we run it
Our hosting
We run the server ourselves. You never get a bill from a company you've never heard of.
All the time
Security fixes
Watched and applied by us, tested first. Fewer add-ons means fewer holes.
As fixes come out
Backups
Taken on a schedule, and restored when you need them.
On a schedule
Monitoring
If the site goes down, we know about it before you do.
All the time
Kept standing, long after launch.
Once you're live, the care plan keeps all of the above running, plus small changes whenever you ask. You own your site either way: your content, your domain, your design.
Whenever you ask
Prices, set before you start.
You'll see sites advertised for £99. That's a bought template with your colours on it. Ours are designed for you, and we can look after them for good. Every build is quoted at a fixed price, and most sites fit one of these two.
Starter site
Our proven starter, made yours.
- DesignYour own design, built from our tested sections around your brand.
- PagesHome, about, services, contact, blog.
- Good forLocal businesses that need a credible site, quickly.
from £1,250 fixed price, paid once
Bespoke site
A design made from scratch.
- DesignYour own look, page layouts and editing made to fit.
- PagesWhatever the business needs.
- Good forBrands with a team that publishes often.
from £3,500 fixed price, paid once
Care plan
Add it to either build, or to a site you already have. Optional, and recommended.
- HostingRun by us, included.
- Looking after itEverything in What your site stands on.
- ChangesSmall tweaks are included. Anything bigger, we quote first.
- Already have a site?We can move it to us and look after it too.
£59 per month
We are not VAT registered, so there is no VAT to add. Builds are paid half to book and half at launch. Care has no minimum term: cancel with a month's notice.
Our work.
The quickest way to judge how we build is the site you're on. Client sites go up here as they launch, with what they do for the business.
This site.
Built exactly the way we'd build yours, so you can judge us on it.
- Its own designDrawn from scratch, no template.
- Quick on a weak signalLight pages that open fast, even on a patchy phone connection.
- Edited in plain WordPressEvery word here is changed in the normal WordPress editor.
- Looked after by usHosted and kept up to date by the people who built it.
Want yours here?
With your permission, your site goes up here when it launches, with what it's done for your business.
The bit between the bricks.
Anyone can stack up a website. Buy a theme, add a few plugins, switch it on. It looks fine on day one.
What decides whether it’s still standing in five years is the stuff between the bricks: how carefully it’s put together, who checks every change, where it’s hosted, and who looks after it once the builders have gone.
That's the part we care about most. So that's what we called ourselves.
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The bricks
Anyone can supply these.
- A theme
- A few plugins
- A domain
The mortar
What we actually do.
- Built carefully
- Checked
- Hosted
- Looked after
Questions, answered.
The things people usually ask before they send the form. If yours isn't here, put it in the form and we'll answer it.
Do I have to take the care plan?
No. You can host the site yourself or with someone else, and we'll hand everything over at launch. We recommend it, because it's how we keep your site fast, safe and up to date, but it's your choice.
Do you provide email?
No. We keep to websites and do them properly. Email works best with a dedicated provider such as Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, and we'll help you connect it to your domain.
Who owns the domain?
You do. You register it in your own name, and we'll help you choose it, set it up and connect it to your site.
Is there a contract for the care plan?
No minimum term. It's paid monthly, and you can cancel with a month's notice.
How do I pay for a build?
Half when you book, which holds your place in our diary. The other half when the site is ready, before it goes live.
What if I want to leave?
We hand everything over: your design, your content, your images and a full copy of the site, ready for whoever looks after it next. It's your site.
What if I need more pages, or a shop?
Tell us on the form. We'll work it out with you and it goes into your fixed price before we start. The same goes for anything you add later.
Can you move my existing site to you?
Yes. We look it over first. If it needs tidying up, such as old add-ons or a bought template, we'll tell you and quote for it before anything moves.
Can you help with words and photos?
Yes. If you don't have them ready, we can help write the copy and sort the photos. It's quoted up front, like everything else.
Request a quote.
Tell us a bit about the job. We'll come back with a fixed price and a plain-English plan. No sales patter.
- You send this form. It takes about two minutes.
- We reply within one working day, usually with a couple of questions.
- You get a fixed price and dates. Then you decide.