Yes — Scalesites builds websites for London trades and local businesses. Scale Start is £45 a month and Scale Up is £79 a month, with £0 upfront and no VAT to add. Each site is set up for local SEO so you show up when people in London search, and it is live in about two weeks.
Websites for London trades
London is the largest trade market in the UK and the most competitive — the difference between a full diary and a quiet month is often just being findable when someone searches. London customers rarely pick the nearest trade; they pick the one whose site loads fast, shows real work and makes clear which boroughs are actually covered. Travel time and congestion charges make coverage genuinely important information, not filler.
We build professional, mobile-first sites for trades and local service businesses across London — nothing to pay upfront, live in about two weeks, and you own the site and domain outright. You see a free preview before you pay a penny.
Built to get found in London
Every site is set up for local SEO targeting your trade and London, and connected to your Google Business Profile — so you are positioned to show up when locals search. We can target nearby areas too, including Croydon, Hackney, Ealing and Enfield.
What London trades get called for most
The work below comes up again and again in London. If it is the work you want more of, it belongs on your services page in the words customers actually use.
- —Rewires and consumer-unit upgrades in period conversions
- —Bathroom fits in flats with restricted access and lift-only delivery
- —Landlord certificates across multi-property portfolios
- —Small commercial fit-outs for shops and cafés
How people search in London
London searches are overwhelmingly mobile and urgent — someone standing in a flat with a problem, filtering on who covers their postcode and who picks up. Borough coverage is the first thing they check, which is why vague 'we cover London' copy loses to a named list.
Trades we build for in London
- Electricians
- Plumbers
- Carpenters & Joiners
- Builders
- Roofers
- Landscapers
- Painters & Decorators
- Plasterers
- Heating & Gas Engineers
- Tilers
London website pricing
Scale Start is £45 a month and Scale Up is £79 a month. Nothing upfront, no VAT to add, and live in about two weeks. Both plans run on a 12-month minimum term, then continue month to month. See full pricing or get a free preview.
Frequently asked questions
Should I build separate pages for individual London boroughs?
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Only for boroughs you genuinely work in and want more of. Scale Up (£79/mo) includes up to 5 local-area pages, which is what they are for — one page per borough written around how people actually search there, not the same page with the name swapped. Thin, duplicated borough pages do nothing for rankings and can hold the whole site back, so we would rather build three good ones than fifteen weak ones.
Will a London site get buried under the big agencies and directories?
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For the broadest searches, initially yes — 'web design london' is one of the most contested terms in the UK. What works sooner is the specific: your trade plus your boroughs, plus the searches that come off your Google Business Profile. Those bring in work while the harder rankings build, and they convert better because the person is closer to you.
How much does a website cost for a London business?
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Scale Start is £45 a month and Scale Up is £79 a month, with nothing to pay upfront. We are not VAT-registered, so there is no VAT to add — the price you see is the price you pay. Both plans run on a 12-month minimum term and then continue month to month.
How quickly can a London business get a site live?
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You get a free preview within 48 hours and the finished site is live within about two weeks. Nothing is charged before you have seen the preview and approved it.
Which areas around London do you cover?
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We build for businesses across London and the surrounding area, including Croydon, Hackney, Ealing, Bromley and Enfield. The site and your Google Business Profile are set up for the areas you actually work in.
Do I own the website?
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Yes — the domain, the site and the content are yours. The 12-month minimum term is what lets us build and manage the site with £0 upfront, and you see the full price and term before anything is built.
More for London
Further reading
- Best website builder for tradesmen (UK)What every UK option actually costs and includes, compared.
- All InsightsPlain-English guides on websites and getting found.