1 Week Sites builds bespoke Next.js websites for Glasgow 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 Glasgow agency with a Merchant City office; I am a UK solo studio that works with Glasgow 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 £4,000–£15,000 plus retainer for a Glasgow agency, or £1,500–£4,500 for a Glasgow freelancer. You own the code, the GitHub repo, the Vercel hosting account, and the domain from day one. Seven days from brief to live.
Glasgow, specifically
Glasgow is the biggest business base in Scotland — professional services, hospitality, trades, and a growing creative sector around Finnieston and the Merchant City. Agency pricing in Glasgow often tracks London rates without London turnover behind it, which leaves a lot of SMEs paying £6,000–£10,000 for a site that should cost far less. The Glasgow clients I tend to work with are service businesses, independent consultancies, and solo founders who want a bespoke site without a retainer and without the ritual of three discovery calls before anyone opens a design file. A seven-day sprint fits well; Glasgow clients typically already have their copy written, their brand figured out, and a clear idea of what the site has to do — which is exactly what the week is designed for. Anything that needs months of brand strategy is not this.
How remote works for Glasgow
The seven-day week is fully remote by default. Monday brief on video, Tuesday design, Wednesday to Friday build, Saturday revisions, Sunday launch. Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley is 50 minutes by train, Glasgow Central to London is 4h30 by rail or roughly an hour by air — on-site travel for the standard sprint rarely pays back, because a travel day costs more in lost build time than it gains in rapport. For a larger brief or a kickoff workshop I am happy to meet in Glasgow or Edinburgh; the £1,000 flat fee and the seven-day deadline do not change, and travel is on me.
What Glasgow websites typically cost
| Option | Typical cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Glasgow agency | £4,000–£15,000 | Usually plus £300–£1,000/mo retainer |
| Glasgow freelancer | £1,500–£4,500 | 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.
Glasgow-specific questions
Do you work on-site in Glasgow?
Not by default — remote runs faster. Happy to come to Glasgow for a larger brief or a kickoff workshop. Travel is on me; the £1,000 flat fee does not change.
Can you invoice a Glasgow Ltd or Scottish VAT-registered business?
Yes. UK sole trader invoice, bank transfer, on the day the brief is signed off. Works the same way for a Scottish-registered Ltd as for any other UK business.
Have you built sites for Glasgow service businesses?
Happy to do the first one under the same terms. The seven-day sprint works well for professional-service sites — typical scope is home, services, about, team, testimonials, contact, and it fits inside the £1,000 if the scope is agreed on Monday.
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.
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 Glasgow or anywhere else in the UK.