Plenty of people can build you a website. Fewer will sort the whole thing — domains, hosting, email, all the boring infrastructure behind it — and hand you back something that just works, and is genuinely yours.
Getting from “we need a site” to “we’ve got one that works — and keeps working” is still a maze. Domains, hosting, email, security, the renewals that lapse at the worst possible moment. The boring, fiddly stuff nobody else wants to own. I do.
Want the whole lot handled? Done. Only want help with the bits you’d rather not touch? Also fine.
The website is the part you see. Most of the work is the part you don’t.
And sometimes the honest answer is “you don’t need me — use Squarespace.” If a template fits, I’ll tell you.
Most jobs land in one of these. If yours doesn’t, just tell me what you need — I’ll give you a straight answer, even if the answer is that you don’t need me.
You tell me what it's for; I handle the design, the build, and all the setup behind it. You'll see it before it goes live — you just won't have to live inside the process. It's yours to edit afterward, no strings.
A proper storefront, not the same template everyone else is running. Built so it's yours, takes payments cleanly, and is simple enough to manage once it's live. Shopify under the hood; your brand on top.
Already have a site that feels slow, dated, or half-broken? Often the fix is quicker and cheaper than starting over — speed it up, tidy the look, sort what's quietly broken underneath. And I'll tell you honestly whether it's worth refreshing or worth rebuilding.
Once it’s up, the upkeep is mine if you want it — updates, security, hosting headaches, the occasional "can you just change this." No lock-in, no monthly commitment; pay for it when you actually need it.
Real clients, real sites — what each one needed, and what they ended up with.
An independent art and antiques valuer who wanted a simple, smart one-page site — and, crucially, to keep editing it himself.
What I did — Built a custom WordPress theme around the way he already works. No bulky page-builder, nothing he’d need a manual for; just a clean site he can update on his own.
The result — A site that looks bespoke but runs on tools he already knows. He maintains it himself, which was the whole point.
Live URL coming soonAn established publisher with a site that needed freshening up — and a shop that needed to move to Shopify, without the website moving with it.
What I did — Refreshed the look, modernised the older code underneath, and built a custom plugin that drops the Shopify shop straight into the existing pages. The writing stays in WordPress, the shop runs on Shopify, and to a visitor it’s all one site.
The result — Two systems each doing what they’re best at, stitched together so the client never had to learn a new way of working — or change their web address.
Read the case studyA homeware brand with a designer’s mockups and no way to turn them into a real, working shop.
What I did — Turned the static designs into a proper Shopify storefront, every section editable, so the team could take it from there. They’ve run it entirely in-house since.
The result — Inventory, checkout, and a shop they manage themselves, with their designer’s look landed exactly. The design served the brand, not the platform.
Visit youralcove.comYou don’t need to understand all the technical detail — that’s what I’m here for. But if you’re curious, here’s what I build with and what each one means for you. I’ll always pick what fits your situation, not whatever happens to be in fashion.
For when you want to change your own content — add a page, update a price, post news — without calling me every time. Built properly underneath, so it doesn’t rot into a pile of plugins a year on.
For when you’re selling. A storefront that handles payments, stock and shipping, and that you can run yourself once it’s live — your design, not a stock template everyone recognises.
For when the site needs to be genuinely fast, or do something custom a template can’t handle. It sounds technical — and underneath, it is — but I set it up so whoever updates it later isn’t left stranded.
No mystery, and no chasing me for updates. You’ll see the design before anything gets built, sign it off, and then I get on with it — the next time you’ll really need to look is when it’s ready. Got your own designer? I’ll build from their mockups. Haven’t? I’ll handle that too.
Small jobs skip most of this — tell me what you want and I send it back. Full builds run all four, often in days rather than weeks.
I’m Konrad. I’ve spent ten-plus years building for the web — the last stretch of it at Amazon — before going out on my own. The person who quotes your project is the person who designs it, builds it, and is still around afterward if something needs sorting. No account managers, no junior learning on your site.
Most of my week now goes into building my own game, and honestly that keeps me straight about the client work: I take on a few projects at a time, pick ones I can do properly, and I’d rather tell you the truth — including “you don’t need me” — than win the job. Based in Andover, working with people right across the UK.
Some projects fit a rough number; some don’t. Either way it starts the same: you tell me what you need and what you can spend, and I’ll be straight about what’s realistic.
So you don’t have to guess. These are starting points, not ceilings — the scope moves the number, and I’ll tell you before anything’s agreed.
AI made simple sites cheap to build. I pass that on.
Loads of jobs people assume are “too small” for a developer aren’t anymore — a weekend landing page, a quick refresh, a small shop on a tidy template. They used to cost thousands because of the hours; they don’t now. Tell me what you need and what you can spend.
Examples I can work with A £400 weekend refresh · a £900 single-page build · a £2,500 small shop · ongoing care from £200/month.
Tell me what you’ve gotTwo ways in, no hierarchy. I read both, and I’ll get back to you within a working day — often sooner.
Best for anything that wants a paragraph or two — a brief, a question, an idea you’re chewing on. Attachments welcome.
hello@konradpichalski.com