I’m David, and I work from Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey. I design, build and host websites for pubs, cafés, tradespeople, shops, salons and other small businesses anywhere in the UK.
Fig. 0A cyanotype, developing in water. Blueprints were made this way.
All five are live sites with real visitors. The Work page lists what runs behind each one.
thewhitehartnewhaw
A canalside pub at New Haw Lock. The site has pages for the food and drink menus, events, weekly offers and the garden.
annasthaifusion
A Thai takeaway in Farnborough with its own ordering system, a kitchen tablet and a driver page. Ordering opens once card payments are connected.
boomfm
An internet radio station. DJs, shows, jingles and news all run from one admin page.
redrobins
A Charlton fan site with accounts, live matchday chat and results that update by themselves.
deckchairfm
Easy listening radio from Tenerife. The music keeps playing as you move between pages.
I design the site, build it, host it and look after it once it’s live.
I design each site around what your business does and build it to work properly on a phone. Menus, galleries, enquiry forms and bookings go in where you need them.
Every site
Business and up
I set up and look after the servers, so when you email for help you get the person who built your site.
Every site is built to be found, with clear page titles, proper headings and a sitemap Google can read. On Business and Bespoke I also set up your Google Business Profile, so you can appear on Google Maps when people nearby search for what you do.
Hosting + Care adds monthly content edits, priority support and a yearly health check. It suits a business whose menu or opening hours change often.
Ordering, member accounts, card payments and staff screens are all things I’ve already built, on sites that are live now.
| What it does | Where to see it |
|---|---|
| Online ordering with a kitchen tablet and a driver page, opening soon | Anna’s Thai Fusion, takeaway (opens the live site) |
| Member accounts, profiles and private messages | Red Robins, fan site (opens the live site) |
| Fixtures, results and a league table that update by themselves | Red Robins, fan site (opens the live site) |
| A radio player that keeps playing between pages | Deckchair FM, radio station (opens the live site) |
| One admin page for shows, DJs, jingles and news | BoomFM, radio station (opens the live site) |
| Card payments and customer accounts | On a live marketplace I built and run |
Most sites are live within three weeks of the go-ahead.
We talk through what you need the site to do, by phone or email, whichever suits you.
Before I start, you get in writing what I’ll build and the fixed price. A 50% deposit books the work in.
I share a preview as the site takes shape, and you ask for changes before anything goes public. I only need an hour or two of your time.
You pay the balance when the site goes live, and your yearly hosting starts from that day.
Typical time from go-ahead to going live. Bespoke timings are set in the quote.
One-off prices for the design and build, then a yearly fee for hosting. Your domain name is charged at cost.
| Package | What’s included | Turnaround | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | A single-page site, mobile friendly, with a contact form and search-ready basics. | Live in about a week | £99one-offGet a quote for Starter |
| Business | Up to five pages, gallery and enquiry forms, copywriting help and Google Business Profile set-up. | Live in two to three weeks | £449one-offGet a quote for Business |
| Bespoke | Shops, bookings, custom features and unlimited pages. | Timing set in the quote | from £699one-offGet a quote for Bespoke |
| Plan | What’s included | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | UK hosting, HTTPS, daily backups, 99.9% uptime monitored and email support. | £200a yearAsk about Hosting |
| Hosting + Care | Everything in Hosting, plus monthly content edits, priority support and a yearly health check. | £350a yearAsk about Hosting + Care |
| Item | When | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Business package, 50% deposit | When you book | £224.50 |
| Business package, balance | When the site goes live | £224.50 |
| Hosting, first year | When the site goes live | £200.00 |
| First year | £649.00 |
After the first year, hosting is £200 a year, and there’s no VAT to add. A Starter site with Hosting comes to £299 in its first year.
I’m in Staines-upon-Thames and work with businesses anywhere in the UK, all by phone and email. I usually come back with a quote within a day or two.