1 Week Sites builds bespoke Next.js websites for London 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 London agency with a Shoreditch office and a retainer; I am a UK solo studio that works with London clients remotely and, when it helps, meets in person. Over five years the cost typically lands around £1,300 — £1,000 for the build plus roughly £60 a year for a domain and email on providers you control. That compares to £8,000–£25,000 plus retainer for a small London agency, or £2,000–£6,000 from a London freelancer. You own the code, the GitHub repo, the Vercel hosting account, and the domain from day one. Seven days from brief to live.
London, specifically
London's web-agency density means you can get any kind of site, at almost any price, if you know where to look — and that is exactly the problem. A five-page marketing site that would cost £2,000 in a smaller city routinely gets quoted at £8,000 to £25,000 here, plus a £500-a-month retainer nobody really needs. The clients I tend to pick up in London are founders and solo SaaS teams — often around Shoreditch, King's Cross, Farringdon, or the Silicon Roundabout orbit — who have sat through two or three agency pitches, watched the price ladder up with every feature tick, and decided they just want a clean, fast, bespoke site without the ritual. Flat fee, fixed scope, one week. No account manager, no retainer, no 'phase two' upsell, and no six-week discovery phase before a line of code is written.
How remote works for London
The week runs the same whether you are in Farringdon or anywhere else in the UK. Monday is a 60-minute video-call brief, Tuesday is design, Wednesday to Friday is build, Saturday is revisions, Sunday is launch. For London specifically, an in-person brief is easy — I can meet in central London on Monday morning at no extra cost, typically around Kings Cross or Liverpool Street where it is easy for both sides. The rest of the week is remote by design: fewer meetings, more build time, a better site. Most London clients pick remote after the first call anyway, because travel on a tight sprint costs more in build hours than it gains in rapport.
What London websites typically cost
| Option | Typical cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Small London agency | £8,000–£25,000 | Usually plus £500–£1,500/mo retainer |
| London freelancer | £2,000–£6,000 | Timeline typically 4–12 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.
London-specific questions
Do you work on-site in London?
In-person Monday brief in central London, no extra cost, on request. The rest of the seven-day week is remote — Tuesday design, Wednesday to Friday build, Saturday revisions, Sunday launch. Showing up every day does not make the site better; it makes it later.
Can you invoice a London Ltd or VAT-registered business?
Yes. I invoice as a UK sole trader — VAT not currently charged. Standard B2B invoice, bank transfer, on the day the brief is signed off. No account setup, no procurement forms.
How do your prices compare to a London agency?
A five-to-seven-page bespoke marketing site from a small London agency typically runs £8,000 to £25,000, plus a monthly retainer. Mine is £1,000 flat, seven days, one revision round, code on your GitHub from day one. I am not a like-for-like replacement for an agency with a creative director and an account team — I am one person, shipping one site a week, very well.
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 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.
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 London or anywhere else in the UK.