You're up a ladder, under a boiler, halfway through a rewire. Someone calls. You can't answer. They hang up and call the next person on Google. That job is gone. It happens every day to plumbers, electricians, builders, roofers, mechanics, landscapers, cleaners. Good tradespeople losing work because they're busy doing the work.
I'm Laurence, and I build websites for trades and home service businesses. Not Wix templates. Not Checkatrade profiles. Proper hand-coded sites that load fast, rank on Google, and make it easy for customers to get in touch, even when you can't pick up the phone.
Someone with a leaking tap or a dodgy fuse board isn't browsing. They're searching "plumber near me" or "electrician in Bury" and picking from the first few results. If you don't show up, you don't exist. And if you do show up but your site looks like it was built in 2012, they'll scroll past.
Your website needs to answer three questions fast: what do you do, where do you cover, and how do they contact you. I build sites that put that information front and centre. Clear services, area coverage, a quote form or phone number that's impossible to miss. No filler, no stock photos of people in hard hats shaking hands.
This is where most trades businesses lose money and don't even realise it. Someone lands on your site at 8pm, wants a quote, but there's no-one to talk to. I build AI chatbots that sit on your website and handle those enquiries around the clock. Not a generic bot that says "leave a message". Something that knows your services, your pricing, your coverage area, and can have a proper conversation with a potential customer while you're on a job. From £199 setup, £20 a month.
I built the website and AI chatbot for MPF Energy, an EPC assessment business based in Bury. Matt and his team are on site all day doing assessments. They were missing enquiries because they couldn't get to the phone. Now the website and chatbot handle that. First paying customer came through the site within six hours of launch. You can read more in my portfolio.
A hand-coded website starts at £499 one-off. If you'd rather spread the cost, fully managed sites start from £30 a month, which includes hosting, SSL, support and updates. Nothing upfront on the monthly option.
I also set up business email on your own domain from £8 a month, and run local SEO campaigns to get you ranking in the "near me" searches that actually bring work in. £199 setup, £20 a month.
If you're a tradesperson losing jobs because your website isn't doing its job, let's sort that out.