A website for your building firm
Building trades came out worst of every trade we measured: 30% have no usable website, and more of them have a broken site than any other trade. That is not a criticism, it is an opportunity, because the customer choosing between three builders is looking all three up. That is what I build, for £240 to set up and £179 a month, everything included.
What a builder’s site needs that a generic one misses
Nobody spends twenty thousand pounds on a recommendation alone. They get the name, then they check whether you look like a business that will still be there in eight months. The site is where that check happens.
Finished work, shot properly
A builder is bought on the last job, not on the words. Photographs of completed work, ideally with a before shot, do more selling than any paragraph. Taken on a phone is fine. Stock images of somebody else's kitchen are not.
Insurance and certifications, stated
Public liability cover, any trade body membership, any certification scheme. A homeowner about to hand over their house keys wants to see that you are insured, and most builder websites simply do not say.
Honest timescales
The single most common complaint about builders is not price, it is being left. Saying plainly how far out you are booking, and what happens if a job overruns, separates you from everybody who avoids the subject.
What you actually take on
Extensions, loft conversions, full refurbishments, or just kitchens and bathrooms. Being specific loses you the wrong enquiries, which is the point. A builder's time is spent quoting jobs they were never going to take.
A site that is still there next year
12.3% of building firms have a website that has simply stopped working, the highest rate of any trade. Yours is hosted, backed up and checked as part of the monthly fee, so it does not quietly break the week a customer looks you up.
The Google listing set up properly
Most homeowners find a builder through Google Maps and reviews. Your Business Profile is part of the job, set up in your name with the right categories and a service area that names the places you really work.
Designs you can click through
There is no builder design in the gallery yet, so rather than show you somebody else's and call it yours, here is the full range. Every one is a complete site built for an invented business, not a real client.
One price, everything in it
£240 to set up, then £179 a month. One fixed monthly price, so the website is never another quote you have to chase. Three months minimum, then 30 days' notice.
The site
Finished projects, the work you take on, the areas you cover and a proper enquiry form. Designed for you, live within a week.
Hosting
Fast and secure on any device with version backups, because a broken site loses the job before the survey.
Google Maps
Your listing with project photos, service areas and the right building categories, registered to you.
Your numbers
How many people looked at your projects and asked for a quote, laid out simply each month.
Social profiles
Set up and matched, so the customer checking three builders finds a real, consistent firm.
Updates
Finished a loft conversion? Send the photos and it goes up as a new project.
Money back: not happy in the first two months? Every monthly payment comes back and you keep the site. The £240 setup is not refunded.
London based, working UK wide. Branding is £199 extra if you want it. Comparing? Website costs in London, us vs Wix or Checkatrade, or check your current site.
Things builders ask me
Do builders actually need a website?
More than most trades, because the amounts are larger and the trust threshold is higher. In our research, building and finishing trades had the worst web presence of any sector at 30% with nothing usable. That is a lot of firms a homeowner cannot check, and the one they can check has an advantage before you have said a word.
I get all my work by recommendation. Is that not enough?
It is a brilliant way to get work, and it is exactly why a site matters. A recommendation now gets checked before anyone rings. When your name gets passed on, the next thing that happens is a search, and what they find decides whether the call ever comes.
I do not have good photos of my work.
Most builders do not, and it is the single biggest fixable weakness. Phone photos are fine if there is enough light and the site is tidy. I will tell you exactly what to shoot on the next job, and if you have nothing at all we build round what you do have and add to it later.
What does a builder’s website cost?
£240 to set it up, then £179 a month. Website, hosting, your Google Business Profile, a dashboard showing who found you, socials set up, and any changes you want, forever. Three months minimum, then it rolls on.
Want to be the builder that checks out?
A quick call, nothing to prepare. Tell me what jobs you want and I will tell you honestly whether a site would win more of them.