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Website design for builders

Websites for builders that win the big jobs, not just the small ones

An extension is a five-figure decision that a family researches for months. Your website is being compared against every other builder they shortlist — usually before you ever know they exist.

Free homepage rebuild in 48 hours · no deposit · no obligation

Why it matters

What costs builders work online

High-ticket work means high scrutiny

Nobody books a £40,000 extension from a Facebook page. Customers shortlist two or three builders and quietly eliminate the ones whose web presence feels like a risk.

Your best projects are invisible

The loft conversion you finished last month is your strongest sales tool, but it is sitting on your phone. Without structured project pages, every quote starts from zero trust.

Tyre-kicker enquiries burn your evenings

A bare “contact us” form invites vague messages. You spend hours quoting jobs that were never real.

Built for your trade

What a builder’s website needs

1

Project case galleries

Each significant project gets photos, scope and timeline — the evidence a serious customer is looking for when they compare shortlists.

2

Your process, explained

Quote, schedule of works, payment stages, sign-off. Explaining how you work marks you out from every builder who won’t put it in writing.

3

Insurance, guarantees and memberships

Public liability, structural guarantees, FMB or TrustMark if you hold them — stated clearly, because the customer’s biggest fear is the builder who disappears.

4

A quote form that qualifies

Project type, rough budget band, timescale, postcode. Serious enquiries answer happily; time-wasters filter themselves out.

Simple pricing, no setup fee

Plans from £49 a month plus VAT — build, hosting, SSL, backups and content updates all included. See the rebuilt homepage before you pay a penny.

Straight answers

Questions from builders

We’re booked months ahead. What’s the point of a website?

Full order books are exactly when to build the pipeline for the quieter season — and a strong website lets you be choosier, winning the well-funded jobs rather than whatever comes through. It also underwrites your quotes: customers accept higher prices from builders who look established.

Can you show our past projects properly?

Yes — project galleries are the heart of a builder’s site. Send us phone photos and a few lines per job; we turn them into structured project pages with scope, location and timeline.

Can the website reduce time-wasting enquiries?

Largely, yes. A quote form that asks project type, budget band and timescale filters out the vague enquiries before they reach your phone, and the ones that do arrive come pre-qualified.

How much does a website for a builder cost?

Plans start at £49 a month plus VAT with no setup fee — that includes the build, tailored desktop and mobile design, hosting, SSL, backups and ongoing content updates. Before you pay anything, we rebuild your homepage free so you can judge the work first.

Questions worth answering first

  • What a website costs

    The honest price ranges for a trade business website in 2026 — from £10 a month DIY to £5,000 agency builds — and the hidden costs each route doesn’t mention.

  • Checkatrade alternatives

    Directories, Google, your own site or word of mouth: the five routes to trade work that are not Checkatrade, what each costs, and which ones compound.

  • DIY builder vs professional

    Nobody tells you when a homemade website puts them off; they call the next number. The five ways it happens, and the three-question test for whether it is happening to you.

  • What a trade site needs

    The checklist we build every trade website against: seven essentials that win enquiries, the trust signals that decide jobs, and the clutter to leave out.

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