LSLinwood Studios Free check

Websites for Melbourne tradies and local services.

Launch offer$249all upDomain name extra.

A one-page website plus a Google listing tidy-up. No deposit, and you only pay once you've approved it. For our first 5 Melbourne businesses.

Linwood Studios is a small Melbourne web design studio. We build simple, fast websites for painters, handymen, gardeners, fencers, cleaners and other local businesses, with your services, your suburbs and a quick way to ask for a quote. One clear price and no lock-in.

Free website check: a short written note on what could make your online presence work harder for you (it may include a quote). Nothing gets built, and there's no obligation.

  • No depositon the launch offer
  • 72 hrsfrom go-ahead + content
  • Your domainregistered in your name
Concept design
Concept homepage for a sample landscaper on a laptop More of the same sample landscaper concept on a laptop
The same concept homepage on a phone, with quote and call buttons More of the same sample landscaper concept on a phone
Built phone-firstOne tap to call or ask for a quote

On the tools

While you're on the tools, customers are looking you up.

Illustrative scenes, AI-generated. Not real tradies or client work.

  1. Illustrative AI-generated scene: a builder swinging a hammer on a timber-frame building site
    01BuildersShow the jobs you're proud of.
  2. Illustrative AI-generated scene: a plumber tightening a brass fitting on a copper pipe with a spanner
    02PlumbersA quick way to ask for a quote.
  3. Illustrative AI-generated scene: an electrician working at a switchboard
    03ElectriciansYour REC number on the site, checked on the register first.
  4. Illustrative AI-generated scene: a painter rolling terracotta paint onto a wall
    04PaintersYour services and suburbs, clear on a phone.
  5. Illustrative AI-generated scene: a gardener trimming a hedge with hedge shears
    05Landscapers and gardenersA site on your own domain, with your Google listing to match.Get my free check

Launch offer for our first 5 Melbourne businesses

A one-page website plus a Google listing tidy-up, $249 all up.

The $249 includes the tidy-up, a one-page website built from one of our templates (services, hours, contact details, map and click-to-call), set up on your own domain and hosted on a free Netlify plan set up in your name (subject to the host's own terms, which can change), and one round of changes. Your domain name is extra (usually about $15 to $30 a year, registered in your name).

There's no deposit. We do the work, you review it, and you only pay once you've approved it, before it goes live.

Free website check: a short written note on what could make your online presence work harder for you (it may include a quote). Nothing gets built, and there's no obligation. We'll tell you how many launch offer spots are left when you ask. Full details are in our terms.

For tradies and home services

When a customer gets your quote, or hears your name from a mate, they Google you before they ring.

What do they find?

We build simple websites for Melbourne tradies and home-service businesses, and tidy up your Google listing to match. Here's what a tradie site from us includes.

  • Your services and suburbsWhat you do and where you work, clear at a glance on a phone.
  • A quick way to ask for a quoteA short quote form, with a privacy note saying the enquiry goes to you.
  • Tap to callA call button that rings your own phone.
  • Licence details, checkedIf your work needs a licence or registration, your number goes on the site. We check it on the public register first.
  • Your job photosPhotos you own or have permission to use, without identifiable homes or people unless the owner's OK'd it.
  • Your Google listing, tidied upCategories, hours, services and description, pointing to a site on your own domain.

Already on a lead app? Keep it. A site of your own adds another channel. It doesn't replace the app, and we can't promise how many enquiries it brings. More in the FAQ.

The examples on this page are concept designs with made-up business details, not client websites.

Made for local businesses:PaintersHandymenGardeners & landscapersFencersCleanersMobile servicesCafés, salons & local shops

Why it matters

Customers look you up before they call.

When someone finds you on Google or Instagram, your website is your first impression. We make it a good one, especially on a phone.

Easy to find

A Google Business Profile setup or tidy-up and basic local SEO, so your services, hours and location are clear when people search.

Easy to contact

Big, clear buttons to call, book or get in touch, right where thumbs expect them.

Easy to trust

A clean, modern design that shows you're open, professional and easy to deal with.

Concept designs

The kind of website we build

Tap any design to open the live concept. Try it on your phone too: they're built phone-first.

ConceptsSample businesses with sample details. Not client websites.

These concept designs use made-up business names, placeholder phone numbers from the range set aside for fiction, and sample addresses or service areas. Photos are either free-licence images from Unsplash or AI-generated images, and the AI-generated ones are labelled on each concept. Licence and registration numbers are only ever shown as a placeholder (like “REC no. here” or “Registration no. here”), never a real-looking number. Each opens in a new tab.

Free website check

Not sure what your website needs?

Send us your business name and a link to your website or Google listing, and we'll email you a short written note on what could make your online presence work harder for you (it may include a quote). Nothing gets built, and there's no obligation.

