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Managed Websites for Handymen & Property Maintenance
You've just finished hanging a door that the last bloke left crooked, you're halfway through fitting a new bathroom extractor fan, and your phone buzzes with a text asking if you can look at a leaking tap on Thursday. That's a normal Tuesday.
Why Your Handyman Business Needs a Website That Works as Hard as You Do
You didn't get into this trade to sit at a computer updating a website. But here's the thing — the days of just relying on word of mouth and a card stuck to the noticeboard in the local corner shop are fading. When someone needs a handyman, they're pulling out their phone and searching. If you're not there, the bloke down the road who is gets the job.
Why Your Website Matters More Than You Think
Most handymen either don't have a website or have something they set up years ago on a free builder that looks like it was made in 2012. Maybe it's got your phone number on it. Maybe the contact form doesn't even work anymore. Either way, it's not doing you any favours.
Here's what's actually happening when someone searches "handyman near me": Google's looking at which sites load fast, which ones work properly on a phone, and which ones have relevant, up-to-date content. A half-finished Wix site with a stock photo of a hammer isn't cutting it.
Your website is your shopfront. You wouldn't turn up to a job with rusty tools and a van that won't start. Your online presence shouldn't look like that either.
What Sitethreesixty Builds for Handymen
Sitethreesixty builds managed websites specifically for trade businesses like yours. That means custom code — no WordPress, no page builders, no template that ten thousand other businesses are using. Your site is built from scratch, deployed on Cloudflare's edge network, and managed ongoing.
Speed that keeps visitors. Your site loads in under 1.5 seconds on mobile. Most template sites take 4–7 seconds. Over half your visitors will leave if it takes more than 3.
SEO that brings in work. Every site is optimised for the way people actually search — "handyman in [your town]," "someone to fix a leaky tap," "flat pack assembly near me." Not generic keywords that don't convert.
Content that sounds like you. No corporate waffle. Your site reads like a real tradesman who knows what he's doing — because that's what your customers are looking for. They want someone reliable, not a faceless company with a stock photo and a mission statement.
Ongoing management. Updates, security, hosting, and monitoring are all handled. When something needs changing, you get in touch and it's done. No logins, no builders, no faffing about.
The Jobs Your Website Should Be Winning You
Think about every type of job you do. Hanging doors, putting up shelves, fitting blinds and curtains, assembling flat pack furniture, tiling a splashback, patching plasterwork, fixing fences, fitting locks, replacing taps, painting a room, mounting a telly on the wall.
Every one of those is something people search for. And if your website doesn't mention it, you're invisible for that search. Sitethreesixty makes sure your site covers your full range of services so you're showing up for all of it — not just "handyman near me" but the specific jobs people need doing.
You're Competing With Apps Now
Platforms like Bark, Checkatrade, MyBuilder, and Rated People have changed the game. They're spending millions to show up when someone searches for a handyman. And they take a cut — either a monthly fee, a lead fee, or both.
Your own website puts you back in control. Direct enquiries, no commission, no competing with fifteen other handymen on the same listing. And once your site is ranking well locally, those enquiries keep coming without you paying per lead.
The platforms aren't going away entirely — they have their place. But your own website is the foundation. It's the thing you own, the thing that builds over time, and the thing that doesn't disappear if a platform changes its pricing or algorithm.
How It Works
1. A conversation happens. You explain what you do, where you work, and what kind of jobs you want more of. Takes about 20 minutes.
2. Your site gets built. Custom-coded, fast, optimised for local search. You see it before it goes live.
3. Everything is managed. Hosting, security, updates, performance, SEO. Monthly report in your client portal so you can see what's working.
4. You crack on. When a customer finds you online and books a job, you don't need to know or care how the website works. That's handled.
See what a properly built website looks like
Pricing
Straightforward monthly fee. No long contracts — you stay because it works, not because you're locked in.
A limited number of Charter Rate spots are offered that lock your price in permanently. Once they're gone, the price goes up for new clients.
Let someone else worry about the website. You've got jobs to get to.