Web Development
Sites that load fast, read well and can be edited without us.
Augustova builds websites for UK businesses at £4,000 to £16,000 as a fixed price per phase, delivered in two to five weeks. That covers marketing sites, booking and enquiry flows, customer portals and ecommerce, with performance, accessibility and structured data handled as part of the build rather than sold as an extra.
Marketing sites, booking and enquiry flows, customer portals and ecommerce, built on modern frameworks with the performance and accessibility work done rather than promised. Your team can edit the content afterwards without raising a ticket.
Read the full guide: bespoke software development in London →Fixed price per phase, hosting and domain in your own accounts. Every engagement is quoted as a fixed price with a written scope, including what is not included.
What this covers
How it runs
What you receive
- ✓A live site on hosting and a domain registered in your own name
- ✓Editable content, so copy and images change without a developer
- ✓Measured Core Web Vitals and an accessibility pass, not a claim about them
- ✓Structured data, sitemap, canonical tags and search console verification
- ✓Analytics configured against the actions that matter, not just page views
- ✓Documentation, credentials and a recorded walkthrough of how to edit it
What this does not include
- ✗Stock photography libraries and generic illustration, which we would rather not put on your site
- ✗Monthly SEO retainers, which are a different service sold by different firms
- ✗Copywriting for every page when your team knows the business better, though we will structure and edit it
Signs this is the right call
Your site was built by somebody you can no longer reach
Enquiries arrive by phone because the form is awkward or invisible on a mobile
You pay for a website you cannot change a price on without asking permission
Where projects like this go wrong
A site nobody can edit
The most expensive website is the one where a price change needs a developer. Content is editable by your own team from the first day, and the walkthrough is recorded so the knowledge does not sit with one person.
Fast in the demo, slow on a phone
Performance claims mean nothing without a measurement on a real device and a mid range connection. Core Web Vitals are measured before launch and after, and the numbers are shown to you rather than described.
A rebuild that loses the rankings
Replacing a site without mapping the old URLs throws away whatever search visibility it had. Redirects, canonical tags and structured data are part of the build, and the sitemap is submitted at launch rather than weeks later.
How a website build runs
A scoping call, then a written scope per phase with the fixed price and the list of what is not included. Design and content structure first, with the pages mapped against what people actually search for and what the business needs them to do: enquire, book, buy or understand. Build on a modern stack with content editable by your own team from the first day. Before launch, Core Web Vitals measured on a real phone on a mid-range connection, structured data, canonical tags, redirects from every old URL, a sitemap submitted, and Search Console and analytics configured. After launch, the same measurements repeated and a recorded walkthrough so the knowledge does not leave with us.
What a site costs against the market
UK agency pricing for a business website spans an enormous range, from template builds under £2,000 to five-figure bespoke sites. Our range is £4,000 to £16,000 fixed per phase: a focused marketing site with a strong enquiry flow at the lower end; a site with booking, customer portal or ecommerce at the upper end. What decides the number is the count of distinct page templates, the integrations, and whether payments or accounts are involved, not the number of pages, because pages built from an editable template cost nothing extra to add.
| Shape of the site | Augustova, fixed per phase | Typical timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing site with enquiry flow | From £4,000 | Two to three weeks |
| Site with booking, portal or CMS-heavy content | £7,000 to £12,000 | Three to four weeks |
| Ecommerce or customer accounts | £10,000 to £16,000 | Four to five weeks |
Fixed prices excluding VAT. Hosting and domain sit in accounts registered in your name.
The technical SEO that ships with every build
A rebuild that loses the rankings is the most common way a new website costs money. Every existing URL gets a redirect or a deliberate decision. Structured data for the organisation, services and FAQs goes in as part of the build, not as a plug-in afterthought. Performance is measured, not claimed. The sitemap is generated from the page registry so it cannot drift, and the site is set up for the AI answer engines as well as Google, with an llms.txt file and crawler rules that name them. This site is built the same way, and its own scores are public in Google’s PageSpeed tool.
What is not included is ongoing content and link building, which is a separate discipline. We will tell you plainly whether your site needs it.
Website or application
A website explains, sells and captures enquiries, and its job is done when somebody gets in touch or buys. An application is the thing they use afterwards: logging in, doing work, seeing their data. Many businesses need the first and think they need the second. If your site needs a booking flow, a quote calculator or a small customer portal, that is still a website in our pricing. If it needs accounts, permissions and data that changes every day, it is an application, and the app development service applies.
Common questions
How much does a website cost in the UK?
Augustova builds websites for £4,000 to £16,000 as a fixed price per phase. A focused marketing site with a strong enquiry flow sits at the lower end, while a site with booking, payments, a customer login or a large content structure sits at the upper end.
What is the difference between web development and app development here?
A website explains, sells and captures enquiries, and its job is finished when somebody gets in touch or buys. An application is the thing your team or your customers log into and use repeatedly. If people will have accounts and daily tasks, that is app development at £8,000 to £30,000.
Can we edit the site ourselves afterwards?
Yes, and that is the point. Content is editable by your own team without a developer, the hosting and domain sit in accounts registered in your name, and you receive a recorded walkthrough of how to make changes safely.
Will a rebuild damage our Google rankings?
Not if the old URLs are mapped. Every existing page gets a redirect or a deliberate decision, canonical tags and structured data are part of the build, and the sitemap goes to Google and Bing at launch. Losing rankings in a rebuild is a planning failure rather than an inevitability.
Do you do SEO as well?
The technical half, as part of the build: structured data, performance, crawlability, canonical tags, sitemaps and search console setup. Ongoing content and link building is a separate discipline and we will say so rather than sell you a retainer for it.
Talk about web development
Tell us what happens today and roughly when you need it changed. A founder replies personally, usually within one working day.