  1. Send us your business nameUse the form, email us, or DM us on Instagram.
  2. We email you a short written noteWhat could make your online presence work harder. It may include a quote. Nothing gets built.
  3. You decide, no pressureGo ahead, ask questions, or leave it there.

Pricing

Clear, one-off prices

Every package is a fixed price in Australian dollars, agreed before we start. No hidden extras, no lock-in.

Best place to start

Starter Website

$599 one-off

A polished one-page website for a local business.

Just starting out? Our launch offer below gets the first 5 Melbourne businesses a simple one-page website plus a Google listing tidy-up for $249 all up (domain name extra).

  • Mobile-friendly one-page site with services, hours, map and click-to-call
  • Booking link or enquiry form
  • Google Business Profile setup or tidy-up and basic local SEO
  • Hosting set up for you on a reliable host
  • Two rounds of changes
  • Live within 72 hours of your deposit and content
  • Domain registered in your name (you pay the domain fee)
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Optional

Care plans

$79 / month

Care Plan. Want the basics? Care Plan Lite is $49 a month.

  • Both plans: hosting kept running, SSL checked and a monthly uptime check
  • Care: up to 60 minutes of small edits a month, plus a monthly enquiry form test and backup
  • Care: a monthly Google Business Profile touch-up (hours, photos, details and one update post)
  • Lite ($49): one batch of small edits a month (up to 30 minutes), backup every 3 months
  • Online store care is quoted separately
  • Month to month, no exit fee: cancel by email with 30 days' notice
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Launch offer: a one-page website plus a Google listing tidy-up, $249 all up. Your domain name is extra (usually about $15 to $30 a year, registered in your name). Just want the Google tidy-up? That's $149. Limited to our first 5 Melbourne businesses. Once they're gone, our standard prices apply.

What you get for $249: the Google Business Profile tidy-up described below, plus a one-page website built from one of our templates, with your services, hours, contact details, a map and click-to-call, set up on your own domain. One round of changes is included. A round is one combined list of changes.

What you send us: your text (services, hours, phone, address or service area), your logo if you have one, and any photos. If you don't have photos, we use free-licence stock images or simple graphics.

Not included: extra pages, custom design, online booking or payments systems, copywriting, photography, logos, ads and ongoing updates. We're happy to quote on any of those.

Domain and hosting: your domain (usually about $15–$30 a year) is registered in your name and paid by you. We put the site on a free Netlify plan set up in your name, so there's usually no hosting bill, subject to the host's own terms, which can change. If you ever move to a paid plan, that cost is yours.

Paying: There's no deposit. We do the work, you review it, and you only pay once you've approved it, before it goes live. If you only want the tidy-up, it's $149 once it's done.

Approval: once we send your draft, you've got 14 days to approve it or send your changes. If we don't hear from you, we'll check in once. If there's still no reply after that, the spot goes to the next business and nothing is owed. You can still go ahead later at our standard prices, or at $249 if spots are still open.

Showing our work: we'd like to show your finished site on our website and social pages as an example of our work. You can say no, or ask us to take it down at any time, and your price stays the same.

Ownership: once you've paid, the site content and design files we made for you are yours. Full details are in our terms.

Google Business Profile tidy-up on its own: $149, one-off. We check your categories and hours (including any special hours you give us), tidy up your services or menu and your business description, and give you a simple kit for asking every customer for an honest review. You add us as a manager, so we never need your password, and we remove our access when we're done. You pay by invoice once it's done, with no deposit. We're not registered for GST, so no GST is charged. We can't guarantee rankings, calls or reviews, because Google decides those.

Standard payment: 50% deposit to start, and the balance when you approve the work, before it goes live. Launch offer clients pay no deposit, and the $249 is only paid once you've approved the site, before it goes live. Your domain (usually about $15–$30 a year) is registered in your name and paid by you. Not included unless quoted: multi-page sites, custom logos, photography, paid advertising and copywriting in other languages.

How it works

From first message to launch, without the jargon

You'll always know what's happening and what it costs.

  1. Tell us about your business

    Use the form, email us or DM us on Instagram. A few quick questions about what you do and what customers need to find.

  2. Free website check (optional)

    Not sure yet? We email you a short written note on what could make your online presence work harder for you (it may include a quote). Nothing gets built, and there's no obligation.

  3. Send your details

    Pay the deposit (there's none on the launch offer) and send your content. Your Starter Website is live within 72 hours.

  4. Review and launch

    Two rounds of changes are included (one round on the launch offer). Approve it and pay (the balance on standard projects, or the full $249 on the launch offer), and we launch it on your domain.

Built in

What every website includes

  • Made for phones firstDesigned for the phone in your customer's hand, and checked on laptops too.
  • Call, book and contactBig, clear buttons for the things customers actually want to do.
  • Fast to loadLightweight pages without heavy page builders, so they open quickly on mobile data.
  • Google-ready basicsPage titles, descriptions and business details set up properly.
  • Secure by defaultHTTPS on your domain, with no plugins to keep patching. Quote and enquiry forms include a short privacy note saying who receives the enquiry.
  • Yours to keepYour domain, your accounts and your content. No lock-in.

