What's the difference between web design and web development?

Design decides what the site looks like and how it's structured; development is the engineering that turns that into a working, fast, maintainable site. We do both, and they're done by people who talk to each other — which is usually why the built site matches the design.

How long does a website take to build?

Typically 3–6 weeks from a signed scope. Content is usually the critical path, not code — sites take longer when copy and images are still being written during the build.

Do you build on WordPress?

Sometimes, when a client's team is already fluent in it. More often we build with Next.js and a headless CMS, because it's faster, easier to secure and doesn't accumulate plugin debt. We'll recommend based on who has to maintain it, not on what we prefer.

Will we be able to edit the site ourselves?

Yes. Editable content is part of every build, along with a walkthrough at handover. Anything genuinely structural still needs a developer, and we'll be clear about where that line sits.

Do you handle hosting and domains?

We set them up in your name and hand over the credentials. You keep ownership of the domain and hosting account, so you're never locked into us to keep the site online.

WEB DEVELOPMENT

Web development services for sites that have a job to do.

Most business websites aren't badly designed. They're badly built: slow on a phone, impossible to edit without raising a ticket, and disconnected from every system the business actually runs on. We build the site as software — properly engineered, measurably fast, and connected to where your leads need to end up.

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3–6 WEEK TYPICAL BUILDPERFORMANCE & SEO BUILT INYOU OWN THE CODE

01 / SOUND FAMILIAR?

Signs your website is holding the business back.

Changing a paragraph means emailing a developer

If your team can't update their own content, the site goes stale — and the pages that would have brought in work never get written.

It's slow on a phone

Most of your visitors are on mobile data. A site that takes five seconds to become usable loses a good share of them before they see anything.

Enquiries land in an inbox and stop there

The form works, but nothing routes, assigns or follows up. Leads sit until somebody happens to check.

The one thing you need, the platform can't do

A quoting step, a booking flow, a customer login, a live stock feed — and the answer is always another plugin that half works.

02 / WHAT WE BUILD

What our web development service includes.

A custom front end, not a theme

Built from your content and your goals rather than bent around a template someone else's business shaped. Nothing loaded that isn't used.

A CMS your team can actually use

Editable pages, structured content types and previews — so marketing ships changes without a developer in the loop.

Performance as a requirement

We hold Core Web Vitals to a budget during the build instead of discovering the score after launch. Images, fonts and scripts all get treated as costs.

Technical SEO foundations

Clean URLs, server-rendered pages, metadata, canonical tags, structured data, sitemap and robots handled at build time — not bolted on by a plugin.

Lead capture wired to where you work

Forms and WhatsApp enquiries pushed straight into your CRM or inbox with the source attached, so you can tell which pages actually produce work.

Integrations and custom functionality

Quoting tools, booking, portals, payment providers, stock or pricing feeds — the parts a page builder can't reach.

RELEVANT WORK

Examples you can open

Demo websiteReal estate

Yonita Realty Group

A property developer's site with a page for each project — plans, location detail and an enquiry form — plus a separate landing page built for individual launches and ads.

Project listings with plans and location detail
Separate ad landing page per launch
Enquiry capture on every project

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Discuss a website like this

Demo websiteDermatology clinic

Misskin

A multi-location clinic site running to more than 60 pages — one for every treatment and every branch — with an appointment enquiry flow and content managed in Payload CMS.

A page per treatment and per branch
Appointment enquiry
Payload CMS for editing

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Discuss a website like this

Client websiteSolar installation

Aarve Solar

A live service website on the company's own domain. Each product range is explained in plain language, and a savings calculator gives a visitor a reason to book a site survey.

Product range pages
Savings calculator
Site-survey request form

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Discuss a website like this

03 / THE COMPARISON

Custom build vs a website builder

Custom build vs a website builder
	Custom build	Website builder
Page speed	Controlled by us	Whatever the platform ships
Editing content	CMS built for your content	Generic editor
Custom functionality	Built directly	Plugin, or not at all
Ongoing cost	Hosting only	Subscription per site
Moving away later	Standard code, portable	Usually a rebuild
Best when	The site has to do something	A brochure is genuinely enough

04 / WHAT YOU GET

What you get with a custom-built website.

A custom-built site on your own domain and hosting A CMS your team can edit without a developer Core Web Vitals held to a budget Technical SEO, sitemap and structured data Lead capture wired into your CRM or inbox Source code, accounts and documentation in your name

HOW WE WORK

Short discovery call, then a written scope and a fixed price before anything starts. You talk to the people writing the code, and the source stays in your name.

Tell us what your site needs to do

Not how it should look — what it has to achieve, and what your current site can't. We'll come back with an approach and a timeline.

05 / QUESTIONS

Web development questions, answered.

Related pages.

WEB DESIGN

Web development services for sites that have a job to do.

Signs your website is holding the business back.