I am an islander, and I build custom websites for island businesses. Designed properly, coded by hand, and easy for you to update yourself.
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I grew up on Salt Spring and I am now in my fourth year of software engineering at UVic in Victoria. Everything I have built is for a business on this coast: a bakery in Campbell River, a health clinic in Fernwood, builders and excavators on Salt Spring, a painter, a cleaning company, a B&B. Same island, same designer, start to finish.
The usual alternative is an agency on the mainland you never actually meet, where your project is handed between people and a small change means a support ticket. Here you deal with the person who wrote the code. I answer the phone, I know the ferries, and I know what it costs a business here to be hard to find online.
Every site is custom-coded rather than assembled from a template, fast and secure by default, and handed over with a dashboard so you update it yourself without waiting on me.
Get a free previewThe towns I work in most, each with its own page and local projects.
A health clinic in Fernwood, a cleaning company serving the whole city, and a painter with a print shop.
Web design in VictoriaSix island businesses, from builders and excavators to a spa, a B&B, and a musician.
Web design in Salt Spring IslandA thirteen-year-old bakery site in Willow Point, rebuilt and live inside a week.
Web design in Campbell RiverEvery review on Google is five stars. Here are ten of them, word for word, beside the site each client got.
Working with Owen on the Maid in Victoria website was honestly one of the best business decisions we've made.
From the very beginning, he really took the time to understand not just what we wanted the site to look like — but how we wanted our brand to feel. He was incredibly patient with all of our ideas (and changes), super responsive, and genuinely cared about getting every detail right.
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Vancouver Island
The landing page for a map of Vancouver Island's farm stands, food trucks and markets, pointing visitors to the map and stand owners to a free listing.
Salt Spring Island
A first website for a Salt Spring excavating and septic company, built around photographs of their own jobs and a dashboard they update themselves.
Salt Spring Island
A nine-page rebuild for a Salt Spring spa after its old WordPress site was hacked, with booking, a shop, and a journal the owner runs herself.
Salt Spring Island
A warm new home for a three-room garden B&B, built to win direct bookings instead of paying the platforms their cut.
Salt Spring Island
A first-ever website for a builder, with every project photographed and organized into its own gallery clients can browse.
Campbell River
Replacing a beloved Willow Point bakery's 13-year-old WordPress site with a warm, six-page custom build, live within a week.
Victoria
Rebuilding a multidisciplinary Fernwood clinic's outdated site into a calm, modern home for six therapies, fully self-editable by the owners.
Salt Spring Island
The first website for a custom home builder, later rebuilt in custom code so the work could be shown by type, location, and year.
Victoria
A six-page site for a Victoria cleaning company, moved off an old WordPress install and built around the booking system they already run on.
Victoria
A painter's site moved off a template artist platform and rebuilt around her four collections, events and art cards.
Salt Spring Island
An online presence for a pianist, vocalist, and composer whose career spans jazz, soul, blues, and classical.
I'll build a free preview of your new homepage from what's already public, usually within a week. Nothing to prepare, and no obligation to go ahead.
