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Most small business websites were built years ago and quietly turn customers away. We rebuild them into something you're proud to share, usually in days, not months.

Recently launched

Built for The Barbers Shop in Chalfont St Giles

17 Google reviews at 5.0, late opening hours highlighted, tap-to-call contact and a proper local website.

From first message to live website in just five days.

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Our work

Seeing is believing.

These are concept rebuilds of real local businesses, built to show exactly what we do. Their old site on the left, ours on the right.

Live client · Traditional barber

The Barbers Shop

Mark's shop in Chalfont St Giles had a single listing on the village directory. We built him a site of his own: coordinate-pinned map, live opening hours, and a clear call to book.

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Before
chalfontstgiles.org.uk/Barber-Shop.html

Chalfont St. Giles
Village Website

Parish Council - Community Library - Memorial Hall - Schools - Village Guide - Venues 4 Hire
indexCharities▾Shops▾Clubs & Societies▾Local Links▾Food-and-DrinkHealth & Fitness▾Trades▾History▾
The
Barbers Shop
Est. 1994

2 St Giles Walk, The High St.,
Chalfont St Giles, HP8 4QA
Convienient Extended Hours
Monday to Thursday
9 - 9
Friday
9 - 7
Saturday
9 - 5
By Appointment
Highly Competitive Prices
Friendly. Local.
Call Mark now
07742 111213
After
thebarberscsg.netlify.app
The Barbers Shop CutsHoursFind us Book

Chalfont St Giles

TheBarbers Shop

A good cut and friendly service

One of the few traditional barbers left in Britain: classic cuts with modern products.

Telephone to book

By appointment only

Here's what Mark said about it

It looks great, is easy to use, and really captures the vibe of my shop. You made the whole process stress-free, and nothing was too much trouble. I'd definitely recommend you to anyone looking for a top-quality website.

Mark

The Barbers Shop, Chalfont St Giles

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Concept rebuild · Craft brewery

XT Brewing Co

A brewery in Long Crendon with a strong brand its old website was hiding. We gave the beers the spotlight and made ordering obvious.

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Before
xtbrewing.example.co.uk/index.php?page=home
XT BREWING COMPANY - LONG CRENDON
HomeOur BeersStockistsContact Us

Welcome to the XT Brewing Company website. We are an independent brewery producing a range of cask and keg beers. NEW: our shop is now open Fridays and Saturdays.

Please see the table below for our current range of beers:

BeerStyleABV
XT OneBlonde4.2%
XT FourAmber Ale3.8%
XT EightStout4.5%

Website best viewed on a desktop computer. For trade enquiries please telephone the brewery office.

After
xt-brewery.netlify.app
BeersTaproomStory Shop Beer

Independent · 18-Barrel · Bucks

Big flavour,
brewed here.

Characterful, full-flavoured beer made by hand at Notley Farm since 2011.

Explore the beersVisit the taproom

Every website we build

The basics, done properly.

Looks right on phones

Most of your customers will find you on a mobile. Every page is designed for small screens first.

Loads fast

No bloated builders or heavy plugins. Lightweight pages that open before people lose patience.

Feels like your brand

Your colours, your tone, your photos. We study your business first, then design around it.

Explained in plain English

We handle the technical side and tell you what's happening in words that make sense.

Who we help

Built for local businesses like yours.

If your customers find you online before they find you in person, a good website earns its keep.

Tradespeople
Barbers and salons
Pubs, cafés and restaurants
Independent shops
Clubs and local organisations
Start-ups and self-employed people

Why choose us?

Small, local and straight with you.

01

You speak directly to the people building the site.

02

You see the design before committing.

03

No jargon or unnecessary subscriptions.

04

Designed around your actual business.

05

Local, quick and affordable.

What you can count on

Clear terms, no surprises.

You own your website

Once it’s paid for, the website belongs to you. We’ll also help with problems after launch and include six months of free small adjustments, such as price, opening-hours or service changes.

The six months covers small content changes, not major redesigns or new features.

No ongoing website fees

You only need to pay for your domain if you choose to use one. We can help host your website at no extra cost where appropriate, although hosting is different from owning a domain.

Clients may also prefer to host their website through their own Netlify account. This can be ideal for businesses whose customers mainly find them through Google Business Profile.

tmdesign helps small businesses see and launch a better website without the agency price tag.

How it works

Three steps. That's it.

01

We learn your business

We look at your reviews, your customers and what makes you different, so the website sells what people actually love about you.

02

We build and show you

You see a working version of your new site before you commit to anything. If you don't love it, you don't pay for it.

03

We put it live

Domain, hosting, launch: we handle the lot. You get a website you can share the same week, and we're on hand for changes.

Pricing

Honest prices for small businesses.

