Websites for Chelmsford & Essex businesses
I build your site first. You decide after.
Most web designers ask you to pay for something you haven't seen. I do it the other way round. I build you a real, working website, put it online so you can open it on your phone, and only then ask whether you want it. If you don't, you owe me nothing and I take it down.
73 sites built for Essex businesses so far.
Selected builds
15 local businesses, no two sites the same
Real independent businesses in and around Chelmsford. Each one was built as a sample before I got in touch, which is the same thing I am offering to do for you. None of them are paying clients and none of them asked for it. Every site is live, so open them on your phone and judge the work directly.
Food · Butcher
A G Smith Butchers
A village butcher in Boreham trading since 1969, so the design leads with the years. The page runs as a timeline, with a drawn diagram of the cuts instead of a stock photo of meat.
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Hospitality · Micropub
The Ale House
A micropub under the railway arches on Viaduct Road. What is on tap changes constantly, so the board is the landing page and the arches are drawn rather than photographed.
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Studio · Tattoo
Dark Heart Studio
A tattoo and piercing studio on Watchouse Road. Laid out like a zine rather than a brochure, with a hand drawn flash sheet doing the work a gallery usually does.
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Trade · Plastering
Finesse Plastering
A father and son in Galleywood. The phone number and rating sit in a rail that never leaves the screen, and the period work is explained with drawn cornice profiles.
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Food · Bakery
Maura’s Bakery
A family Italian bakery on a market kiosk, so the whole site is one screen. What is on the counter today, and how to find the stall, with nothing else in the way.
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Food · Takeaway
Balti King
An Indian takeaway on Moulsham Street where nearly every order starts on a phone. The menu is the page, the half price Thursday and Sunday sits above it, and calling is one tap from anywhere on it.
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Hospitality · Pub
The Horse and Groom
A Galleywood pub with two bars and real fires. The page leads on the things people actually ring up to ask, the ales, the Sunday lunch, the garden and the parking, then hands them the phone number.
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Food · Chip shop
Mr Fish
A chip shop in Galleywood. Menu, opening times and a single call button, sized for someone stood outside on their phone deciding whether it is open.
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Food · Street food
Nola Bayou Kitchen
New Orleans street food out of a truck, so the site has to answer where it is this week. The Thursday spot and the pop ups sit at the top, with events and catering underneath.
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Beauty · Lashes
Lash Hut
A lash studio already taking bookings through Fresha, so the site does not try to replace it. A short classic, hybrid and Russian guide answers the question first, then hands over to the booking button.
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Beauty · Nails
Coco Nails
A nail salon tucked into Kings Head Walk, found mostly by people already in town. Built phone first, with a short shape guide so someone can work out what they want before they walk in.
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Pets · Grooming
Dogs Dog Grooming
A grooming salon on Warley Hill run by two groomers. Everything sits on one page, the grooming, the sizes they take and a text to book, because texting is how the bookings already arrive.
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Food · Cakes
Mummy Julie Cakes
A home baker in Brentwood taking bespoke orders through messages. The work sells itself, so the gallery leads, followed by a flavour picker and a three step guide to ordering.
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Pets · Mobile groomer
Pupstar Grooming
A mobile groomer working around Brentwood, where the first question is always whether she comes to you. A coverage map answers it, and the rest of the page is one text to book.
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Food · Cafe
Rina's Cafe
A cafe on Cromar Way doing English breakfasts on one side and Indonesian home cooking on the other. The page is split the same way rather than blending the two into a single menu.
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The next build goes in this space, with your name on it and a link your customers can actually use.
Start yours →The process
Three steps, and you only pay at the last one
I build it
Using your real address, real hours and real services. No invented reviews, no made-up claims, nothing I can't back up. Where I can't get hold of your own photos first, the sample goes up with clean stock and I swap in yours the moment you send them.
You look at it
It goes online at a real web address. Open it, show your staff, send it to your family. Tell me what's wrong and I'll change it.
You decide
Want it? We point your own domain at it and it's yours. Don't want it? I take it down and that's genuinely the end of it.
Why you can trust this
The offer
You see the finished thing before money is mentioned.
Every other web designer in Essex asks for a deposit and a brief. I've already done the work by the time we first speak. That's not a sales tactic, it's just the only honest way I could think of to prove I can do the job.
If it's not right, you pay nothing and I delete it. No contract, no retainer, no three-month tie-in.
- Based in
- Chelmsford, Essex
- Also covers
- Brentwood, Billericay, Braintree, Witham, Maldon and Colchester
- Works with
- Local independent businesses
- Turnaround
- Usually a few days
- Tie-in
- None
- Speak to
- Calvin, directly
Cost
One price, told to you upfront
- Built around your real details, not a template with your name dropped in
- Works properly on a phone, which is where nearly all your customers will see it
- Your own domain pointed at it
- Set up so Google can list you with your address and opening hours
- Shows your photo and name when the link is shared on Facebook or WhatsApp
- Photos compressed so the page loads in about a second on mobile data
Add to your site
One off. Added at build time or any time after.
- £40 each
- £40
- £25
- £30
- £35
- £60
- from £150
Keep it working
Monthly. Cancel whenever you like, no notice period.
- £20 / mo
- £20 / mo
- £15 / mo
- £25 / mo
A chat assistant only goes on your site if someone is actually reading it. If a question needs a real answer it passes it to you rather than guessing.
Your build
Tick what you want and I'll price it exactly
Nothing is charged here and nothing is committed. It just tells me what to build, so the number I give you back is the real one.
Separate from the website
If you want the customer side handled too
Entirely optional, and nothing to do with the price of your site. Most people never take this.
- Every enquiry from the site lands in it automatically, nothing gets lost
- See who is waiting on a quote and who you have not followed up
- Full history for a customer when they ring back a year later
- Set up with your services and your way of working, not a blank template
- £55 / mo
Added items show up in your build further up the page.
Questions
The things people ask before they say yes
If yours isn't here, ring me and ask. You won't get a sales pitch back.
What's the catch?
There isn't one. I build the site, you look at it, and if you don't want it I take it down. I'm carrying the risk because showing you a finished website is a faster way to prove I can do the job than talking at you about it.
Do I actually own the site?
Yes. It sits on your own domain and the work is yours. If you ever want to move it elsewhere, or hand it to someone else to look after, I'll send you the files and I won't make it awkward.
Why is it only £150?
Because it's me doing the work, not an agency with an office, account managers and a sales team to pay for. A single page built properly doesn't take weeks, so I don't charge as though it does.
What if I want changes later?
The £20 a month plan keeps the site online and backed up, and covers a couple of small changes a month — new prices, different opening hours, a photo swapped over. Anything bigger is priced from the add-on list, and I tell you the number before I start.
I already have a website. Can you replace it?
Yes, and the same rule applies. I'll build the replacement first so you can put the two side by side and judge them with both in front of you. Nobody has to take my word that the new one is better.
How long does it take?
Usually a few days once I have your details. If you need it ready for a particular date, tell me and I'll say honestly whether I can hit it.
How do I actually pay you?
Bank transfer for the site itself. I send you my details once you've said you want it, and never before. The monthly extras run on Direct Debit, so you authorise it once and it collects itself — and you can cancel a Direct Debit straight through your own bank at any time, without having to come through me first.
Do I have to sign anything?
No contract, no retainer and no minimum term. The monthly extras can be cancelled whenever you like, with no notice period.
Get in touch
Tell me your business name. That's all I need to start.
I'll find the rest myself and send you a link. Anything extra you add below just gets the first version closer — but a name on its own is genuinely enough. If you never reply, you'll never hear from me again.