Custom websites for businesses that want to be taken seriously.
I am Maks, a designer and developer. I work with small businesses to plan, design and build websites that feel considered, load fast and earn trust, and you always see a direction before you commit.
Selected work
Five projects
PacePot
A savings planner I designed and built as my own product. Product thinking, working logic and a clean interface.
Product
02
Dales Plumbing
A concept for a plumbing firm, built to make the phone ring: proof up top, plain services, a call that follows you.
Concept
03
Kings Cut Barbers
A barber concept with its own voice: dark, confident, a proper price list and WhatsApp booking instead of forms.
Concept
04
Brightside Cleaning
A cleaning concept built on reassurance: who turns up, what gets done, and an enquiry with no friction.
Concept
05
Santoro's Pizza
A pizzeria concept that sells appetite: dish photography, a real menu with prices, ordering that works one-handed.
Concept
PacePot: a savings planner, designed and built end to end.
A self-initiated product. I set the goal, designed the interface, wrote the logic and shipped it, so the whole thing works, not just the homepage.
- The idea
- Most savings calculators are a lead-capture form. I wanted a tool that actually helps you plan a goal in under a minute.
- What it shows
- Product thinking, working front-end logic, a calm interface and responsive layouts, the same care I bring to client sites.
Everything the site needs, from first idea to launch.
One person across the whole thing, so nothing gets lost in a handover.
Strategy & positioning
Working out what your customers need to understand and do before a single layout exists.
Design
A custom visual direction built around your business, not a template with your logo dropped in.
Development
Hand-built, fast, responsive front-end. Payments, logins, bookings and dashboards when a project needs them.
Launch & refinement
Domain, hosting, search basics and testing on real devices, then ongoing tweaks as the business grows.
A calm, collaborative path from idea to launch.
You tell me about the business
What you do, who your customers are, and what the site needs to achieve. A short conversation is enough to start.
I understand the audience and goals
Before design, I work out what a visitor needs to feel, understand and do, and where the site should send them next.
I create an initial direction
A clear visual direction, or a short demo, so you are reacting to something real rather than a written brief.
We agree the project, then refine together
Once you want to proceed, we agree scope and price. From there, design and content are shaped collaboratively until it feels like yours.
I build, test and launch
The full site is built, polished for phones and desktops, tested, and taken live, with support after launch.
Custom, considered, and built by one person who cares.
No templates
Every site is designed around the specific business. The plumber, barber and pizzeria in my work share nothing but quality.
Direct communication
You talk to the person doing the work. No account managers, no telephone game.
Built to be fast
Lightweight, hand-written front-end. My own product scores 90+ on Google's mobile speed test.
You own it
Once a project is paid for, the finished site is yours: design, content and code.
“I do not begin by choosing colours. I begin by understanding what the visitor needs to feel, understand and do.”
I am a young designer and developer who cares about the small details: typography that reads well, pages that load before you lose patience, and layouts that behave on a phone.
I like turning a business owner's rough idea into something they can picture their customers using, then building it properly. When I am not at the screen I am usually in the hills, which is where the contour lines running quietly through this site come from.
Tell me about your business, and I will show you a direction.
Send a few lines about what you do and what you need. I reply within one working day, usually with a couple of questions and a plan for a first direction.