01
First Light
New Astro builds
Custom-built Astro websites for small businesses. Zero-JS by default, instant page loads, and a stack that’s genuinely easy for you (or me) to update.
- Custom design
- CMS integration
- Hosting & deploy
Astro.js Developer · On watch since 2018
A steady signal in the noise of broken websites.
I help small businesses escape slow, hard-to-update sites and rebuild them on Astro — fast, owned, and made to last.
— Robin, freelance developer
About
The keeper at
the lighthouse —
and his workshop.
Independent. Hand-built. Six years in. No agency hand-offs, no offshore relays — when you call, you get me.
Available for new projects
How it works
01 Free 20-min call
02 Honest assessment
03 Fixed scope & price
04 Site live in 4 weeks
I'm Robin — a freelance web developer who builds careful, fast, hand-coded websites for small businesses on Astro.js, the modern framework built for content-first sites. New builds, rebuilds, and the long-term care of both.
Most of my clients are tradespeople, studios, restaurants, and small agencies whose current site is either embarrassing them or actively losing them work — slow, broken on mobile, impossible to update, or quietly failing in search results.
With six years of commercial experience across modern stacks and the kind of legacy systems most agencies refuse to touch, I can move you onto something that loads instantly, costs less to host, and is genuinely pleasant to maintain — without losing a single piece of content or breaking your search rankings.
6+
Years experience
50+
Sites delivered
100%
Owner-operated
Services
What I can help with.
Every project is different, but most of my work falls into one of these four areas. Mix and match as needed — most engagements blend two or more.
02
Rebuilds
Legacy site migrations
Move your aging WordPress, PHP, jQuery, or Squarespace site onto a modern Astro stack. Content preserved, SEO intact, performance dramatically improved.
- Audit & plan
- URL & content mapping
- Zero-downtime cutover
03
On Watch
Care plans
Ongoing hosting, monitoring, edits, and small improvements — a single monthly fee that keeps your site fast, fixed, and in good hands.
- Hosting & domain
- Unlimited small edits
- Monthly performance report
04
Sounding
Performance audits
Already have a site, but it’s slow? I’ll audit, prioritise, and fix the bottlenecks — Core Web Vitals green by the end of the project.
- Lighthouse audit
- Prioritised fix list
- Implementation
Pricing
One fair fee, or pay outright.
Most clients choose the Care Plan — £0 to start, one predictable monthly fee that covers everything. If you'd rather pay once and host it yourself, that works too.
Recommended
On Watch · Care Plan
The full keeper service.
£249 /month
£0 to start · 12-month minimum, then rolling monthly. Site live in 4 weeks.
- Custom design & build
- Hosting & domain renewal
- Unlimited small edits
- Uptime monitoring
- Monthly performance report
- Email support
Project · Lump Sum
Pay once, you own it.
From £3,950
One-time fee · typically £3,950–£7,500 depending on scope. Final price agreed before any work starts.
- Custom design & build
- Source code handover
- Deploy to your hosting
- 30 days of post-launch fixes
- Hosting from £25/mo (optional)
How it stacks up
Care Plan vs everything else.
| DIY builder (Wix, Squarespace) | Other freelancer or agency | rjp.digital Care Plan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup cost | £0 | £2k–£10k+ | £0 |
| Monthly cost | £16–£50 | £0–£500 | £249 |
| Who edits the site | You, in their builder | You, or £85/hr | I do it |
| Who hosts it | They do | You sort it | I do |
| Who fixes it when broken | You, alone | Maybe — if free | I do, same week |
| Page-load speed | Sluggish | Hit & miss | Sub-second |
| Who owns the code | They do | You (usually) | You, fully |
DIY builder
Wix, Squarespace
- Setup cost
- £0
- Monthly cost
- £16–£50
- Who edits the site
- You, in their builder
- Who hosts it
- They do
- Who fixes it when broken
- You, alone
- Page-load speed
- Sluggish
- Who owns the code
- They do
Other freelancer
or agency
- Setup cost
- £2k–£10k+
- Monthly cost
- £0–£500
- Who edits the site
- You, or £85/hr
- Who hosts it
- You sort it
- Who fixes it when broken
- Maybe — if free
- Page-load speed
- Hit & miss
- Who owns the code
- You (usually)
rjp.digital
Care Plan
- Setup cost
- £0
- Monthly cost
- £249
- Who edits the site
- I do it
- Who hosts it
- I do
- Who fixes it when broken
- I do, same week
- Page-load speed
- Sub-second
- Who owns the code
- You, fully
Logbook
Recent projects.
A recent project — more case studies coming soon.
2025
Eworx
Eworx is a South African ISP and IT services business running a legacy WordPress site that had outgrown its platform — slow, hard to update, and disconnected from their backend systems. I rebuilt it on Astro with Splynx and Strapi as the CMS layer, giving the team full control over content without touching code.
Significantly faster load times, a modern content management workflow, and far more functionality than the old site could support.
Get in touch
Send up a signal.
Whether you need a fresh build, a rebuild, or someone to take an existing site off your hands — drop me a line and I'll come back with an honest assessment. No pressure, no jargon.
Or email directly
hello@rjp.digitalHelpful to include
- Link to your current site
- What you want to achieve
- What's frustrating you most