Independent web development
SGLA rebuilds outdated, slow or restrictive websites for independent businesses, giving you a faster, better-looking website that you actually own.
Fixed price5–8 pagesTypically 2–3 weeks
Websites built properly. Without the agency.
Built to load quickly and work beautifully on real phones.
Your domain. Your hosting. Your code. No platform holding the website hostage.
One person. One project. One clear price. No bloated agency process.
Your website
Your business changes. Your services improve. Your reputation grows.
But the website often gets left behind.
A site that once seemed perfectly fine can become slow, dated, awkward on mobile or simply no longer representative of the business behind it.
Your business has moved forward. Your website still looks like it hasn't.
Customers shouldn't have to wait for your website to load or fight through clutter to find what they need.
You shouldn't have to work around a platform just to make a simple change.
The answer
SGLA takes the useful parts of your existing website, strips away what isn't working and rebuilds the experience around what your customers actually need.
| Current website | becomes | SGLA rebuild |
|---|---|---|
| Dated | Clear | |
| Slow | Fast | |
| Cluttered | Responsive | |
| Restrictive | Purpose-built | |
| Platform-dependent | Owned by you |
Selected work
A three-day guided walking safari in the Waterberg, South Africa.
Fish and chips by the River Deben at Felixstowe Ferry, serving since 1953.
A specialist job board for commercial facilities management engineers.
Ownership
The domain is yours. The hosting account is yours. The code is yours.
If you stop working with SGLA, your website keeps working.
You can keep using it, hand it to another developer or move it somewhere else.
That's what owning your website means.
Why SGLA
Before SGLA, I spent six years building and running my own restaurant.
So I know what it's like to have your name on the business, and I know that a website isn't a technology project for the sake of technology. It needs to work for the business behind it.
That's why SGLA keeps things simple: one person, one project, one clear outcome.
How it works
Just a straightforward website project.
Send over your current site.
I'll tell you what I'd keep, what I'd change and what I'd rebuild.
Design, development, content, testing and launch.
The website goes live and the code, domain and hosting remain yours.
The offer
No hidden extras and no tiers to decode. One price for a website built properly and handed over completely.
Larger or more complex websites from £2,495.
SGLA Website
£1,795one project, one price
Typical project: 2–3 weeks
No monthly website subscription required. You own the website, so it doesn't stop working if you stop paying SGLA.
Questions
No. SGLA doesn't work inside Wix or Squarespace. If the existing site needs significant work, the usual solution is to rebuild it.
Yes. The domain, hosting and code belong to you.
Yes. The normal process is to rebuild it rather than patching an old platform.
The standard SGLA website is £1,795 for 5–8 pages. Larger projects start from £2,495.
Most standard projects are targeted for 2–3 weeks, depending on content and feedback.
The website can be deployed to hosting under your ownership. SGLA can manage the technical side if you want.
Your website keeps working. You own the code, domain and hosting, so you can carry on using it as it is or have another developer pick it up.
You can make arrangements directly with SGLA or have another developer work with the code.
Every website includes sensible technical and on-page SEO foundations. SGLA is not selling an ongoing SEO agency service as part of the standard website.