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Websites for builders and construction companies
A website for builders shows work like the project a customer is planning and makes it easy to ask for a price. Some call it construction website design. We build websites for building and construction companies anywhere in the UK, and the site is yours once it’s paid for. “Loft conversion” alone is searched about 12,100 times a month across the UK, going by Google Keyword Planner.
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A building firm’s website we built
We built the website for Thomas Ford Construction, a building firm in Rugby, and we look after their SEO too. Thomas Ford takes on domestic, commercial, industrial and insurance work, so each has its own page. Civil and groundworks has one too. There’s a recent projects page, a page for each town they want more work from, such as Leamington Spa, Southam and Lutterworth, and an areas page that ties them together. Form enquiries are tracked, so they can see what comes in.
What goes on a construction website
Project pages built around the work you want more of
Extensions, loft conversions, garage conversions, renovations and new builds. Each one you want more of gets its own page with photos of that kind of work. The project you most want sits at the front of the site.
A projects page with your own photos
Before, during and after shots of your own builds, with a line on the job and the town. A finished extension next to the bare ground it started on tells people more than any stock photo ever will.
Domestic and commercial work in their own places
A homeowner and a business buy differently, so they each get their own section. How we plan that is on our page on SEO for builders and construction companies.
Town pages, only where the work is
A page for each town you want more work from, and only where there’s work worth having. We’ll tell you if a town isn’t worth one.
A quote form built for projects
Your number at the top of every page, and a short form that asks what they’re planning and where. Show the trade bodies and schemes you actually belong to next to it.
Answer the questions people ask before they call
Someone planning a build usually has questions before they want a price. Will I need planning permission? How long will it take? Who’ll actually be on site? A good construction website answers them on the project pages, in plain words. For planning, GOV.UK sends people to their local planning authority, so a link to theirs does more than a guess.
What you own
We write the words after a chat about your projects and towns, and you check every page. The site, the domain and the words are set up in your name, and the website is yours once it’s paid for, with no transfer fees. On a monthly plan, small edits are included, and we track taps on your call button and form enquiries from day one.
What affects the cost is how many projects and towns need their own page, and whether you want SEO alongside. We’ll put the cost in writing after your free website review. The full steps are on our page on web design for tradesmen.
Questions builders ask about websites
Do I need a page for every type of project?
Only for the projects you want more of. An extension and a loft conversion are searched for differently, by different people.
How many pages does a building firm’s website need?
One for each project and town you want more work from, plus a projects page, an about page and a contact page. We’ll suggest a list after your free website review.
Do I own the website?
Yes, once it's paid for. The domain is in your name and the words are yours. Leave the 12 month website and SEO term early and you can pay the balance to keep the website.
How much does a website for a builder cost?
An agency build costs £1,500 to £12,000 in UK price guides, and a freelancer build £500 to £4,000. Where yours falls depends on how many projects and towns need their own page. Here’s how much a website costs for a trade business in the UK.
How long does it take to build?
We aim to have your new site live within six weeks. That’s an aim, not a promise.
Will a new website bring in work on its own?
Not on its own. It’s the base. Your Google profile, your reviews and ongoing SEO do the rest. Here’s how marketing for builders and construction companies fits together.
Tell us who you are and where you work. We’ll look at your current site and tell you honestly what’s working and what isn’t. We reply within one business day.