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Web design for trades.

Websites for builders, roofers, electricians, plumbers and landscapers who get their work from word of mouth and want the internet to pull its weight too. Built by one designer since 2001, priced in writing, and looked after so you never think about it.

Book a 20-min call What you get
1,200+
Sites built since 2001
£1.7k+
Fixed price, in writing
2–6
Weeks to launch
£37/mo
Cared for after launch
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The honest bit
Your best advert is the job you just finished.
2wks
Brief to live site for a
Soham roofing firm

Word of mouth built your business. A website keeps it growing.

Most trades get work through recommendation, and that will not change. What changes is what happens next: the person you were recommended to looks you up before they ring.

Here is how it goes. Someone at the school gate says "use my roofer, he was brilliant". The customer does not ring you there and then. They search your name that evening, and one of two things happens: they find a proper website with photos of your work, your areas, and an easy way to get a quote. Or they find nothing but a Facebook page, and the recommendation quietly loses half its power.

That was exactly the position of DB Flat Roofing in Soham: decades of experience on the tools, a solid Facebook page, and no website. I designed and built theirs, writing the copy alongside their own words, and it went from brief to live in about two weeks.

The other half of the job is being found by people who have no recommendation at all, the ones typing "roofer near me" or "electrician Ely" at nine in the evening. That is local search, and it is built into every site I make: a Google Business Profile set up properly, local schema, and pages for the areas you actually cover.

Why this works for trades
3
Reasons trades choose
Lord Knows

Built around how you actually work.

You are on the tools all day. The last thing you need is an agency that wants meetings, retainers and a project portal.

01

One person, straight answers.

You deal with me from the first call to years after launch. No account manager, no ticket system. A 20-minute call to start, short email check-ins you can answer from the van, and a straight answer the same day whenever you need one.

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02

Found for "[your trade] near me".

Local SEO is not an add-on, it is the point. Google Business Profile set up properly, local schema, area pages for the towns and villages you cover, and photo galleries of your work that load quickly on a phone on site.

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03

A price you can write in the diary.

From £1,700 for a proper trade website, fixed in writing before any work begins. Logos and brands from £700. Hosting and care from £37/month so it stays fast, safe and backed up. No retainers you can't leave.

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What you get
Everything a trade website has to do.
07
Things included
in every trade site

What's in the box.

A trade website has one job: turn "someone mentioned you" and "roofer near me" into your phone ringing. Everything here serves that.

01Your work, front and centrePhoto galleries of finished jobs that look right on a phone and load fast on site. Before-and-after where it suits the trade.
02Areas you coverPages for the towns and villages you actually work in, so you show up when someone in one of them searches.
03Google Business ProfileSet up properly and connected to the site: category, service areas, photos, and a review link you can text to happy customers.
04Quote requests that reach youA short form that asks the right questions (job, rough location, photos), lands in your inbox, and gets a same-day reply promise on the page.
05Words written for youYou know your trade; I'll do the writing. Your knowledge, put into plain English that sells the work without the waffle.
06Training & a one-page guideA 30-minute walk-through, then a one-page guide for the things you'll change: photos of new jobs, areas, prices.
07Care, so you never think about itHosting, backups, security and updates from £37/mo. When something needs changing before a busy season, you email me directly and it gets done.
“
Adam works hard to give you what you need at the price you can afford. He is honest and trustworthy. His work on SEO on our site has improved our enquiry rate.
Alan Marshall
Owner · Blue Line Sustainable Furniture
Made forthe tools.
Process
From first call to phone ringing.
2–6wks
Typical trade site
kick-off to going live

How it works around your day.

No meetings, no homework, no jargon. The same four steps as every project, run around a working day on the tools.

i.

Talk

20 minutes · free

A phone call about the business: the jobs you want more of, the areas you cover, what customers ask. Evenings-friendly.

ii.

Quote

Week 1

A written fixed price and timeline. Sign it or don't, no obligation. No hourly billing, ever.

iii.

Build

Weeks 2–5

I design and build while you work. You send photos of jobs when you can; I check in by email, short and to the point.

iv.

Launch & care

From launch

We go live, I show you the ropes in 30 minutes, and the care plan keeps it fast, safe and ranking while you're on the tools.

Common questions

Trade websites, plainly answered.

The questions tradespeople actually ask on the first call. If yours isn't here, send it over and I'll answer it straight.

Easier to talk than type?Book a 20-minute call for a time that suits, evenings included where I can.
How much does a website cost for a tradesperson?+
Most trade websites are brochure sites and land at the lower end of my £1,700 to £6,500 range: your work, your areas, a quote form and proper local SEO. You get a fixed price in writing after a free 20-minute call, and it does not change.
I get all my work from word of mouth and Facebook. Do I really need a website?+
You might not, and I will tell you honestly if I think that. But recommendations get checked: the person who was given your name looks you up before ringing. A Facebook page alone often is not enough to close that. DB Flat Roofing in Soham came to me in exactly that position, and their site was live about two weeks later.
Can you set up my Google Business Profile?+
Yes, and properly: right category, service areas, photos, opening hours, and a review link you can text to happy customers. It is part of the local SEO baked into every site, because for "[your trade] near me" searches the map results are where the phone calls come from.
How long does a trade website take to build?+
Typically 4 to 6 weeks, and simpler sites move faster: DB Flat Roofing went from brief to live in about two weeks. The honest variable is how quickly photos and answers come back, and I build around your working day rather than expecting you off the tools.
What do you need from me?+
Photos of your work (phone photos are fine to start), a list of the areas you cover, and 20 minutes on the phone. I write the words with you rather than handing you homework. If your logo needs sorting first, brands start at £700.
Get in touch

More of the jobs you want.

Twenty minutes on the phone, no obligation. Or send a message with a couple of photos of your work and I'll come back the same day, Monday to Friday.

Book a 20-min call Email me

One small ask. Have a think about which jobs you want more of before we talk. It changes what the website should say, and it makes the twenty minutes count.

Same-day reply · Mon–Fri

Tell me about your project.

A few lines is plenty — what the business does, what’s not working with the current site, and what good would look like.

Your details are used only to reply to this enquiry. Not added to a list, not passed on. Plain English.