Bespoke websites for brands that want to look as good as their work.

Advice for owners planning a website

Short reads on what to prepare, what to publish and what a website should do for the business, written from years on the client’s side of the table.

Start with your question

Pick the stage you are at and the reads narrow to fit it.

Nia Amani's website on a laptop at a walnut table in the evening

How do coaches get clients from a website?

Referrals, LinkedIn posts and searches all end on your website. What a stranger checks there before writing to you, and why the first step can be a note.

6 minutes to read

Morrow & Vale on a laptop in a boardroom

What goes on a law firm’s practice area page?

Clients search for their problem before they search for a firm. What each practice area page needs, in the order a client reads it, from an eighteen-page law firm website.

6 minutes to read

Three LUX Studio pages pinned on a plaster wall

Which projects should an interior designer show?

A homeowner looking at finished rooms still can’t tell how you would plan theirs. Which projects to show, how many, and how to write each one up.

5 minutes to read

Northline Works portfolio project: people working at laptops in a bright warehouse space

Selling coworking space from your website

A freelancer wants the price of a desk, a team lead wants a room for eight. How a coworking website sells each of them, and what the tour form should ask.

6 minutes to read

A long candlelit dinner table set by the sea at sunset

Why do event enquiries go quiet?

A host writes “how much for decor for 200?” and goes quiet after your reply. What the page should answer first, what the form should ask, and what to send back.

6 minutes to read

NAVA Events, an event planning website I designed, on a laptop and a phone.

How to choose a web designer

The answers to a few plain questions, asked before you sign, show how a designer works and whether the finished site will be yours.

8 minutes to read

Northline Works, a coworking website I designed: memberships and rates a visitor can compare without writing first.

Canva, WordPress or HTML: which suits you?

The right platform depends on who will edit the site and what it has to do. How Canva, WordPress and static HTML compare on both, from a designer who builds on all three.

8 minutes to read

Morrow & Vale on a phone: each area of law has a page of its own, because people search for their problem.

AI builder or a designer: what do you get?

A builder hands you a website within minutes, and for some businesses that is the better choice. What each gives you, where the builder stops, and how to choose between them.

7 minutes to read

LUX Studio, a residential interiors website I designed: its services, on a laptop and a phone.

Is a bespoke website worth the investment?

Worth it when you have already invested in your brand and buyers compare you before they write. What bespoke includes, how it differs from a template or an AI builder, and when a template is enough.

7 minutes to read

Morrow & Vale, a law firm website I designed: a page for each area of law, on a laptop and a phone.

How much does a website cost in 2026?

The quotes you will find run from a monthly subscription to six figures. Where your website sits depends on a few decisions you make, and on what it costs to run once it is live.

7 minutes to read

The NAVA Events menu and place card at a candlelit table

Can a website be built in a day?

Yes, when the work that usually slows a website down is finished before the day starts. Here is that work, how the day runs, and who it suits.

5 minutes to read

Northline Works on a laptop at a long oak desk

What should your website do?

Enquiries, bookings, standing, being found. A page that tries to do all four does none of them well, so the job is the first decision to make.

5 minutes to read

Northline Works portfolio project: members talking in armchairs during office hours

Does your business need a one-page website?

A single page can carry a whole business, or be the lazy answer for a business that needed six ways in. A short question tells you which.

4 minutes to read

Northline Works: three plan posters under a concrete arch

Should you put prices on your website?

Your visitor has four tabs open and will not send four emails. When your rates belong on the page, and how to show them so better enquiries arrive.

4 minutes to read

LUX Studio portfolio project: a designer at a long desk of samples in the studio library

What to prepare before a website project

A website is built from what you hand over. Gather it before the build days are booked, and the dates you book are the dates you launch.

4 minutes to read

LUX Studio on a laptop on an oak table by the window

What does website maintenance cover?

Your website changes after launch even when nobody touches it. What a month of care includes, what sits outside it, and how to stop.

5 minutes to read

Planning a website of your own?

The brief takes about ten minutes, and it asks everything needed to plan and quote your launch.

Hi, I'm Alan.

I design bespoke websites for brands that want to look as good as their work. Read the quick answers below, or send me your budget and your project on WhatsApp.

Quick answers

A website planned and designed for your business only. First we agree who the site is for and what visitors should do. Then every page is designed around your own words, photos and brand. Nothing is copied from a ready-made theme.

A template is a finished design that waits for your content. Your text is cut to fit its boxes, your photos are cropped to its shapes, and other businesses use the same design. A bespoke website starts with your business, so each section fits what you sell and how you present it.

You have spent years and money on your name, your photos and your reputation. A bespoke website shows that same quality online, so new clients see the standard of your work before they contact you.

I take on a few projects at a time, so each website gets my full attention from the first plan to launch day.

People and businesses who have invested in their brand:

  • Coaches, consultants, speakers, therapists and influencers
  • Law firms, attorneys and advisers
  • Interior designers, architects and home stylists
  • Event planners, wedding planners and decorators
  • Coworking spaces, studios and venues
  • Photographers, artists, writers, schools, lodges and other service businesses

Here are five websites I designed and built, each for a different kind of business:

See all five websites

  • Landing page: from $500
  • One-page website: from $700
  • Five-page website: from $1,350
  • Larger websites: from $1,750
  • Website Care: from $129 a month

Your budget sets the scope. Your written quote confirms the price and dates before anything is booked.

Yes, including websites someone else built:

  • A redesign, or new versions of the pages that are not working
  • Website Care every month, from $129 a month
  • A paid website review: a written list of what to fix first
  • Copy polish from $175, or new copy written for you
  • An email signature, a Google Business Profile, analytics or an email signup

Send me the link and what you need, and I confirm the price before we start.

From $129 a month: updates with a backup first, a test message through your form, broken links fixed and a short note on what was done.

Content updates, security checks and a monthly analytics report can be added to your plan. You can stop with a month’s notice.

  • Email signature design: quoted
  • Google Business Profile setup: quoted
  • Analytics and search setup: $125
  • Email signup connection: $125
  • Blog foundation: $250
  • Extra section: $90, or a sixth page: $200
  • Copy polish: from $175, or original copywriting, quoted
  • Brand Starter Kit for your colours and fonts: from $350
  • Hosting and domain: quoted yearly

A landing page takes 24 to 48 hours. A one-page website takes 48 to 72 hours. A five-page website takes five booked working days. The time starts once your words, photos, brand files and payment are in.

Your final words, your chosen photos and your brand files, such as your logo, colours and fonts.

No brand yet? The Brand Starter Kit sets your website colours and fonts, from $350. Logo design is not included.

Yes. Your website is built on WordPress, HTML or Canva, whichever suits how you will run it, and it is set up in your name. At handover I show you how to make everyday changes yourself.

No. I work with brands worldwide, and every meeting is online, on WhatsApp, Zoom or Google Meet.

Send me your budget, your business and your launch date on WhatsApp, or send your brief here. I reply with your next step.

Start dates are limited, so the sooner you write, the more dates you can choose from.