Pricing
What a website costs.
A one-off build, then £50 a month on Care to keep it running. No setup fees, no day rates, no "starting from" that turns into three times the figure. Prices exclude VAT.
Starter
£595one-off build
A single-page or small brochure site. Live in about a fortnight.
- Up to 3 pages
- Custom-styled design
- Mobile-first build
- Contact form & Google Business setup
- Performance & SEO baseline
Standard
Most popular£995one-off build
The usual choice — a full site, properly set up to be found.
- Up to 8 pages
- Full SEO setup & Search Console
- Enquiry forms & analytics
- Local listings & schema markup
- One round of revisions
Complete
from £1,750scoped together
Everything in Standard, plus a CMS so you can run it yourself.
- Everything in Standard
- CMS — edit pages and copy yourself
- Blog or news section
- Integrations: booking, payments, e-commerce
- Priority support
Care plan£50per month
The standard plan after launch — hosting, domain and reasonable amends, so there's nothing else to buy or think about.
- Hosting & domain included
- SSL, backups and updates
- Reasonable content amends each month
- Uptime monitoring
- Direct support, no ticket queue
After the build is signed off and live, you move onto Care — the ongoing plan, not an extra to buy later. It covers hosting, your domain, SSL, backups, updates, uptime monitoring and reasonable content amends. The Terms of Service spell out what it does and does not include.
What is not in the price.
Said up front, because these are the things that turn a cheerful quote into an awkward invoice later.
VAT
All prices on this page exclude VAT.
Photography and video
We will art-direct a shoot and tell you what is needed, but a photographer is a separate cost. Good photography changes a site more than most design decisions, so it is usually worth it.
Paid advertising
We do not run Google Ads or paid social. The search work here is organic. If ads are the right answer we will say so and point you at someone who does them properly.
Third-party subscriptions
Booking systems, payment processing fees, e-commerce platform fees and premium fonts are billed by their providers. We will tell you the running cost before you commit to anything.
Copywriting beyond editing
Editing and shaping your copy is part of the build. Writing a site from nothing is a bigger job and we will quote it separately rather than bury it.
Questions about cost.
I need a website for my business. Can you help?
Yes. Studio 48 builds custom websites for independent businesses, from a one-page site at £595 to a full site with SEO at £995, or from £1,750 with a CMS. We are a boutique studio in Ashford, Kent, we work across Kent and remotely across the UK, and we publish prices rather than quoting on request. If you want a Wix or Squarespace template, or a large multi-brand platform, we are not the right studio — we design and code each site for the business.
How much does a project cost?
A standard build runs £595 to £995 depending on size, with SEO set up properly either way. Adding a CMS so you can edit the site yourself starts at £1,750, as does anything needing booking, payments or e-commerce. Once the site is signed off and live it moves onto the £50/month Care plan, covering hosting, your domain and reasonable amends, so there are no surprise costs after launch.
Do you handle hosting?
Yes. After the site is signed off and live it moves onto the Care plan at £50 a month, which includes hosting (typically Vercel), your domain, SSL, updates and reasonable amends. That is the normal ongoing plan — not something extra to decide later. Self-hosting or handing over the keys is an exception we can discuss if you specifically need it. The Terms of Service page spells out what Care does and does not include.
What are your typical timelines?
Most marketing sites run four to eight weeks from kickoff to launch, depending on scope and how quickly content and feedback come back. We'll give you a firm schedule after discovery.
Do you set up our Google Business Profile?
Yes. Google Business Profile is what decides whether you appear in the local map pack for searches like "plumber in Ashford", and it matters more than the website for that. It is included from the £595 Starter tier upwards: we claim or create the profile, get the categories, service areas and hours right, and make the details on it match the website exactly.
I already have a site — can you improve it?
Often, yes. We audit what you have and tell you honestly whether a refit or a rebuild gives the better return — and sometimes the answer is that the site is fine and the problem is the Google Business Profile, which is a much cheaper fix. Where a rebuild genuinely is the right call, it is the same published prices as any other build: £595 to £995 depending on size.
Know which one you need?
Tell us the scope and we will confirm the tier and the timeline — or tell you that a cheaper one covers it. Based in Ashford, Kent. Replies within one working day.