# Thomas Beckford > Websites for local businesses in the UK, built and looked after by Thomas Beckford, a London software engineer with 10+ years' experience. From £399, fixed price, live in about a week, no deposit: you pay once you're happy. Free hosting. You deal with Thomas directly, not an agency. Thomas builds websites for tradespeople and local businesses (roofers, electricians, plumbers, cafés, salons, gardeners). He also rebuilds old websites for phones, keeping the web address and email. He writes the wording, sets the site up for Google, keeps it up to date and can run Google and Meta ads. He has built for brands like Five Iron Golf and runs his own software products, including SoyMenu (QR menus for 100+ restaurants since 2019). Pricing in short: website from £399 one-off, fixed price, paid once the client is happy; hosting free; domain at cost, registered in the client's name; optional care plan from £19 a month; optional Payload CMS editing panel, £150 one-off, so clients change their own words, photos and prices. Built with Astro for fast content sites, Next.js or TanStack Start with Postgres and Stripe when a site needs bookings, payments or logins, React Native for apps. ## Services - Website (From £399, one-off, fixed price: about £1 a day over a year. You pay once you're happy with it.): Design and all the wording; Mobile-first, fast, set up for Google; Call, WhatsApp and enquiry buttons; Free hosting, no monthly fee; Your domain, in your name. - Edit it yourself (+£150, one-off, your own editing panel, built with Payload CMS): Log in and change words, photos and prices; No monthly fee to make changes; I look after the design, the content is yours. - Care plan (From £19 a month, optional, cancel any time): Changes by message: prices, photos, services; Backups and security updates; Monthly check on speed and Google. - Ads (Monthly, plus your ad budget): Google Business profile set up and kept fresh; Google and Meta ads set up and managed; A plain-English report each month. - Animation (On quote, want people to stop scrolling and look?): Scroll effects and motion; Interactive and 3D bits; Still fast on a phone. - Rescue (On quote, built something with AI or no-code and it's stuck, buggy or insecure?): Security and code review; Fix the bugs, stabilise it; Rebuild or scale what needs it. ## FAQ - How long does it take? Usually about a week from your first message to a live site. You see it before it goes live. - I already have a website. Can you redo it? Yes. I rebuild it and move your web address across, so you keep your domain and email. - Do I need to write anything? No. Tell me about your business in your own words and I write it up. You approve everything before it goes live. - Who owns the website? You do. The domain is registered in your name, not mine. - Can I change the website myself? That's what the Edit it yourself add-on is for (£150, one-off). I set up Payload CMS, an editing panel for your site: you log in, change the words, photos and prices, and press publish. No code, no monthly fee. I look after the design and anything that needs a developer. - Do I pay for hosting? Hosting is on me: free, for as long as the site is with me. The only yearly cost is your domain: I buy it for you, in your name, and you pay me back what it costs, no markup. - I'm on Checkatrade. Do I still need a website? It helps. On Checkatrade you sit in a list next to your competitors, and the profile isn't yours. Your own site is just you, under your name, and it's the place to send people from your van, your cards and Google. - Can you get me to the top of Google? Nobody can honestly promise that. I build the site fast and set up properly for Google, and the Ads plan looks after your Google Business profile, which is what shows up when people nearby search for what you do. - Do I have to take the care plan or ads? No. They are optional. Plenty of clients just want the site. - Do you use AI? Yes. Claude Code, Codex and the like, for repetitive coding, like a builder uses a power drill. I decide what gets built, check every line and test it on real phones. I also build AI-powered features for clients: chatbots, automation, agentic tools. - What do you build it with? Whatever fits the job, not one tool for everything. A site that's mostly words and photos, like most trade sites, I build with Astro, so it loads fast even on one bar of signal. Bookings, payments or customer logins get Next.js or TanStack Start, a proper database like Postgres, and Stripe. Apps get React Native. No Wix or WordPress page builders. You don't need to know any of this: you get a fast site that can grow with you. - Where are you based? London. I work with businesses across the UK, and everything can be done remotely. - Are there ongoing costs? The website is a one-off price and hosting is free. The only yearly cost is your domain, at cost. The care plan (from £19 a month) and ads are optional, cancel any time. - What if I don't like it? You don't pay until you're happy with the site. No deposit upfront. ## Pages - [Services and prices](https://tebeck.dev/#services): what each plan includes - [Example sites](https://tebeck.dev/templates): full example websites for tradespeople, one look each, plus a live client site on the home page - [FAQ](https://tebeck.dev/#faq): ownership, hosting, editing it yourself, tech, AI, redoing an existing site - [Websites for electricians](https://tebeck.dev/websites-for-electricians): what the site includes for electricians - [Websites for plumbers](https://tebeck.dev/websites-for-plumbers): what the site includes for plumbers - [Websites for roofers](https://tebeck.dev/websites-for-roofers): what the site includes for roofers - [Website redesign](https://tebeck.dev/website-redesign): what the site includes for businesses with an old website - [CV](https://tebeck.dev/cv): experience, stack and how Thomas works with AI agents, for recruiters and tech leads ## Contact - [Email Thomas](mailto:tebeckford@gmail.com): tebeckford@gmail.com - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-beckford-07520775/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/thomasbeckford)