Websites for planned trades
Websites for planned trades. Built to win the quote.
Nobody hires a builder in a panic. They shortlist a few, look at the work, check the credentials and compare quotes. Your site has to win that comparison.
Free, no card details, and a reply from a person within one working day.
- You see a real design of your homepage before you pay anything
- Live in 7 days from when your payment or deposit lands
- Your Google Business Profile set up or tidied, free
A concept design for Ashdown Kitchens & Bathrooms, a kitchen and bathroom fitter we made up to show what a site in this sector could look like. Not a real client. See the live sites and all ten concepts
What your customers are looking for
They're comparing you with two others
Big jobs get thought about. The firm with clear photos, clear prices and a clear process is the one that gets asked round to survey.
They want to see real work near them
Before and after photos of your own local jobs, with the town and how long it took, say more than any paragraph about quality.
They're worried about cowboys
Most building trades aren't licensed in the UK, so people look for proof: scheme memberships with numbers, insurance, guarantees and written quotes.
What we put on the site
Every site starts from a checklist for planned trades, then changes to fit your business. This is the starting list, before we know the details.
- A 'Book a survey' or 'Get a quote' button on every page, with your number next to it
- Your own projects, with before and after photos, the town and how long each job took
- Memberships, insurance and guarantees, each one checkable
- Typical price ranges for each service, and what changes the price
- Your process step by step: survey, written quote, start date, payments, sign-off
- A quote form with up to eight short questions, so you know the job before you visit
What every page is for
Getting a survey or a quote booked. A phone call and a callback request come second.
What we won't write on your site
Unless you can back it up, it doesn't go on.
- 'Fully certified' or 'approved' without the scheme and number
- 'Fixed price' or 'no hidden costs' without real figures
- Photos of jobs you didn't do
- Years of experience you can't show
The five pages of a Starter site
This is what a £499 Starter site for planned trades is made of. Legal pages like privacy come on top and don't count towards the five.
- 1Home
What you do, where, your best projects and the quote button.
- 2Services
Each service with what's included, a typical cost range and the paperwork.
- 3Projects
Your local jobs with before and after photos.
- 4About and credentials
You, your team, memberships, insurance and guarantees.
- 5Get a quote
The form, your number and what happens next.
Which package usually fits
Four fixed prices, paid once. We'll tell you honestly which one suits you, and it's often not the biggest.
One page
Fine for a one-trade business, like a decorator or a cleaner, that wants to look real and take quote requests.
Starter
Services, projects, credentials and a proper quote page.
Complete
For firms with several big services. Each gets its own page, plus a full case study and a costs guide.
Bespoke
Worth it when the finished room is the product: kitchens, extensions, gardens. Think before and after sliders and a walk-through of a finished job.
No VAT to add. Starter is up to five pages and Complete is about ten. Bespoke is priced after a 15-minute call. Every price, in full
Who this covers
The same checklist works for all of these. If your business is close but not listed, it almost certainly fits here too.
- Builders
- Roofers
- Decorators
- Landscapers
- Kitchens and bathrooms
- Carpenters
- Cleaners
- Flooring
- Plasterers
Electricians who mainly do rewires and EV chargers fit here too. Websites for electricians
Your homepage design is free
We design your homepage first and send you a private link. If you like it, we build the rest. If you don't, you pay nothing and that's the end of it.
Once you've approved it, you pay in full or pay a deposit, and the site goes live within 7 days of that landing.
What you get
- Nothing to pay until you've seen your design
- Two rounds of changes to the design
- Hosting free for 12 months, then £15 a month
- A new domain in your name, £13 a year
- Your Google Business Profile set up or tidied, free
We build new websites on a new domain. We don't move existing websites, domains or email.
Questions planned trades ask
Can the quote form ask about the job before I visit?
Yes. Up to eight short questions: the type of job, rough size, postcode, timing, photos and the best time to call. Enough to know whether it's worth the drive.
I don't have many photos of finished jobs.
Start taking them now, on your phone, before and after. A few good local projects are enough to launch with. We won't fill the gaps with stock photos pretending to be your work.
Will I get a page for each town I work in?
On Complete, yes, but only for towns where you've got real projects to show. A page that just swaps the town name helps nobody.
Where your customers are
We're in Basildon and build for businesses across Essex and east London. These ten towns each have their own page.
Other sectors
Each one has its own checklist and its own concept design.
See a site built to win your next quote, free
A few quick questions and about two minutes. A real design of your homepage comes back within 48 hours.
Free, and there is no card field anywhere on the form.