What happens if you miss day 7?

Full refund within 48 hours. The deadline is the product. If I miss it, you do not owe anything. No kill fee, no partial, no debate.

What is included in the £1,000?

Brief, bespoke design, Next.js build, QA, and launch on your domain. Domain and hosting costs are paid directly to the providers. No retainers, no upsells.

How many revisions do I get?

One round, same week. Built into the schedule. Scope changes that break the seven-day window roll into a second sprint at a fresh quote.

Who owns the code when it is done?

You do. Fully. The repository transfers to your GitHub, the Vercel project to your account, and the domain stays on your registrar. No lock-in.

What kind of sites is this not right for?

Multi-thousand-page catalogues, heavy e-commerce with bespoke checkout, or anything blocked by someone else's integration roadmap. Flagged on the discovery call — no obligation if it's not a fit.

How much does a website cost in the UK in 2026?

A UK small-business website costs £0 for DIY Squarespace or Wix, £1,000 to £3,000 for a bespoke flat-fee build from a solo studio or freelancer, £3,000 to £8,000 at a small design studio, and £8,000 to £25,000 at a mid-sized agency. 1 Week Sites charges £1,000 flat for a bespoke Next.js site delivered in seven days.

What is a bespoke website?

A bespoke website is designed from scratch for one business, hand-coded in a real framework rather than assembled from a template or drag-and-drop builder, and owned outright by the buyer. The design is original, the code is standard and portable, and there is no platform lock-in.

Should I choose Squarespace, Wix, or a bespoke website?

Choose Squarespace for design-led small businesses that want a polished site without a developer. Choose Wix for flexibility and extension-heavy sites on a budget. Choose a bespoke site when speed, distinctiveness, or code ownership matter commercially — the five-year total cost flips in favour of bespoke at around 40 months against a £25-per-month plan.

Where are you based and do you work remotely?

1 Week Sites is UK-based and remote-first. Clients across Great Britain work with me over email, a shared brief document, and one short call on Monday. No mandatory in-person meetings or workshop days.

How do I pay and is it safe to pay upfront?

Payment is by bank transfer or Stripe invoice, in full, before work starts. The refund guarantee is the safety mechanism — if the site is not live on day seven, 100% is refunded within 48 hours. No deposits, no milestone gating.

Do you offer ongoing support or retainers after launch?

No. No retainers, no monthly fees. The site is transferred to the client in full. Later changes can be booked as a second sprint at a fresh quote, or handed to any developer — the code is standard Next.js and React, documented for handover.

Do you provide copywriting and photography?

Copy polishing is included — clients provide the substance and I tighten the wording. Photography is not included. Clients bring real photos or commission them separately. Stock imagery is never used on a bespoke 1 Week Sites build.

Will my site pass Core Web Vitals and WCAG accessibility?

Yes. Every site ships with a Lighthouse score of 95 or higher across all four categories on mobile, LCP under 2.5 seconds, INP under 200 milliseconds, CLS under 0.1, and WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility. These are non-negotiable, part of the pre-launch checklist.

Can I edit the site myself after it launches?

Yes for copy — a simple config file or Markdown is set up so wording can be changed without touching code. No for structural changes like new pages or layout rethinks — those need a developer, which can be me or anyone else.

Bespoke websites for solicitors — £1,000, live in 7 days

1 Week Sites builds bespoke Next.js websites for UK high-street law firms, solo solicitors, and niche practices — £1,000 flat, paid upfront, live in seven days, with a full refund within 48 hours if I miss day seven. Most firms I meet are on a WordPress template supplied by their Legal Aid or CILEX management-system provider, with SRA transparency rules patched on as an afterthought. A bespoke build gives you a properly-coded site with compliant Price Transparency pages for your chosen regulated service (conveyancing, probate, motoring, immigration, employment, debt), a complaints procedure, and a clear booking flow. Over five years the total sits around £1,300 — £1,000 build plus roughly £60 a year for domain and email. You own the code, the hosting, and the brand. Seven days from brief to live.

What a solicitor-site visitor actually wants

Someone on a solicitor's site is usually anxious and first-time. They want to know three things in the first fifteen seconds: whether this firm handles their exact matter, what it is likely to cost, and how quickly they can speak to someone qualified. They do not want the word 'solutions', a 1990s scales-of-justice logo, or a history of the firm since 1923. They want a named, qualified fee-earner with a photo, price bands for common matters (even 'from £X plus VAT and disbursements'), a clear complaints procedure, and a way to book an initial consultation without filling in a 20-field form. SRA transparency is not a checkbox — it is a conversion asset. Firms that publish pricing win more enquiries than firms that hide.

What most solicitor sites get wrong

Treating SRA transparency as a footer-linked PDF instead of a real pricing page.
No named fee-earner on case-type pages — visitors cannot tell who will handle their matter.
Stock photography of wigs, gavels, and Lady Justice — instantly dated.
Complaints procedure hidden three clicks deep — an SRA flag if checked.
Contact form submission silently failing because the plugin broke six months ago.
No last-reviewed date on Price Transparency — a soft compliance risk.

What a good solicitor brief includes

Four things locked on Monday ship the week. One, the regulated services you want published Price Transparency pages for (typically two or three). Two, named fee-earners with SRA numbers, qualifications, and recent photos. Three, a complaints procedure in plain English — yours if you have one, a compliant template if you do not. Four, how enquiries should land: phone, email, Clio/LEAP form embed, or a booking tool. The one-page brief handles the rest; the regulated pages then get a final read before launch.

The seven-day week

Same week, same shape, whoever you are. Brief Monday, design Tuesday, build Wednesday to Friday, revisions Saturday, launch Sunday. One site a week, one client at a time.

Monday — sixty-minute video-call brief, scope and copy locked.
Tuesday — design in Figma, one route shown to sign-off.
Wednesday–Friday — build in Next.js, Tailwind, TypeScript.
Saturday — one round of revisions, real copy and imagery.
Sunday — launch to your Vercel, DNS on your registrar, full handover.

Solicitors-specific questions

Will the site meet SRA Price Transparency rules?

Yes — the regulated-service pages are built to the SRA's 'Price, Service and Complaint' template, last-reviewed date included, in plain English. Wording is reviewed with you before launch. I am not an SRA compliance officer, so a final sign-off by yours is sensible.

Can you integrate Clio, LEAP, or Quill intake forms?

Yes — via either a form embed, a webhook, or a simple mail-to with the structure your management system expects. Whatever your existing system does, I wire the front door to it.

Do you handle the complaints procedure and regulatory footer?

I write a compliant first-draft complaints procedure based on your firm's structure and the Legal Ombudsman guidance. You review it; I publish the final. The footer carries the SRA badge and number, last-reviewed date, and Legal Ombudsman link.

Common questions

Is £1,000 really all-in, or do I pay extra later?

£1,000 is all-in for a five-to-seven-page bespoke marketing site: brief, design, build, one revision round, launch. No monthly fee, no retainer, no kill fee. You pay for your own domain (≈£12/year) and email hosting (≈£4/month). Nothing goes through me.

What happens if you miss day seven?

Full refund within 48 hours, no arguments. I take the loss — that's what keeps the deadline real. It has not happened yet and the guarantee is what stops it happening.

Who owns the finished site?

You do, fully. The code lives in a GitHub repo transferred to your account. The Vercel hosting project is on your Vercel account. The domain is on your registrar. You can hire any Next.js developer to take it forward — nothing is locked to me.

— From the studio

Bespoke, live in seven days.

£1,000 flat. Paid upfront. Full refund if I miss day seven. Code, hosting, and domain all in your name — whether you are a solicitor in Liverpool or London.

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