Web Developer in Kent

Why hire a Kent-based freelance developer?

Most of a website project happens over calls, email and a shared staging site, so you can hire a developer anywhere. Being local still helps in three specific ways: you can meet face to face for the kick-off and the content workshop, there is no time-zone delay on changes, and I understand the local search landscape you are competing in — the Kent towns your customers search from and the businesses already ranking for them.

Against an agency, the difference is who does the work. With me, the person on the discovery call is the person writing the code, configuring the server and fixing the bug at launch. Nothing is lost in a handover between a salesperson, a project manager and a junior developer.

What a website project with me includes

Every build is quoted as a fixed price after a short discovery call, and the quote spells out pages, features, timeline and what happens after launch. The standard scope covers:

• A discovery call and a written scope — what pages you need and why
• Design built around your content and enquiry goals, not a generic template
• Development on WordPress (editable by you) or Next.js (for speed-critical or custom builds)
• Technical SEO set up properly: clean URLs, titles, schema, sitemap, Search Console
• Mobile, speed and accessibility checks before launch
• A handover walkthrough so you can edit the site yourself — you own the code, domain and hosting

WordPress or Next.js — which is right for a Kent business?

For most local service businesses — trades, consultants, clinics, estate and letting agents, hospitality — WordPress is the right choice: you can edit it yourself, it is cheap to host and maintain, and nothing about it stops it ranking well if it is built cleanly.

Next.js makes sense when speed is a competitive edge, when the site needs custom application features, or when you want a site with almost nothing to maintain. I explain the trade-off in detail in Next.js vs WordPress for a business website, and I'll recommend one honestly on the call.

Areas I cover in Kent

I'm based in Chatham and work with businesses across Medway and the rest of Kent. In-person meetings are easiest in Medway, Maidstone and along the A2/M2 corridor; everywhere else we run the project remotely with video calls whenever they're useful. Clients elsewhere in the UK work with me the same way.

How much does a website cost in Kent?

Prices depend on page count, features and how much content needs writing, not on postcode. As a guide: a small WordPress site starts from £399, most business websites fall between £1,299 and £3,499, and WooCommerce stores and custom functionality are quoted per project. A full breakdown of what drives the price is in how much a website costs in the UK.