No drag-and-drop builder lock-in. Every site is built from a blank file by one designer in Windsor and tuned for the way real people in Northern Colorado search, click, and buy.
No template or builder lock-in. That means the site loads faster, ranks better, and doesn't look like fourteen other small business sites in Loveland.
We start with how someone in Windsor actually searches for what you sell, then build the site around that. Pretty is the floor, not the ceiling.
You meet me, I design it, I write the code, I deploy it, and I answer the phone six months later when something's off. No handoffs.
If a piece of this list isn't built into the project from day one, the site is incomplete. There are no "premium" tiers for things that should just be there.
You see the number before we start, and that's the number on the invoice. If scope changes, we agree on it in writing first.
A single landing page for owners who need to look serious online and have one clear call to action.
The default for most Windsor businesses. Up to 5 pages with the integrations you actually need.
Bigger jobs. 10+ pages, multi-location, e-commerce, member portals, or anything outside the standard mold.
WordPress page builders, Wix, Squarespace, and Webflow all ship 5-10x the JavaScript and CSS your site actually needs. They lock you into their hosting, their plugins, and their pricing. They make Google's job harder. And they look it.
A custom-coded site is faster to load, cheaper to host, more durable, easier to optimize, and yours forever. The only thing it costs more of is the designer's time, which is what you're hiring me for anyway.
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<h1><span>Pickett Family Plumbing</span></h1>
<p>Family-owned. Windsor, CO.
Same-day service when we can.</p>
<a class="cta" href="/book">
Book a visit →
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<style>
.hero {
padding: 8vh 5vw;
background: var(--cream);
}
.cta {
background: var(--accent);
color: white;
}
</style>Local plumber, Windsor CO. Old site was a 2014 WordPress template. New site loads in under a second and ranks #1 for "plumber near me" within 8 weeks.
If your question isn't here, just text. I'd rather answer it directly than sell you on it through a form.
Ask a question →Two to four weeks for Starter and Standard packages, start to finish. Custom scopes vary. We agree on a timeline before kickoff and you get a weekly status. If I'm going to be late, I tell you the day I know, not the week of launch.
Yes. 100%. The source code, the design files, the domain, the hosting account, every login. No recurring license, no rental model, no platform that holds your site hostage if you stop paying.
Speed, ranking, durability, and look. Page-builder sites typically ship 5-10x more JavaScript than they need, tend to score poorly on Core Web Vitals, which affects user experience and can drag rankings down over time, and constrain the design to whatever the platform allows. A custom-coded site is faster, ranks better, and looks like nobody else's. The only thing it costs more of is my time.
Three options. (1) Free 30-day post-launch warranty for any bugs. (2) Light training so you can do small text/image edits yourself in a CMS we set up. (3) An optional monthly maintenance plan ($150-$400/mo) where I handle updates, monitoring, and small content changes.
I set it up and you own the account. Most clients land on Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, or Vercel, usually $0-20/mo. You're never stuck on my hosting and I don't mark up server costs.
Sure. Easiest way is to set up a 30-minute discovery call. I'll walk you through the work most relevant to your business instead of dumping a generic portfolio gallery on you.
The discovery call is 30 minutes, free, and there's no follow-up sales sequence. Worst case you walk away with a clear opinion on what your current site is costing you.