Hand-coded in Maine, no templates

Your website, written line by line.

I don't drop your business into a template and swap the colors. I build every site from scratch — the HTML, the CSS, the code behind it — so it loads fast, reads well on a phone, and works the way your business actually runs.

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What hand-coding actually changes

Most "web design" today means a drag-and-drop builder — Wix, Squarespace, a WordPress theme stacked with plugins. Here's what writing the code by hand does differently.

Template / page builder

Built by hand

−Your layout is one of thousands using the same theme

✓A layout written for your business and no one else's

−Loads slowly under the weight of plugins you didn't ask for

✓Only the code your site needs — nothing extra to slow it down

−Mobile is an afterthought you fix later

✓Designed for the phone first, since that's where most visits start

−A plugin or theme update can break the whole thing

✓Nothing to break on update — and I'm the one maintaining it

−You're renting a tool, locked to that platform

✓It's genuinely yours — clean code you actually own

No plugin bloat I write the features your site needs instead of bolting on third-party add-ons, so there's far less to load and far less to go wrong.

Mobile-first, always Every page is built and tested on a small screen first, then scaled up — not designed for a desktop and squeezed down later.

Clean, readable code The HTML is structured so search engines — and the people you'll hire after me — can actually make sense of it.

How a build comes together

From first call to a live site

You work with me through all of it — no handoffs, no account manager in the middle. Most sites go live 7 to 14 days after the setup fee is paid.

Discovery

We talk it through

It starts with a call — free, no pressure. I want to understand how your business runs, who you're trying to reach, and what the site needs to do for you. You walk away with a clear scope and a plan, whether or not you hire me.

Notes from a discovery call beside a dashboard mockup, listing what we discuss and what you get

Design

I map out the layout

Before I write any code, I lay out the structure of each page and the look of the site around your brand. We settle the layout, the colors, and how customers move through it — so there are no surprises once the build starts.

Wireframes and visual design boards showing site structure, color palette, and high-fidelity mockups

Build

I write the code

This is where it gets built — by hand, from scratch. Clean HTML and CSS, mobile-first, with the hosting and your domain set up on my end. There's nothing technical for you to configure; that's all included.

Hand-coded site under construction in a code editor with the live page preview

Launch

You see it, then we go live

I show you the finished site before anything goes public. You only start paying the monthly fee once it's launched and you're happy with it — never before. After that, updates and changes are part of your plan; just reach out.

Finished website going live, reviewed and approved before launch

Start your site

Tell me what your site needs to do.

That's the whole first step — a call about your business and what the site has to accomplish. The setup fee is $349 to get the build going, and your monthly plan doesn't start until you've seen it launch and you're happy with it.

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