No retainers. No surprises. You pay for what you need, when you need it.

Starter website

from

£30

  • A high-quality website for your business
  • A fresh new site, or a refresh of your current one
  • Designed around your brand

Full local-business website

from

£75

  • Everything in Starter
  • We get the site online and arrange hosting
  • Or host it on your own Netlify account if you prefer

Website + Extras

from

£120

  • Everything in the full website
  • Plus extra services, charged for individually
  • Professional photography
  • Taking payments online

Need more? We also offer extras like product photography and 3D scans. Just ask.

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Answer three questions and get a realistic range in about ten seconds. No email needed to see the number.

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Who we are

Two people. One standard.

tmdesign is Tom and Matthew, a small team building websites for small businesses in Buckinghamshire and beyond.

T

Tom

Builds the engine

Everything behind the scenes: hosting, forms, bookings and payments. Your website doesn't just look good, it works.

M

Matthew

Designs the experience

Everything you see and touch: the design, the words and the feel. Built around your brand and your customers.

Show us your website.
We'll show you what it could be.

Tell us what you need. It takes ten seconds. We'll take a look and come back with ideas, free, no obligation.

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Or email us directly: studio@tmdesigns.uk

About tmdesign

Two people who think small businesses deserve better.

We are Tom and Matthew. We build websites for the sort of businesses that usually get quoted four figures and walked away from.

Most independent shops in Buckinghamshire are in one of two positions. Either they have no website at all, or they have one that was put together years ago and has been quietly working against them ever since.

Neither is really their fault. A proper agency costs more than a small shop can justify, and the cheap alternatives are template builders that leave you doing the work yourself. So we built something in between: proper design and proper build, at a price that makes the decision easy.

We are deliberately small. There is no account manager, no sales team, no ticket system. You talk to the two people who make the thing.

The team

Who you are actually dealing with.

T

Tom

Backend and infrastructure

Tom builds the parts you do not see but would notice immediately if they were missing.

  • Hosting, domains and getting sites live
  • Contact forms and enquiry handling
  • Booking and login systems
  • Payments and checkout
tom@tmdesigns.uk
M

Matthew

Design and client work

Matthew handles everything you and your customers actually see and touch.

  • Design, layout and brand feel
  • Words and page structure
  • Business and competitor research
  • Your point of contact throughout
matthew@tmdesigns.uk

Our method

We research before we design.

Anyone can put a template in front of you. This is the part that makes the difference.

  1. We study your brand

    Your social media tells us your style, your tone and how you already talk to customers. The website should sound like you, not like us.

  2. We come and look

    We walk past, pop in, or check the street view. Seeing the place and the people who go there tells us more than any brief.

  3. We read your reviews

    Your customers have already written your best sales copy. We find what they consistently praise and build the website around exactly that.

  4. We check your competitors

    We look at who else is nearby, what they are offering and where they are winning. Then we make sure you are the better option online.

  5. Then we design

    Only once we understand the business do we start building. That is why the sites look like the businesses rather than like each other.

What we believe

Six things we hold to.

Cheap should not look cheap

A low price is about keeping our process lean, not about cutting the quality of what you get.

See it before you pay

We build a working version first. If you do not like it, you have lost nothing but a conversation.

Plain English only

You should never need us to translate a sentence we just said. No jargon, no baffling invoices.

Fast, but not rushed

Small sites do not need three month timelines. Most of ours are ready to look at within days.

Local and reachable

We are in the same area as most of our clients. You can find us, and we answer.

Honesty over the sale

If something is not worth doing, we will tell you, even when saying so costs us the work.

Where we work

Buckinghamshire, mostly.

We are based around the Chalfonts and cover the surrounding villages and towns. Everything we build works remotely too, so distance is not a barrier.

Chalfont St Giles Amersham Wendover Wingrave Long Crendon and anywhere else in the UK

Worked with us?

A review means the world to a small business.

If we have built something for you and you were happy with it, a few words on Google helps the next local business find us. It takes a minute.

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What we do

Everything handled, or pick what you need.

Most local businesses take the full package below. If you would rather choose piece by piece, everything is listed separately underneath.

Most popular

The local business package

Website, mobile design, contact details, map and launch setup. Everything a local business needs to be found and to look right, handled by us from start to finish.

from £75 Hosting arranged where it suits you, or host it on your own Netlify account.

Prefer to pick and choose? Here is everything on its own.

A new website

Designed around your business from scratch, not dropped into a template. Built to load fast and to look right on a phone, which is where most of your customers will see it.

  • Custom design
  • Mobile first
  • Map and directions
  • Opening hours
  • Contact details
From£30

Updates and alterations

Prices changed, new services, a seasonal offer, a photo swap. Send us what you need changed and we will turn it around quickly.

