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You’ve built somethingworth being proud of.Your website shouldshow it.

Bristol · from £1,000 · 4–6 weeks · one designer-developer

I learn your business first, then hand-code a website that solves your real problems. No templates, no themes, no WordPress. A proper tool, not a pretty page.

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  1. In Bristol

    face to face

    I come to you for the first conversation.

  2. From £1,000

    no surprises

    Hand-coded, no templates. Three tiers.

  3. 4–6 weeks

    call to live

    First conversation to a live site.

  4. No lock-in

    yours from day one

    Domain, hosting, code. All yours.

  5. £225 / quarter

    care plan

    Stays fast, stays on Google.

The gap
Sound

familiar?

Your business is brilliant. Your website tells a different story.

  1. Maybeit was rushed and never updated.
    i.
  2. Maybeyou tried Wix and gave up halfway.
    ii.
  3. Maybeyou paid someone who disappeared.
    iii.
  4. Maybeit works. It just doesn't feel like you.
    iv.

It’s not bad design. It’s the questions nobody asked.

  1. Whatis this site supposed to do?
  2. Whatmakes someone pick up the phone?
  3. Whatdoes a visitor need to feel before they trust you?
The site is structured the way we actually work. We’re proud to show it to donors and to members.
— Zainab, admin · Somali Kitchen Bristol CIC

That’s exactly what I close.

Page by Page

No mysteries. Here’s exactly what happens.

The Page by Page method. Seven steps, four to six weeks. Every project, every time.

  1. 1 hour, in person

    We talk.

    Free. No pitch.

    An hour, in person. I learn the business. You leave with clarity.

  2. Week 1

    I do the homework.

    You don't need to be involved.

    Competitors, search, where customers drop off. I come back with findings.

  3. Week 1

    Shape the site.

    Sign-off before I write a line of code.

    Sitemap, page hierarchy, content priorities. We agree the structure here, not mid-build.

  4. Weeks 2–4

    Hand-code, page by page.

    Every line written for your business. Never a template.

    Homepage first. You see it before I touch anything else. Every section earns its place.

  5. Week 5

    Review on a private link.

    Live before it's live.

    Click every page on your phone. Two rounds of revisions. Goes live only when you say so.

  6. Launch day

    Launch. I handle it all.

    Not your problem.

    Domain, DNS, SSL, email, speed, Analytics, Search Console. Zero downtime on migrations.

  7. Ongoing

    I stay around.

    From £225 every 3 months.

    Updates, backups, speed monitoring, performance reports. Stuff breaks. I fix it.

Most projects: first conversation to live site in 4–6 weeks.

Who you’re talking to
Illustrated portrait of Mustafe

Designs the site. Writes the code. Knocks on your door.

I’m Mustafe. One person, one craft.

I design and I build. Not a freelancer who farms out the code. Not a developer who hands you a template and calls it design.

I take on one or two projects a quarter so each one gets the attention it deserves. Bristol is my home patch. I come to your venue for the first conversation, and most of the ones after.

The Risograph editorial look you’re reading right now — I made that. Every line of code is mine.

Based
Bristol, UK
Trade
Designer & developer (one person)
Stack
Hand-coded Next.js. No templates.
Calendar
1–2 projects per quarter, on purpose.
What you get

Everything you need. Nothing you don’t.

Built by hand, specific to you. Comes with a CMS so updating your content never needs a developer.

  • 01

    No hidden costs.

    Price on the page is the price you pay. Extras are quoted before, never after.

  • 02

    You own everything.

    Domain, hosting, code. In your name from day one. No exit fees.

  • 03

    One person.

    You're talking to the person doing the work. I answer my own emails.

  • 04

    Plain English.

    No jargon. I tell you what's happening and what it means.

In scope

  • Discovery session, in person
  • Full custom design, no templates
  • Built with Next.js for speed and proper Google indexing
  • Mobile-first, responsive
  • Two rounds of revisions
  • Private staging link
  • Speed optimisation under 2 seconds
  • Basic SEO + Google Business Profile
  • Simple CMS + 45-min walkthrough
  • SSL, domain, hosting in your name
  • Launch day support

Out of scope

  • Booking and reservation systems
  • Online payments and e-commerce
  • Custom CRM, inventory, membership integrations
  • Multi-location or franchise rollouts

Anything in this column is a custom quote. Always upfront.

Five things brilliantly beats twelve things adequately.

The numbers

Honest pricing. Written down. No surprises.

Custom-built with Next.js. Not WordPress, not templates, not page builders. Designed and coded by hand.

Three projects · pick the shape

  1. 4–6 pages

    The Brochure

    £1,000one-time

    A focused site that looks brilliant and works fast. Strategy, design, build, launch, CMS. For cafés, studios, services.

    Half-deposit to start. If we stop in the first paid week, the deposit comes back.

  2. Most clients8–12 pages

    The Business

    £2,000one-time

    Everything in The Brochure, plus case studies, blog or news, deeper SEO, more nuanced design. For established businesses with more to say.

  3. Bespoke scope

    The Platform

    From £4,000scope-based

    Backends, dashboards, integrations, e-commerce, multi-location. For when a website becomes a tool.

Need The Platform? Quoted in detail before we start. Always upfront, never after.

Not sure which? Book a 20-min Bristol call.

What you can expect, in numbers

20+ catering bookings · 100+ newsletter subscribers · 5 months live.

— Zainab, admin · Somali Kitchen Bristol CIC, the most recent Bristol build.

Care plans · pick what fits

  1. Kept

    £75/month

    £225 paid every 3 months

    Your site stays live, fast, and secure. Hosting, SSL, backups, security patches. For businesses that rarely change anything.

  2. Most clients

    Current

    £100/month

    £300 paid every 3 months

    Everything in Kept, plus your site stays up to date. Menu changes, new hours, photo swaps, copy tweaks. Batched and done each quarter.

  3. Growing

    £150/month

    £450 paid every 3 months

    Everything in Current, plus one new section every quarter, SEO improvements, a performance check, and a 30-min strategy call. Every quarter, without you having to ask.

Billed every 3 months. Cancel anytime. You own everything from day one.

The work

Recent work.

Shipped end-to-end. Named with permission. Click through for the full story.

  1. Somali Kitchen Bristol CIC site
    №01 · Community Interest Company

    Somali Kitchen

    Easton, Bristol · Late 2025

    Situation

    Workshop times, photos and donor info scattered across WhatsApp groups and Facebook.

    What I built

    Five-page site with a Supabase admin so the team upload gallery and update workshops themselves.

    Outcome

    20+ catering bookings, 100+ newsletter subscribers, and donations now routing through the site.

More case studies in progress. Want yours next? Let’s talk.

The questions

Questions you might feel awkward asking.

Money & ownership

What it costs, what you own.

What you get

What's in the box.

The process

How a project runs.

Working together

Where, how, and how close.

After launch

Once it's live.

The conversation
Who you’re talking to

I’m Mustafe. Designer and developer, based in Bristol. I came to you for the first conversation. I answer my own emails.

Let’s have a conversation.

No pitch. No pressure. Tell me about your business. I’ll reply within 24 hours, usually much sooner.

Bristol · BS1, BS5, BS6 · I come to you.

0117 287 0525

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Mustafe Muhumed · Bristol · 2026

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