Website design for building companies
Websites for builders that attract the right projects
Sites Made Local builds websites for building companies across the UK, from Edinburgh, whether you take on extensions and renovations, new builds, loft conversions, or commercial fit-outs, the site is built to attract the kind of project you actually want, not just more enquiries.
- No sales team
- No templates
- Built by Rob, start to finish
Websites that turn searches into enquiries
- Mobile-first and fast
- Built to rank locally
- Easy for customers to contact
- Planned around your services
Built around your business
Not one website.
The right one.
Building work varies enormously in scale, budget and complexity, and a site that works for a small extension business looks nothing like one built for commercial fit-outs. The information a prospective client needs before contacting you changes with the type of project.
See how it works →Extensions & renovations
Sells on real, finished results, photography matters more than a quick form.
Refurbishments
Clear scope, since "refurbishment" can mean one room or a whole property.
Loft conversions
A specific, well-understood project type people search for directly.
New builds
Demonstrates capability at scale and a different kind of client confidence.
Commercial fit-outs
A different tone and evidence base, insurance, project management, references.
Design and build
Evidence of end-to-end delivery, not just construction.
Built around how customers enquire
Not every visitor
wants the same thing
Someone planning a £15,000 loft conversion and someone planning a £250,000 new build are both "building projects," but they need completely different information before they'll trust you enough to book a site visit.
See pricing →domestic renovation client
- Wants to see previous, similar work before making contact
- Needs confidence in your process, not just your finished results
- Is often comparing several builders before choosing one
larger-project client
- Wants evidence you can manage scale, budget and timescale properly
- Looks for project value indicators, not just "we do extensions"
- Needs to be filtered gently, budget, location and timescale, upfront
commercial client
- Wants insurance, project management and commercial references
- Expects a proper enquiry process, not a basic contact form
- Is assessing you against other contractors before ever calling
design-and-build client
- Wants to see the full journey from concept through to completion
- Needs confidence in both the design thinking and the build quality
- Often has a longer decision process than a single-trade enquiry
Every trade.
Same care.
Different trade, same approach every time, understand the business, then build the site that gets it right. Here's real work, live right now.
Simple process. No surprises.
How it actually works
A straightforward conversation
15 minutesWe talk through the scale and type of projects you want more of, and which enquiries you'd rather filter out early.
I plan, write and build it
~10 working daysI map out a structure and an enquiry form built to gather enough detail before the first call, then design and build the whole site myself.
Review, launch and improve
OngoingYou check it over, we adjust anything that's not right, then it launches with proper measurement in place.
Questions
Frequently asked, honestly answered
Can the website help filter out poor-fit enquiries?
Yes, this is often one of the main goals. Budget, location and project-type information can be built into the enquiry form to filter gently, without feeling like a barrier.
Do you write up our project case studies for us?
Yes, real projects you've delivered are more convincing than anything generic, and we'll help structure the detail properly.
Can the site cover both domestic and commercial work?
Yes, if that's genuinely part of your business, these are usually kept as clearly separate sections, since the audiences want different things.
Do we need a page for every project type we take on?
Only where there's enough genuinely distinctive content to justify one. A page that just repeats another with different words doesn't help you or your visitors.
Can you use our existing project photography?
Yes, and we'd rather use real photos of your actual work than anything generic, they do more of the persuading than any copy could.
Do you build builder websites outside Edinburgh?
Yes. We're based in Edinburgh, but build for building companies across the UK.
Will the website guarantee a first-place Google ranking?
No, we build the site properly and measure real performance after launch, rather than promising results outside our control.
Ready for a website that does its job?
Tell me which projects you want more of.
- Built by Rob, from first call to launch
- Mobile-first, fast and easy to use
- Planned around the work you want
- Search-ready and local SEO focused