Websites for local business
The website your business deserves, without the agency price tag.
Affordable websites for small businesses across Shropshire and Cheshire — custom-built, properly hosted and kept up to date for you. One clear build fee, one small monthly cost, and a real person who answers the phone when something needs changing.
- Live in 2–3 weeks
- From £495 + £25/mo
- Edits quoted, never guessed
What you get
Build, host, edit — the whole thing, handled.
Most small businesses don't want a website project. They want a website that exists, works and stays current. That's the three-part package.
BuildA custom site designed around your business — not a template with your logo dropped in.
- Discovery call to understand your trade, customers and goals
- Custom design, built mobile-first from the ground up
- Copywriting help so the words actually sell your service
HostFast, secure hosting handled entirely by me. You never touch a control panel.
- Global CDN hosting — pages load in under a second
- SSL certificate, renewed automatically, forever
- Domain setup and management (or bring your own)
EditPrices changed? New photos? Email me, I quote the exact job, and it's live once you approve it.
- Every change quoted upfront — you approve the figure before I start
- Text, images, prices, opening hours, staff changes
- Small edits from £25; larger work priced the same transparent way
Why Sandpaper
Agency quality. Sole-trader overheads.
Big agencies charge thousands and put a junior on your account. DIY builders leave you doing the work. This sits in the gap between them.
You deal with me, directly
No account managers, no ticket queues, no being passed between departments. One person builds your site and one person looks after it.
Pricing you can actually plan around
A fixed build fee and a small monthly cost. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices, no charges for changing a phone number.
Built for you, not from a template
Your site is designed around your trade, your customers and the way you actually get work — not a stock theme with your logo dropped in.
Edits priced before they happen
Prices changed? Closed for a bank holiday? Email me, I quote the exact job, and it goes live once you say yes. No open-ended retainer, no surprise invoice.
Findable by local customers
Proper page titles, structured data and Google Business Profile setup, so when someone searches your trade and your town, you’re there.
Nothing left for you to manage
Hosting, SSL, domain renewals, backups and updates all handled. You’ll never log into a control panel or get a certificate warning.
Who this is for
The businesses on your high street.
Cafés, trades, salons, garages, instructors — the ones people find by searching a trade and a town. That search is the whole job, and it is what every site I build is pointed at.
Straightforward pricing
Two packages. Three clear fees.
A one-off fee to build it, a small monthly to keep it running, and edits quoted only when you actually need them — approved by you before any work starts.
Starter
Sole traders and one-location businesses
A proper presence for sole traders and small teams who need to be found, look credible and get the phone ringing.
Initial feeOne-off, to build the site£495Monthly feeHosting and running the site£25/moEdit feeQuoted per request before any work beginsFrom £25- Up to 4 pages
- Mobile-first custom design
- Contact form and click-to-call
- Hosting, SSL and domain management
- Daily backups and uptime monitoring
- Google Business Profile setup
- Edits quoted and turned around in 2 working days
Pay and get startedNot ready to pay yet? Get in touch first.
- Most popular
Professional
Established businesses competing on local search
For established local businesses that need to win the search result, show their work and convert visitors into enquiries.
Initial feeOne-off, to build the site£995Monthly feeHosting and running the site£39/moEdit feePriority turnaround, quoted before any work beginsFrom £25- Up to 10 pages
- Everything in Starter
- Copywriting for every page
- Photo gallery or portfolio section
- Local SEO setup and structured data
- Reviews and testimonials section
- Booking or enquiry integration
- Priority same-working-day edits
Pay and get startedNot ready to pay yet? Get in touch first.
What you can count on
Six things I'll put in writing.
I'm early enough that I don't have a wall of client quotes yet, and I'd rather not invent any. So here's what I'll commit to instead — hold me to all of it.
A reply within one working day
Every enquiry comes to me directly. No ticket queue, no chasing, no wondering whether it arrived.
The price you were quoted
The build fee is fixed before work starts, and every edit is priced before I touch it. You get a number first — never an invoice after.
Edits quoted before they happen
Prices, hours, photos, staff changes. I price the exact job, you approve it, then it goes live — often the same day.
Your domain stays yours
The domain goes in your name from day one and I release it whenever you ask — no fee, no argument. Your words and photos are yours too. The site itself runs on my hosting, so moving it means having somewhere else to host it.
One person, start to finish
The person who builds your site is the person who answers the phone. Nothing gets lost in a handover.
No contract to sign
The monthly rolls. If it stops being worth it, you stop paying — there's nothing to get out of.
Ready for a website that pulls its weight?
Tell me about your business and I’ll come back with a straight answer on cost and timescale — usually within a working day. No pitch deck, no pressure.
Prefer email?contact@sandpapersites.co.uk