Custom Astro Website Development
Custom-coded websites built with Astro, static by default, very little JavaScript, and a strong technical SEO foundation for content-focused sites.
- Fixed price, agreed scope
- Reply within 2 working days
- One point of contact
- Astro
- TypeScript
- HTML & CSS
- Cloudflare Pages / Netlify
- Git
- Lighthouse
Sound familiar?
These are the issues I see most often before a Astro project starts. Each one quietly costs enquiries, time or trust, and most businesses have more than one.
Usually a good fit if you're
- Service businesses that want a fast, distinctive marketing site
- Portfolios and content sites where page speed matters
- Teams moving away from a slow, plugin-heavy setup
- 01
A page builder limits the design.
- 02
The site fails Core Web Vitals.
- 03
Plugins need constant updates and patches.
- 04
Search engines struggle to understand the pages.
How I solve it with Astro.
Astro is a modern web framework that renders pages to plain HTML ahead of time and only ships JavaScript to the parts of a page that need it. That makes it particularly useful for content-focused and performance-conscious websites: portfolios, service businesses, marketing sites and documentation.
A custom Astro site is coded rather than assembled from a page builder, so the design is not limited by a theme and the pages stay light. It suits owners who value speed and design control and are happy to request content changes, or to edit structured content files.
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Problem: A page builder limits the design.
Solution: A coded design system, so the layout follows the brand rather than a theme.
- 02
Problem: The site fails Core Web Vitals.
Solution: Static HTML, minimal JavaScript and optimised images, measured before launch.
- 03
Problem: Plugins need constant updates and patches.
Solution: No plugin layer to maintain: fewer moving parts and a smaller security surface.
- 04
Problem: Search engines struggle to understand the pages.
Solution: Clean semantic HTML, structured data, a sitemap and metadata generated from one data file.
Everything in a Astro build.
Scope is agreed in writing first. You pick what you need and only pay for that.
Plan my project- Custom-coded websites
- Astro-based development
- Reusable components
- Responsive design
- Static site generation
- Performance optimization
- Technical SEO foundations
- Integrations
- Deployment and maintenance
4 clear steps, no surprises.
- 01
Design system
Colours, type, spacing and components defined once and reused everywhere.
- 02
Static by default
Pages render to HTML at build time; JavaScript only where interaction needs it.
- 03
SEO foundations
Metadata, structured data, sitemap, robots rules and clean URLs built in.
- 04
Deploy
Hosted on a static platform such as Cloudflare Pages or Netlify, with your own domain.
Pick the engagement that fits.
Each option is quoted at a fixed price for the agreed scope, with no hourly surprises.
New website
A custom-coded marketing site or portfolio built in Astro.
Discuss this optionMove to Astro
A slow, plugin-heavy site rebuilt in Astro with its content and URLs carried over.
Discuss this optionWhat you get at handover
- Custom Astro website deployed to your domain
- Component library and design tokens
- Structured content files (or a headless CMS if wanted)
- Technical SEO: metadata, JSON-LD, sitemap, robots.txt, llms.txt
- Hosting and deployment setup with documentation
Speed standards
- Lighthouse performanceMobile score target, tested before launch
- 95+
- Largest Contentful PaintGoogle’s “good” threshold for main content loading
- Under 2.5 s
- Cumulative Layout ShiftGoogle’s “good” threshold for visual stability
- Under 0.1
- Interaction to Next PaintGoogle’s “good” threshold for responsiveness
- Under 200 ms
Fakeha did a great job improving our website and strengthening its overall online presence. Her attention to detail, understanding of SEO, and focus on website performance made the process smooth and professional. We appreciate her dedication and the quality of her work.
Working with Fakeha has been a positive experience. She understands the importance of having a fast, well-structured, and search-engine-friendly website. Her professional approach and commitment to improving our online presence have been valuable to our business.
See it in practice.
Bridging the Future
Website for a UK education charity, built in Astro, then tuned for speed and search so students, volunteers and donors can find it.
Performance-First Astro Marketing Site
A custom Astro site for a service business: static pages, minimal JavaScript, structured data and a typed content layer.
Astro questions, answered.
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Ask a question How is Astro different from WordPress?
WordPress builds pages on the server each time (unless cached) and is edited in a dashboard. Astro builds pages once into static files, which are fast to serve and have fewer moving parts. WordPress is easier for frequent self-editing; Astro is better when speed and design control matter most.
Can I still edit content?
Yes. Content can live in simple data or Markdown files, or be connected to a headless CMS if you want a dashboard.
Where is an Astro site hosted?
Static hosts such as Cloudflare Pages, Netlify or Vercel. Many offer generous free tiers for small business sites.
What PageSpeed score can I expect?
Astro sites are static by default, so a mobile Lighthouse performance score of 95 or more is the target for every page I build. I test before launch and share the report; heavy third-party embeds you choose to add can lower it.