By trade · Fol. I · builders

Websites for
UK builders.

A custom 5-page website for UK building firms and contractors, built for free and hosted for £50 a month over 24 months. The bureau builds the site, hosts it, and keeps it running. You stay the builder.

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Quick answer

Orchestrix builds custom 5-page websites for UK builders on a £50-a-month plan over 24 months. Build, UK hosting, SSL, domain in your name, monthly backups, and small content edits all included. £0 upfront. The bureau is not a builderand does not claim sector expertise; it builds websites that work for builders. The builder remains the authority on the trade.

Fol. II·Who this is for
Buyer pattern · Fol. II

Where the current
site is losing.

Small UK building firms come to the bureau when they want to win larger jobs and the site doesn't carry the credibility yet. The decision-maker is the owner-operator running 3 to 15 staff, doing extensions, loft conversions, refurbishments, and small commercial work. The current website is often a one-page placeholder built years ago, with no recent project photos and no clear pricing tier.

The bureau sees the same patterns repeatedly:

  • No recent project photography on the site (everything lives on the foreman's phone)
  • Job sizes that fit the firm aren't surfaced (£20k-£200k extensions vs £5k garden walls)
  • No FMB or TrustMark accreditation badges, even where the firm holds them
  • Contact form is a generic Contact Form 7 from 2014 that goes to a never-checked inbox
Fol. III·The 5 pages
Structure · Fol. IIIFig. 3.01
  1. Page 01Home
    Job sizes and types you take, areas covered, accreditations, and a quote-request CTA above the fold.
  2. Page 02Services
    Extensions, loft conversions, refurbishments, new builds, commercial fit-out, whichever you actually do. Honest job-size ranges per category.
  3. Page 03Recent projects
    Photo-led showcase of 6 to 12 recent completed jobs with brief context. Trust signal, not portfolio art.
  4. Page 04About / accreditations
    FMB, TrustMark, NHBC, public liability cover, years in trade. Photos of the team and key vehicles.
  5. Page 05Contact / quote request
    A form that captures project type, budget range, location, and timeline. Photo upload for existing-property work.

The 5-page structure is the standard plan. If your business needs a 6th or 7th page for a specific service, the bureau will quote it separately and add it to the build, with a fixed number agreed before signing.

Fol. IV·Example briefs
Brief 01Fig. 4.01

Extensions and refurbishments, 5 to 10 staff

Owner runs the business, has a strong project manager. £40k-£200k extensions. Needs the site to attract those jobs and filter out the £3k garden-wall enquiries.

Brief 02Fig. 4.02

Loft conversion specialist

All they do is loft conversions, 20+ a year. Wants the site to lead with loft conversion rather than burying it in a generic services page. Real specialism, real photography.

Brief 03Fig. 4.03

Small commercial fit-out contractor

Office, retail, and hospitality fit-outs. B2B-flavoured marketing. Needs the site to look credible to commercial property managers and architects.

Fol. V·Common questions
Common questions

Asked by builders.

Do the photos in the project section have to be professional?
No. Good phone photos in decent light are perfectly acceptable and often more believable than over-produced photography. The bureau will recommend simple shooting tips if the existing library is thin.
Can I add new project photos easily after launch?
Yes. Adding a project to the existing Recent Projects page is part of the small content edits included in the £50 plan. Major restructures (a separate page per project, a CMS-driven gallery) are quoted as add-ons.
What about Checkatrade or Trustpilot integration?
Review widgets from Checkatrade, Trustpilot, or Google reviews embed cleanly into the page. Including the basic embed is part of the standard build; a more bespoke integration is an add-on.
Will the site help with planning-application enquiries?
If you work on extensions where planning is part of the brief, the bureau will set up the structure so you can capture planning status in the quote form. The bureau is not a planning consultant; the customer remains the planning expert.

A real website,
for builders.

Fifteen-minute discovery call. The bureau will tell you honestly if the plan is the right fit for your business. If not, you’ll get an honest steer on what is.

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