Design & build studio

Websites that earn their keep.

We design and build small, fast websites for service businesses — the kind that load instantly, read clearly, and turn visitors into booked work.

A recent project by the studio
0.9sMedian load time
100Lighthouse a11y
3 wksTypical turnaround
1:1You work with the builder
What we do

Three things, done properly.

No sprawling service list. We do a narrow set of work and we do it to a standard.

Website design work

Website design

A site built around what your customers actually need to decide — not around a template's idea of a homepage.

Brand identity work

Brand basics

A mark, a type scale, and a colour system you can hand to anyone — consistent everywhere without a 90-page manual.

Ongoing care and hosting

Care & hosting

Updates, backups, and a person who answers. Cancel whenever — your site and domain stay yours.

All services and pricing →

How it goes

Four steps, three weeks.

You will know what is happening at every stage, and what we need from you.

Conversation

Half an hour on what the site has to achieve and who it is talking to.

Shape

Structure and copy first. We agree the words before anything gets designed.

Build

Design and build in the open. You see it on a real URL as it comes together.

Handover

You get the site, the domain, the code, and a short video showing how to edit it.

“We went from a brochure nobody read to a site that books three jobs a week. The handover was the part that surprised me — everything was in my name.”

Dana Ellery — Founder, Ridgeline Joinery

Tell us what you are building.

Send a couple of sentences about the business and what the site needs to do. We reply within a working day.