A website your business can actually keep up to date.
Most small business websites are built once and then slowly go stale, because updating them means calling someone, or fighting a page builder, or both. Six months in, the photos are old, the services page is wrong, and the site is quietly working against you.
I build sites on Sanity, a modern content system, with the site itself written in code. You get a short, plain form for every kind of thing you publish: a project, a piece, a service, a post. Fill it in, add photos, press Publish. The page builds itself, in the design we agreed, and it looks the same on a phone as it does on a desk.
No plugins to update. No page builder to wrestle. Nothing to break when you add the next thing.
Built for how you add things
Before any design, we work out what you publish and how often. A furniture maker adds pieces. A contractor adds finished jobs. A law firm adds practice areas and people. Each of those becomes its own kind of entry with exactly the fields it needs, so adding one is a minute of your time, not an afternoon of mine.
- Every kind of thing you publish gets its own short form
- Galleries and listing pages build themselves from your entries
- Works from your phone, so you can post from the job site
Designed and built by one person
Ten years of design came before the code. The site is designed around your work and your customers, then built in code rather than assembled from a theme. You talk to the person building it, every time, and the person who designed it is the one who ships it.
- No templates, no page builders, no purchased theme
- Your brand carried through properly: type, color, photography
- Reviewed on a real phone before it goes live
Fast, and findable
Pages are generated ahead of time and served from a global network, so they load fast everywhere, which search engines reward. Every page carries proper titles, descriptions, canonical links and structured data, the sitemap updates itself when you publish, and the site is set up with Google Search Console so you can see what people searched to find you.
- Search engine basics done right on every page, automatically
- Structured data so search and AI assistants understand what you do
- Built to score well on Core Web Vitals without add-ons
You own it
The content lives in your own Sanity account. The code lives in a repository you have access to. If we ever part ways, you keep both and any developer can pick it up. I can host and look after the site on a monthly plan, or hand it to you with a walkthrough and documentation.
- Your content, your account, your code
- Hosting and care available monthly, cancel any time
- A recorded walkthrough so you know how to use it
Ready for what comes next
The same foundation takes online ordering, booking, client logins and automation when you want them, because it was built in code from the start. Several clients started with a site and later added the systems that now run their business.
- Selling online, booking, forms that go where they should
- Client portals and dashboards on the same foundation
- Automation when the manual work shows up
Questions people ask
What is Sanity, and why not WordPress?
Sanity is a content system: it stores what you publish and gives you a clean editor for it, and the site itself is built separately in code. WordPress bundles the editor, the theme and dozens of plugins into one thing that needs constant updating and breaks in surprising ways. If you already have a WordPress site that works for you, I will say so. The move makes sense when updating has become a chore or the site needs to do more.
Can I update it myself?
Yes, that is the point. Each kind of thing you publish has a short form. You fill it in, add photos and press Publish. I record a walkthrough for you at handover, and most people never need to call.
How long does it take?
A straightforward site is usually live within three to four weeks of having your photos and content in hand. The clock starts when the material arrives, which is why I ask for it first.
What about my current content and my domain?
Both come with you. I move the content over, keep your domain, and set up redirects from your old addresses so nothing you have shared or that Google has indexed goes dead.
Who hosts it, and what does that cost?
Either of us. I can host it and keep it running on a monthly care plan, with updates and small changes included, or set it up on your own accounts and hand it over. We decide that together before anything is built.
Can it sell things or take bookings?
Yes. Online ordering, booking and client logins all run on the same foundation and can be added when you are ready rather than built in before you need them.
Tell me what you make.
Send a link to your current site, or just describe the business. You will hear back within a day with an honest read on whether a new site is worth it, and what it would involve.