Right, before you ask. Yes, Lai is a real Cantonese surname. My dad's side of the family is from Hong Kong. So while I can't promise you dim sum with every project kickoff, I can promise you a web designer whose name actually makes sense on this page. My dad would approve. My mum would ask why I'm not charging more.
I live in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester. It's about 6,000 miles from Kowloon and roughly 8 hours behind Hong Kong time. This sounds like a problem until you realise it's actually brilliant. You send me a brief before you leave the office. I wake up, make a brew, and get to work. By the time you're sitting down the next morning, the work's done. Your website gets built while you sleep. That's not a gimmick. That's just how time zones work when you stop overthinking it.
Hong Kong agencies charge a fortune. I charge £499 for a hand-coded website. No WordPress, no templates, no page builders. Just clean, fast, hand-written code that loads quickly and ranks well on Google. Fully managed from £30 a month with hosting, SSL, support and a business email forwarder included.
I've been doing this for over 20 years. I've managed IT operations across 170+ countries. I've worked with teams in every time zone you can name. The idea that web design needs to happen in the same city as the client was always nonsense, and the pandemic proved it.
I build websites from scratch. Hand-coded, fast, designed to rank on Google and work properly on every device. I also set up business email with Microsoft 365, provide remote IT support, build AI chatbots that handle enquiries on your website around the clock, and run SEO campaigns to help you get found.
Everything I do works remotely. Email, video call, screen share. I've never met most of my clients in person and they seem to prefer it that way. Less small talk, more actual work.
If you've found this page from Hong Kong and you're genuinely after a web designer who won't overcomplicate things or overcharge you, drop me a message. I keep things moving at pace.