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Custom websites for North East businesses.

Built to generate leads.

Custom-coded sites that cost less than you expect. Fast to load, easy to find on Google, designed around the way your customers buy. No templates, no contracts, no jargon.

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  • 2-week lead time
  • 5.0 ★ on Google
  • Newcastle based

Custom proposal back by 3pm tomorrow.

Step 1 of 4
What kind of website project is this?

Pick the option that fits — we will shape the proposal around it.

Tell us about your business

A couple of sentences so we can size the work properly.

What's the website address at the moment?

We'll take a quick look before we reply.

What's driving the redesign?

A few lines on what needs to improve.

Where can we reach you?

So we can send the reply, no spam.

Trusted by local businesses

Recent builds

Custom-coded sites for North East businesses.

No templates. No page builders. Every site shaped around what its owner sells and how their customers actually buy.

ONDA Deli single-page website hero
Single-page showcase

ONDA Deli

Whitley Bay

A single-page showcase designed to drive footfall to a brand-new Newcastle deli. Fast, atmospheric, all on one scroll, built so the food does the talking.

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Your website is your hardest-working salesperson. It works 24/7, never calls in sick, and is the first impression most customers will ever get of your business. If it's slow, ugly, or hard to use, you're losing money.

Most agencies hand you a WordPress template with a logo swap and call it custom. We don't. Every site we build is custom-coded for speed, search engines, and conversions, designed around your business, not a drag-and-drop builder's limitations.

We build for businesses across Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham and Northumberland, plus remote teams across the UK.

What makes our sites different.

Template sites work for template businesses. If you want to stand out, you need something built for you.

Speed

Loads instantly

53% of visitors leave after 3 seconds. Our sites load in under one. That means more eyes on your business and more enquiries in your inbox.

Tyneside
0.8s
Squarespace
2.5s
WordPress
2.6s
3.2x faster than the average template site Tooltester 2024
Conversions

Turns visitors into customers

Pretty websites don't pay bills. Every element on the page earns its place: clear calls to action, trust signals, and frictionless contact forms.

4.8% Avg. conversion rate
72% Stay and browse
+240% More enquiries vs old site
"We went from 2 enquiries a week to 15." LeatherXpert
Custom features

Your business, not a template

We build whatever your business needs. No plugins, no workarounds, no "sorry, the platform can't do that."

Postcode lookups
Quote calculators
Booking systems
Ecommerce
Multi-location
Client portals
Custom features in action

The kind of thing a template can't do.

Actual custom features from real client sites. Each one built to suit that unique business.

Postcode lookup tool routing customers to the correct franchisee territory
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Postcode lookup that routes to the right franchisee

Customer enters a postcode, the Royal Mail API resolves it to a real address and the enquiry is routed to the franchisee that actually covers that territory. No misrouted leads, no manual triage.

Live on zerodrytime.com

Opening hours widget showing live "open now" status
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Live "open now" status and callback

A status pill flips between "open now" and "back at 9am tomorrow" so visitors know whether to call. Driven by the real opening hours, not a hardcoded label.

Live on ondadeli.co.uk

Interactive map of a client service area, showing covered postcodes
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Interactive service-area map

Customers see the exact area you cover before they enquire. Fewer "do you actually cover…?" emails landing in the inbox on a Sunday.

Live on davidsmithdecorator.co.uk

Goodyear Richmond step-by-step booking wizard, one question per screen
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Step-by-step CTA wizard, not a long form

Replaced a high-friction quote form with a guided wizard that asks one question per screen. Conversion rate up 500% versus the form it replaced.

Live on goodyearrichmond.com.au

Custom code vs templates

Here's what you're actually getting when you choose a properly built website.

WordPress / Templates
Slow pages that visitors leave before they load
Pages load in under a second, every time
Constant updates or your site gets hacked
Built secure by design, nothing to patch
Google can barely find you through the bloat
Built so Google can read every page clearly
Stuck with whatever the template lets you do
Every feature built around your business
Locked into a platform with awkward limits
You own everything, no strings attached

Brief to launch in weeks,
not months

No six-month timelines. No endless revisions. A straightforward process designed to get your site live quickly, without cutting corners.

Week 1

We talk

Your business, your audience, your goals. One conversation, not a 40-page questionnaire.

Week 2

You approve designs

Wireframes and visuals built around your brand. Nothing gets built until you say go.

Week 3-4

Your site goes live

Custom code, performance tuned, fully tested. Handed over with ongoing support included.

Frequently asked questions

The questions we get most before kicking off a website build.

How much does a custom website cost?

It depends on two things:

  • Size. Single page sites can usually be built for under £1,000, increasing in price based on complexity.
  • We can also build sites for free as part of on-going marketing support.

We can send a fixed-price proposal based on your needs, so there are no surprises.

How long does a custom website take to build?
Typical projects launch in 4 to 6 weeks from brief to live. Larger builds with custom integrations or content production can run 8 to 10 weeks. We give you a firm timeline upfront.
Do you only work with North East businesses?
We're based in Newcastle and most of our clients are across Tyneside, Wearside, Durham and Northumberland, but we build for businesses across the UK. Everything runs remotely with calls and a shared project board.
Do you migrate sites from WordPress?
Yes. We rebuild on Astro, preserve your existing URLs with proper 301 redirects, and migrate content with no loss of SEO equity when the old site is in reasonable shape.
Do I own the website after launch?
Yes, fully. You get the code, the domain stays with you, the CMS is yours, and there are no platform lock-ins or licence fees. If you ever want to move, you can take it anywhere.