1 Week Sites builds bespoke Next.js websites for Bristol founders, studios, and SMEs — one site a week, £1,000 flat, paid upfront, with a full refund within 48 hours if the site is not live by day seven. I am not a Bristol agency with a Stokes Croft studio and a retainer — I am a UK solo studio that works with Bristol clients remotely, with a video-call brief on Monday and a live site by Sunday. Over five years the cost typically lands around £1,300 — £1,000 for the build plus roughly £60 a year for domain and email on providers you control. That compares to £5,000–£20,000 plus retainer for a Bristol agency, or £1,500–£5,000 for a Bristol freelancer. You own the code, the GitHub repo, the Vercel hosting account, and the domain from day one. Seven days from brief to live.
Bristol, specifically
Bristol's creative sector is the densest in the UK outside London — Stokes Croft, Temple Quarter, Bedminster all full of design studios, animation houses, and branding consultancies. The side-effect is that a marketing site in Bristol gets priced like creative work, even when it does not need to be. The Bristol founders I tend to work with are coaches, therapists, indie SaaS teams, and small service businesses who have paid Bristol agency rates once and decided not to do it again. They want something clean, honest, Lighthouse-green, and owned — not another £12,000 conceptual brand system wrapped around a five-page website. Bristol clients also tend to already know what they want; the brief takes 60 minutes because they have done the thinking.
How remote works for Bristol
The seven-day week runs the same from anywhere in the UK — Monday video-call brief, Tuesday design, Wednesday to Friday build, Saturday revisions, Sunday launch. Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington is around 1h20, to Cardiff Central is 55 minutes, and I am happy to travel for a kickoff workshop or a larger brief — usually it is not worth it for the standard seven-day sprint because the hours saved on travel pay for better copy and a cleaner build. Video call on Monday, daily updates by Slack or email, everything owned by you. Most Bristol clients take the remote option after one call; the ones who want the in-person kickoff tend to bundle it with a second planning day.
What Bristol websites typically cost
| Option | Typical cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol creative agency | £5,000–£20,000 | Usually plus £300–£1,000/mo retainer |
| Bristol freelancer | £1,500–£5,000 | Timeline typically 4–10 weeks |
| 1 Week Sites | £1,000 flat | Seven days, one revision round, full refund if missed |
The seven-day week
Same week, same shape, wherever you are in the UK. 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.
Bristol-specific questions
Do you work on-site in Bristol?
Not as part of the standard sprint — remote runs faster and the deliverable is the same. For larger briefs or a kickoff workshop I will come to Bristol; travel is on me. The £1,000 flat fee and seven-day guarantee do not change.
Can you invoice a Bristol Ltd company or VAT-registered business?
Yes. I invoice as a UK sole trader — VAT not currently charged. Standard B2B invoice your bookkeeper can file the usual way. Bank transfer on the day the brief is signed off.
How does £1,000 flat compare to a Bristol agency?
A small Bristol creative agency typically quotes £5,000–£20,000 for a marketing site, plus a retainer of £300–£1,000 a month. That is fair for work that includes brand strategy, copywriting, and ongoing support. If you already have your brand and copy and just need a fast, well-built site, £1,000 flat and seven days usually gets you there.
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. That is what keeps the deadline real.
Who owns the finished site?
You do. Code in a GitHub repo transferred to your account, hosting on your Vercel, domain on your registrar. Any Next.js developer can pick it up.
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 — in Bristol or anywhere else in the UK.