Web design
in Richmond.
A bespoke website for your Richmond business, built properly by the one person you deal with, start to finish.
Fixed price, a reply within 48 hours, and the site is yours to keep.
An independent web design studio in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. About the studio →
Proof
What building it properly is worth.
Same kind of business, built like software instead of stacked plugins. Before is the median of 10 real North Yorkshire trade sites, measured on a phone. After is this very site.
- 4.2s1.2sTime to first thing on screenhow long a visitor stares at nothing
- 2.9 MB542 KBData to loadwhat a phone downloads to open the page
- 7 scripts1 scriptOutside scriptsthird-party code that quietly slows a page
These aren’t numbers to brag about. On a phone, they decide whether the person searching for you waits for your page, or taps back to whoever loaded first, before they’ve seen a thing you make.
Services,
sized to fit.
Fixed scope · senior attention
Guide prices, where each job starts. Your fixed fee is sent by email after a free call, and that’s the price you pay: no meter, no surprise invoice.
Every build includes a month of care after launch. Ongoing hosting and care plans are optional, never a lock-in.
- Web design & build.Strategy through to ship. I design and build myself, so what you approve is what gets built, not something reinterpreted by whoever picks it up next. The site that lands is the one you signed off, with a month of ongoing care after launch.
- Strategy & sitemap workshop
- Bespoke design, yours to keep
- Hand-coded, fast, accessible build
- Brand identity.Marks, systems and the small details that turn a name into a reputation. Built to work in print, in code, on screen.
- Primary logo + variations
- Type & colour system
- A short, usable guidelines doc
- Custom web apps.When an off-the-shelf site won't do: logins, dashboards, databases, the machinery behind the front door. Built to the same standard as the pages you can see.
- Secure accounts & user roles
- A custom database & admin tools
- Booking, portal or workflow systems
Need something else? I also build starter sites, SEO audits, e-commerce and more, when the job calls for it.
See all servicesNo mystery to it. Five steps from the first call to a live site, and here's exactly what each one is.
- ListenNo obligationA conversation, a walk, the brief. One hour, no obligation.
- ShapeStrategy, voice, sitemap, first directions. Fewer options, better considered.
- MakeDesign + build in lockstep. Weekly reviews. Copy written where it lives.
- ShipClean handover, training, launch plan. Indexed, monitored, ready.
- TendCare includedA month of post-launch care included. Small fixes, first metrics, then a clean exit or an ongoing care plan.
Common questions.
Most of our customers see the work in person before buying, is a website really necessary?
It's usually what gets them to make the trip in the first place. A strong online presence turns browsing into a visit, rather than trying to replace the visit altogether.
How much does a project cost?
Each service shows a guide “from” price, so you can see roughly where things start before you get in touch: a website from £1,500, brand identity from £1,200, a web app from £5,000. Those are starting points, not a package price — where your project lands depends on how many pages, whether it needs logins or a shop, and how much of the writing and design is on me. The exact figure comes after the first call, once I know what the work involves. That call is free, with no obligation, and you'll get one fixed quote before anything starts, not a meter that runs.
How long does a project take?
Anywhere from one week for a starter site up to twelve for a full web app. You'll get an exact timeline before anything begins, not an estimate that slips.
Can I edit the site myself once it's live?
A web design & build project ships with a CMS: log in, change the words and images, no developer needed for day-to-day updates. A one-page starter site doesn't have one, because it doesn't need an admin panel to change a phone number. Send the change to me instead, and it's covered while your care month or care plan is running.
What if I need changes after launch?
Small tweaks are covered under a Care plan. Anything structural gets quoted first, so nothing shows up on an invoice you didn't see coming.
Question not covered? Ask me directly, no obligation.
Book a callWhy it matters here.
A maker or dealer whose entire value is the quality of what people are looking at, needing a site where the photography does the selling and nothing about the technology gets in the way.
Richmond wasn't built for commerce at any real scale, it was built to be defended, up a hill, wrapped around a castle, and every business in the centre operates within that constraint rather than around it. What survives here tends to reward being small and considered: antiques, fine art, bespoke craft.
The same stone that makes the town beautiful also blocks a mobile signal reliably enough that it's a known local problem, not a rumour. A business built on visual quality, furniture, interiors, art, is unusually dependent on its website actually loading properly, since the in-person experience already asks people to climb a hill to get there.
For a maker or dealer here, the website is often doing more selling than the shop window can, especially for buyers who'll never make the trip up the hill to see something in person. High-quality photography and a fast-loading site matter more in a place like this, not less, because for a lot of customers, the website is the whole experience.
Across North Yorkshire
and beyond.
Building something in Richmond?
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