  • New pages
  • Content changes
  • Seasonal refreshes
  • Fixes
From£20

Getting you online

The technical part, handled entirely by us. Domain, hosting, security certificate and launch, plus making sure the site is linked properly to your Google Business Profile so it shows up when people search for you.

  • Domain setup
  • Hosting
  • HTTPS
  • Google Business link
From£40

Custom online payments

A cart or price calculator connected to secure Stripe Checkout, supporting cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and eligible PayPal payments. It does not suit every business, especially where each job is quoted individually, but if you sell products or take bookings we can set this up for you. The money goes straight to your own account, never through us.

  • Custom cart or calculator
  • Stripe Checkout
  • Apple & Google Pay
  • Your own account
From£100

Social media setup

Profiles created and set up properly, matched to your website so the whole thing looks like one business rather than three different ones.

  • Profile creation
  • Brand matching
  • Business email
Priced per jobAsk

Photography and 3D scans

Good photos are the single biggest difference between a website that looks professional and one that does not. We can shoot your products, your premises or your work.

  • Product photography
  • Premises shots
  • 3D scanning
From£50

Not sure what you need?

That is the normal position to be in. Tell us about the business and we will tell you honestly what is worth doing and what is not.

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Questions

The things people ask us first.

If yours is not here, just ask. We would rather answer than have you guess.

Why is it so cheap?

Because we are two people, not an agency with an office and staff to pay for. We also build lean, hand-coded sites rather than heavy systems that take weeks to configure.

The low price is how we get started and build up a set of local clients. It is not a discount on the quality of the work.

Do I have to pay before I see anything?

No. We build a working version of your site first and show it to you. You decide once it is in front of you, not before.

How long does it take?

For a straightforward small business site, days rather than months. The slowest part is usually waiting on photos and content from you, so the more you have ready, the faster it goes.

Do I own the website?

Yes. It is your site, your domain and your content. If you ever want to move it elsewhere or have someone else work on it, you can.

What if I need changes later?

Send them over. Alterations start at £20 depending on the size of the job, and we will tell you the price before we do the work rather than after.

Do I need to buy a domain first?

Not necessarily. If you already have one we will use it. If you do not, we can sort it as part of getting you online, and the annual cost of the domain itself is usually only a few pounds.

Will this help me show up on Google?

Partly, and we want to be straight about this. For a local business, the biggest factor by far is your Google Business Profile and your reviews, not your website.

What the website does is convert the people who find you: someone taps through from the map, sees a site that looks professional, and books. We make sure the two are properly linked.

Can people pay through the website?

Yes, if it suits your business. We can build a custom cart connected to secure Stripe Checkout from £100, supporting cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal. The money goes straight into your own account, never through us, so you stay in control of it.

It is not right for everyone. If every job you do is quoted individually, an enquiry form usually works better than a checkout.

What do you not do?

We do not do large corporate systems, ongoing social media management, or paid advertising campaigns. If you ask us for something we are not the right people for, we will say so.

Still wondering something?

Ask us directly. We answer questions whether or not you end up hiring us.

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Case study · Live client

The Barbers Shop

A traditional barber in Chalfont St Giles who had everything going for him except a website of his own.

From first message to live website in just five days.

Client
Mark, The Barbers Shop
Where
Chalfont St Giles
What we did
Full site, built and launched
Status
Live

The situation

Mark has been cutting hair on St Giles Walk since 1994 and his customers are devoted. What he did not have was anywhere of his own online. His entire web presence was a single entry on the Chalfont St Giles village website, sitting underneath a navigation menu for charities, clubs and local history.

That page had his hours, his address, his phone number and a hand-made barber pole graphic. What it did not have was an address of his own. He could not update it quickly, he could not point Google at it, and it read like a directory entry rather than a business.

What we found

Before designing anything we looked at how Mark actually competes locally. Two numbers decided the whole approach.

  • 17 Google reviews at 5.0. His customers rate him perfectly. The haircut was never in question.
  • A nearby competitor had 36 reviews at 4.9. A lower average, but more than twice the visibility.
  • Open until 9pm, Monday to Thursday. A genuine advantage over most barbers, and almost nobody knew.

So the job was not to make Mark look better than he is. It was to stop a five star barber losing walk-ins to a competitor who was simply easier to find and easier to read on a phone.

His customers had already given him five stars. They just could not find him online.

The result

His own website, live.

This is the real site, running inside this page. Scroll it, click it, it is the same one his customers use.

