Web design for contractors and builders that wins projects and generates quotes
Websites for UK contractors, builders, and construction companies that rank for local trade searches, display accreditations, and convert visitors into quote requests. From £80/month.
Contractors
- 300,000+
- Registered UK contractors
- 68%
- Homeowners search online first
- Accreditation display
- #1 trade trust driver
- 48hr
- First draft delivery
Electrical, plumbing, building, roofing, groundworks
Before hiring any contractor
NICEIC, Gas Safe, NAPIT, CHAS
From brief to live proposal
How we build contractor websites
Four stages. Built to rank in your area and convert visitors into quote requests.
Local Trade Search Audit
We map what homeowners and commercial clients search for when hiring contractors in your area. Which accreditations matter for your trade. Which competitors rank above you and why. Every recommendation is grounded in what your customers actually type into Google.
Strategy & Content Plan
We define your trade-specific pages, accreditation display approach, quote funnel structure, and service area targeting. Whether you are a sole trader or a team of twenty, the strategy reflects your actual capacity and the work you want to win.
Build & Configure
Custom contractor website with project portfolio, before and after gallery, accreditation badges, insurance certificate display, quote request forms, trade-specific service pages, and local area coverage. Built to rank from day one.
Launch & Rank
Your site goes live targeting trade searches in your area. Monthly SEO updates keep you visible as competitors enter the market. When a homeowner searches your trade in your town, you come up first.
Construction & Trades
What your contractor website must show
Homeowners and commercial clients decide whether to call you based on three things: your past work, your accreditations, and your local presence. Your website must deliver all three.
Project Portfolio
Your completed projects are your most powerful selling tool. Before-and-after photography, project scope descriptions, and client testimonials all tell the story that words alone cannot. We build portfolio sections that rank on Google and show new customers exactly what you can deliver.
Trade Accreditation Display
NICEIC, Gas Safe, NAPIT, CHAS, Constructionline, CSCS - your accreditations are legal proof that you are qualified to do the work safely. Homeowners and commercial clients look for these badges before they call. We display them prominently at every trust checkpoint on your site.
Before & After Gallery
Nothing converts a contractor enquiry faster than a clear before-and-after. Kitchen extension, bathroom refit, rewire completion, new roof - when customers can see the transformation your team delivered on a similar job, the question changes from 'can you do this?' to 'when can you start?'
Service Area Pages
Contractors win work locally. We build service area pages for every town and postcode you cover - each ranking for '[trade] [location]' searches. An electrician covering Birmingham, Solihull, and Sutton Coldfield should rank in all three, not just the one on their homepage.
Quote Request Forms
A quote request form that asks the right questions saves you two phone calls. Project type, location, timeline, rough budget - getting this information upfront means every enquiry that reaches you is pre-qualified. We optimise form conversion to maximise the quality of your leads.
Trade Credentials
Public liability insurance, employer's liability, professional indemnity, trade association membership - these are the credentials commercial clients require before they will even consider you. We display them clearly with policy numbers and expiry dates where appropriate.
Built for the trades
Every feature chosen because it converts trade enquiries into quote requests - and because it helps you rank for the searches that matter in your area.
NICEIC / Gas Safe / NAPIT / CHAS Badges
All your trade accreditations displayed prominently with register numbers and links to verify. Homeowners and procurement teams check these before calling.
Project Before & After Gallery
Image gallery with before and after pairs, project descriptions, and trade category filters. Customers can find the project type closest to their own job.
Online Quote Request Forms
Trade-specific enquiry forms that collect project type, location, timeline, and rough scope - so every lead that reaches you is pre-qualified and ready to convert.
Insurance Certificate Display
Public liability, employer's liability, and professional indemnity displayed clearly. Commercial clients and main contractors require this before they will instruct you.
Trade-Specific Service Pages
Individual pages for electrical installation, plumbing, roofing, groundworks, extensions, and any other trade - each targeting the specific search terms customers use for that service.
Local Area Coverage
Service area pages for every town and postcode you cover - each ranking for '[trade] [location]' searches independently and driving local enquiries from customers who need someone near them.
We were relying entirely on word of mouth. The new website ranks for our main trade searches in the local area and we get 3-4 quote requests a week from people who found us on Google. The project gallery was the key - customers can see exactly what we do before they call.
Why trade businesses cannot afford to rely on word of mouth
Word of mouth built the UK trades industry. A good electrician, a reliable plumber, a builder who turns up when he says he will - these businesses have always grown on reputation. But word of mouth has a ceiling. When the referrals slow down, when the repeat customers dry up, when a new competitor enters your area with a professional website - that is when trade businesses discover how exposed they are online.
Sixty-eight percent of homeowners now search online before hiring any contractor. They are not just checking you exist - they are comparing your accreditations against your competitors, looking for photos of work similar to their job, reading reviews, and making a shortlist before they call anyone. A contractor without a professional website is not on that shortlist.
Trade accreditations carry enormous weight online, but only if they are visible. NICEIC for electrical work, Gas Safe for gas installation, NAPIT for electrical and thermal, CHAS for health and safety compliance - these are the signals that tell a homeowner or commercial procurement team that you are qualified, insured, and legally permitted to do the work. Buried in a footer, they do almost nothing. Displayed prominently in the hero section and on every service page, they convert browsing into calling.
Project portfolios are the most underused conversion tool in the trades. A before-and-after gallery for a kitchen extension, a completed rewire, a new roof installation - these images answer the question every customer has before they call: 'can you actually do this?' When a customer sees a project identical to theirs completed to a high standard, the conversation shifts entirely. They are no longer evaluating whether to call you - they are deciding when.
Local search is where contractor websites win. 'Electrician Birmingham', 'plumber Solihull', 'builder Sutton Coldfield' - these searches happen thousands of times every month across every UK city and town. A contractor with service area pages for every location they cover, each with trade-specific content and accreditation information, ranks for all of them. A contractor with a single homepage ranks for none of them.
We build contractor websites that rank in your area, display your accreditations correctly, show your project portfolio, and convert visitors into quote requests. From £80/month, with a first draft within 48 hours.
Contractor website questions
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