Behind the studio

We're Linwood Studios.

We're a small web design studio here in Melbourne. We build simple, fast websites for Melbourne tradies and local businesses, and you deal with us directly, from your first message to launch day.

Not sure yet? We can start with a free website check: a short written note on what could make your online presence work harder for you (it may include a quote), with nothing built and no obligation. Then you decide. We use modern tools, including AI-assisted drafting, to work quickly, and we check everything before it's shown to you or published.

What we buildWebsites for Melbourne tradies and local businesses
How we workFree website check first, then you decide
What we care aboutSites that work well on a phone

FAQ

Questions owners ask us

Can't see yours? Email LinwoodStudiosTeam@gmail.com and we'll answer it plainly.

Is the free website check really free?

Yes. Send us your business name and a link to your website or Google listing (or tell us you don't have one), and we'll email you a short written note on what could make your online presence work harder for you (it may include a quote). Nothing gets built, and there's no obligation.

How does the launch offer work?

For our first 5 Melbourne businesses, it's a simple one-page website plus a Google Business Profile tidy-up for $249 all up, with one round of changes. Your domain name is extra (usually about $15 to $30 a year, registered in your name). Just want the Google tidy-up? That's $149 on its own. There's no deposit. We do the work, you review it, and you only pay once you've approved it, before it goes live. We'd like to show your finished site as an example of our work, but you can say no or ask us to take it down any time, and your price stays the same. Just ask and we'll tell you how many spots are left. Once all 5 are taken, the offer ends and we'll update this page.

What do you need from me to get started?

Your business details (services, hours, phone, address or service area), your logo if you have one, and any photos you'd like to use. If you don't have photos, we use free-licence stock images or simple graphics. We'll send you a short checklist.

How fast is “live within 72 hours”?

For the Starter Website, the 72 hours starts once we have the 50% deposit and your content (launch offer sites have no deposit, so they start once we have your content). If content or feedback takes longer, the timeline moves with it, and we'll always tell you where things are up to.

Who owns the website and domain?

You do. Your domain is registered in your name and paid by you (usually about $15–$30 a year). Once the project is paid in full, the website content and design files we made for you are yours.

Are there ongoing costs?

For a Starter Website, hosting is set up on a reliable free or low-cost host, so many sites only pay for the domain. Care plans are optional.

How do I pay?

We send you an invoice. Standard projects: 50% to start and the balance when you approve the site, before it goes live. Launch offer clients pay no deposit. The $249 is paid in full once you've approved the site, before it goes live. The $149 Google Business Profile tidy-up is paid in full once it's done, with no deposit. We don't take payments through this website.

Can I update the site myself?

Yes. You get a short how-to guide at handover. If you'd rather not, the care plan covers small monthly updates like hours, prices and specials.

I'm already on a lead app. Do I still need a website?

You don't have to choose. Lead apps can be a good source of work, and a website doesn't replace them. For example, hipages lists its four main lead plans at $139 to $649 + GST a month, and says every lead is capped at 3 businesses (checked on hipages.com.au on 25 October 2026; their plans and prices can change). A website and Google listing of your own add another channel, for customers who already have your name from a quote, a mate or your van and look you up before they ring. We can't promise how many enquiries it brings. We're not connected with hipages or any other lead app.

Do you need my licence or registration number?

If your work needs a licence or registration in Victoria, yes. For example, electrical contractors must show their REC number in ads and on their website, and registered building practitioners must show their name and registration number when advertising domestic building work. Send us the number in writing and we'll check it on the regulator's public register (Energy Safe Victoria for RECs; the Building and Plumbing Commission for builders and plumbers) before anything goes live. We never list a service that needs a licence unless we've checked the number.

Do you guarantee Google rankings or more sales?

No, and be wary of anyone who does. We set up the basics properly (page titles, descriptions, business details and your Google Business Profile) so Google can understand your business, but rankings and sales depend on many things outside our control.

Are the designs on this page real client websites?

No. They are concept designs for sample businesses, made to show the style of work. The business names, phone numbers and addresses in them are placeholders.

Is there a lock-in contract?

No. Websites are a one-off price. Care plans ($79 a month, or $49 a month for Lite) are month to month, with no minimum term and no exit fee. Cancel any time by email with 30 days' notice. Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected by anything in our terms.

Quick contact

Call, text or email. Whatever suits you.

Texts are quickest. If I miss your call, I'll get back to you the same day.

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Tell us your business name and what you do. We'll reply by email, usually within one business day, with your website check or a few quick questions. There's no obligation.

Based in Melbourne. We work with businesses across Melbourne.

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