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The Barbers Shop, desktop
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Same site, mobile

What changed

  • A web address of his own that he can put on his Google Business Profile, so people searching for a barber land on his site rather than a village directory.
  • Those late opening hours put front and centre instead of buried in a paragraph.
  • Tap to call. Most people looking for a barber are on a phone and want to book, not read.
  • A map pinned to the exact shop, not a text search that could send someone to a competitor.
  • A design that matches the shop: traditional, warm and unfussy, rather than a template.

In Mark's words

What the client said.

Thank you for building such an amazing website for my barbershop! I'm really happy with how it turned out. It looks great, is easy to use, and really captures the vibe of my shop. You made the whole process stress-free, and nothing was too much trouble. I really appreciate all the work you've put in. I'd definitely recommend you to anyone looking for a top-quality website. Thanks again!

Mark, The Barbers Shop, Chalfont St Giles

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Case study · Concept rebuild

XT Brewing Co

An independent brewery with a bold brand that its website was quietly hiding.

Business
XT Brewing Co
Where
Long Crendon
What we did
Speculative redesign
Status
Concept, not commissioned

Why we built it

This one was not a paid job. We build concept rebuilds to show what we would do with a business before anyone has to spend anything, and XT was a good test: strong product, strong brand, website not doing either of them justice.

We want to be straight about that. Nobody at XT asked us for this and it is not a live client site. It is here because it shows our work honestly, and because it is exactly what we would send a brewery if we were pitching for the job.

The approach

  • Put the beer first. The original listed the range in a plain table. Beer is bought with the eyes, so the cans became the hero.
  • Made buying obvious. The old site mentioned its shop opening times halfway down a paragraph. Now Shop Beer sits in the header, visible on every screen, so nobody has to hunt for how to buy.
  • Matched the brand, not a template. Heavy display type, black and amber, the confidence the labels already had.
  • Built it for phones. The original told visitors it was best viewed on a desktop computer.

The concept

Running live, right here.

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XT Brewing Co, desktop
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Same site, mobile

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Our work

Good businesses that were hard to find online.

Every project starts the same way: a business people already like, held back by a website that does not show it. Here is what we have built so far.

Live client · Traditional barber

The Barbers Shop

Mark has been cutting hair in Chalfont St Giles since 1994 and holds a perfect five star rating. His entire online presence was one entry on the village website, underneath a menu for charities and local history.

Read the case study Live site ↗
  • An address of his ownSomewhere he controls, that Google can point at.
  • Late hours made obviousOpen until 9pm four nights a week, previously buried.
  • Tap to call and a pinned mapBuilt for someone deciding on a phone.
Concept rebuild · Craft brewery

XT Brewing Co

An independent brewery in Long Crendon with confident branding on every can, and a website that listed its beers in a plain table and asked visitors to use a desktop computer.

Read the case study Live demo ↗
  • The beer became the heroCans on show instead of a spreadsheet.
  • Buying made obviousShop sits in the header on every screen.
  • Built for phones firstThe original recommended a desktop.

Speculative builds

We usually build first and ask after.

Some of the work here was never commissioned. We build a preview for a business we think we can help, then show them. It costs them nothing and there is no obligation, which is why we say so plainly rather than presenting concepts as clients.

Yours could be next.

Tell us your business name and we will build you a preview, free, before you decide anything.

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Pricing

Pay once. Then only when you want something changed.

No monthly fee, no contract, and nothing charged until you have seen your website and said yes to it.

Estimate

Work out roughly what yours would cost.

Pick a package, tell us a little about the job, and see what it includes. No email needed to see the number.

Pick the pack that fits
No website yet? Leave this blank. Many of our clients start from nothing.

Estimated total

£30 to £45

A guide, not a quote. We confirm the price before starting anything.

No obligation — we’ll reply with ideas, not a sales pitch.

What moves the price

Why one job costs more than another.

How many pages

A single page covering who you are, your hours and how to reach you is the quickest thing we build. Menus, price lists and galleries take longer.

What the site has to do

Showing information is straightforward. Taking bookings or payments means more to build and more to test before it goes live.

What you already have

If you have photos, text and a logo ready, we move fast. If we are shooting photos or writing from scratch, that is extra work.

Whether we launch it

Some clients have a domain and want the files. Most want the whole thing handled, which is the separate cost of getting you online.

The alternative

What most small businesses pay instead.

Website builders and directory listings charge every month, forever, and you stop having a website the moment you stop paying.

A monthly subscription

£20 to £30

Every month, indefinitely. Over three years that is several hundred pounds, and the site is only yours while you keep paying. Many owners end up building it themselves anyway.

A website from us

From £30

Paid once. Designed around your business rather than picked from templates. It stays yours, and you only pay again if you actually want something changed.

How paying works

You see it before you pay for it.

We build a working version of your website first and show it to you. If you do not want it, you have lost nothing but a conversation. Nothing is taken up front.

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