How Much Does a Website Cost for a Tradesperson in the UK?

If you're a roofer, plumber, electrician, builder, or landscaper looking to get online, the honest answer is: it depends heavily on who you go with — and the range is bigger than most tradespeople expect. Here's a straight breakdown, without the sales pitch.

The three rough price tiers

DIY website builders (£0–£20/month): Tools like Wix or Squarespace let you build something yourself. Cheapest option, but you're doing all the work — writing copy, choosing photos, learning the platform — and the result often looks like exactly what it is: a template nobody customised.

Freelancers (£300–£800): A one-person operation building your site by hand. Can be excellent value if you find the right person, but quality varies enormously, and support after launch is often patchy — they're one person with other clients too.

Agencies (£1,000–£5,000+): Larger studios with bigger overheads, account managers, and longer timelines. You're often paying for polish and process as much as the end product.

What actually drives the price

• How many pages you need (a simple 3-page site costs far less than an 8-page site with a blog and service area pages)
• Whether you need ongoing hosting, updates, and support, or just a one-off build
• Custom design work vs. a proven template adapted to your business
• Whether lead-generation extras (contact forms, review automation, booking tools) are included

What we charge, for reference

We built TradeWeb Solutions specifically for tradespeople, which lets us keep the process efficient and the price honest — starting from a fraction of typical agency pricing, with no account managers and direct access to the person actually building your site. See our current packages for exact numbers.

The real question to ask

Price alone doesn't tell you much. The better question is: will this site actually bring in enquiries? A cheap site nobody finds, or an expensive site that takes six weeks and ten emails to get a single change made, both cost you more in the long run than a fairly-priced site that just works.