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 Edinburgh — £1,000, live in 7 days

1 Week Sites builds bespoke Next.js websites for Edinburgh founders, fintech teams, and festival-economy studios — 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 an Edinburgh agency with a New Town office; I am a UK solo studio that works with Edinburgh clients remotely, with a video-call brief on Monday and a live site by Sunday. Over five years the total 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–£18,000 plus retainer for an Edinburgh agency, or £1,800–£5,000 for an Edinburgh freelancer. You own the code, the GitHub repo, the Vercel hosting account, and the domain from day one. Seven days from brief to live.

Edinburgh, specifically

Edinburgh has two economies that generate most of the web-design demand — fintech (Lothian Road and the Quartermile) and the festival-and-cultural sector (Old Town, Leith). Fintech founders want a site that passes a Lighthouse audit because their investors run one; festival studios want a site that can handle a traffic spike during August without falling over. Both benefit from a hand-coded Next.js build over a WordPress install or a template. The Edinburgh clients I tend to work with already have the brand, have written the copy, and want someone to ship a proper site in a week. That is exactly what the sprint is for. Edinburgh's budget expectations are often more London than Glasgow — which means a £1,000 flat fee lands as genuinely competitive rather than suspiciously cheap.

How remote works for Edinburgh

The seven-day week runs fully remote by default. Monday video-call brief, Tuesday design, Wednesday to Friday build, Saturday revisions, Sunday launch. Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street is 50 minutes by rail, Edinburgh to London Kings Cross is 4h30 by East Coast Main Line or around 1h10 by air — on-site travel for the standard sprint rarely pays back, because a travel day is a build day lost. For a larger brief or a kickoff workshop I am happy to come to Edinburgh; the £1,000 flat fee and the seven-day deadline do not change, and travel is on me.

Waverley to Glasgow ≈ 50 min · Flight to London ≈ 1h10

What Edinburgh websites typically cost

Option	Typical cost	Notes
Edinburgh agency	£5,000–£18,000	Usually plus £400–£1,200/mo retainer
Edinburgh freelancer	£1,800–£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.

Edinburgh-specific questions

Do you work on-site in Edinburgh?

Not for the standard sprint — remote runs faster. Happy to come to Edinburgh for a larger brief or a kickoff workshop. Travel is on me; the £1,000 flat fee does not change.

Can you invoice an Edinburgh Ltd or Scottish fintech company?

Yes. UK sole trader invoice — VAT not currently charged. Bank transfer on the day the brief is signed off. Treated as any other UK B2B supplier by your bookkeeping.

Have you built sites for Edinburgh fintech or festival studios?

Happy to do the first one. Fintech launch sites fit the seven-day sprint well — home, product, regulatory, team, contact. Festival sites need solid caching and image handling, which Next.js and Vercel handle out of the box. Complex member portals or ticketing go beyond the scope; static marketing sites fit the flat fee.

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 retainer. You pay for your own domain (≈£12/year) and email hosting (≈£4/month).

What happens if you miss day seven?

Full refund within 48 hours, no arguments.

Who owns the finished site?

You do. Code in your GitHub, hosting on your Vercel, domain on your registrar.

— 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 — in Edinburgh or anywhere else in the UK.

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