fancy websites.
[Practice]
Web design and WordPress builds
[Studio]
Toronto, Ontario
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For people who were told fancy wasn’t in the budget.
[Fancyweb] Web design and WordPress builds
What we do
Four things, done properly.
No packages to squeeze you into. We figure out what your business actually needs, then build that.
Bespoke design
Designed for your business, not reskinned from a template
WordPress builds
Custom themes made for editor usability, low on tech debt
Proper discovery
A lot of questions before we design anything
Care and hosting
Hosting, updates, backups and a person who replies
Why us
Turns out, fancy was in the budget after all.
Big-studio design and build, without the big-studio overhead. Here’s how.
One point of contact
Your project has one person running it from first call to launch, with the right designer brought in for the work. Nothing gets lost in a handoff, and nobody’s billing you for meetings about meetings.
Only what you need
No packages and no padding. We’ll tell you honestly what’s worth paying for and what isn’t, even when that means a smaller invoice.
Built light, built to last
Custom code on the core WordPress editor, with no page builder or bloated theme. It’s fast now and still easy to update years from now.
Yours, completely
The site and the domain belong to you, and you get the final word on decisions. We’ll happily host it, and if you ever want to leave, we’ll help you move free of charge.
A partner, not a project
Most clients stay on for maintenance. We’d rather look after one site for ten years than launch and disappear.
Work
Selected work
“We don’t build on page builders and we don’t reskin bloated themes. We create custom, lightweight sites built on the core editor that are semantic, accessible and made to last.”
Matthew Shaw Founder
Care plans
Then we keep it running.
Hosting, updates, and a real person who answers. Basic is a set monthly price for most sites. Bigger sites, and the plans with hands-on time, are quoted against what they need.
Set monthly price
- Managed hosting and backups
- Core and plugin updates
- Uptime monitoring
- Security hardening
- Firewall protection
- Form email delivery
- Email support
Basic
For sites that just need to stay up
Quoted monthly
- Everything in Basic
- Monthly content and edit hours
- Performance and SEO checks
- Priority response
Basic + Time
For sites that change through the year
Quoted retainer
- Everything in Basic + Time
- Discounted development rate
- Quarterly roadmap review
- New pages and features on request
Retainer
For businesses treating the site as a channel
FAQ
Fair questions
What does a site cost?
Less than the agencies quoting you thirty grand, and more than a template you’d regret. We scope every project against what it actually needs and give you a fixed number before anything starts — no hourly surprises.
Will I be able to edit it myself?
Yes. We build opinionated WordPress themes made for editing: clear fields, sensible layout options, nothing that breaks when you swap an image. Design stays locked so the site still looks fancy a year in.
Do I own it?
All of it. The theme, the content, the hosting account, the domain. Nothing is locked to a platform we control, so if you ever leave you take the whole thing with you.
How involved do I have to be?
As involved as you want. Some clients sit in every review; most hand us the goals and see the site at two checkpoints. Either way we run a proper discovery first so we’re not guessing.
What if something’s wrong after launch?
We fix it. Every build goes through QA before it ships, and if we missed something it gets corrected — not billed as a change request.
Contact
Tell us what’s broken.
Or what’s missing, or what you’ve been putting off. First conversation is free and we’ll tell you straight whether we’re the right shop for it.