Website Redesign in Devon
A website that looked sharp five years ago can quietly become the reason customers choose someone else. Slow on phones, dated design, photos from another era, prices long out of date — visitors notice all of it in seconds, and so does Google.
We redesign websites for Devon businesses so they look current, load fast and convert again — while protecting the Google visibility your old site has earned. That last part is where most redesigns go wrong, and it is the part we take most seriously.
Signs your website needs a redesign
- It looks noticeably dated next to your newest competitor
- It is awkward to use on a phone — pinching, zooming, tiny buttons
- It loads slowly, especially on mobile data
- The photos, prices or services no longer reflect your business
- You cannot update it yourself, or nobody remembers how to
- Enquiries have slowed even though your business has not
- You hesitate before sending the link to a potential customer
Two or three of these usually means the website is costing you work you never see — the customers who looked, judged and moved on. None of them means panic; all of them are fixable.
Redesign or rebuild? An honest answer, free
A redesign keeps your website’s underlying structure and refreshes the design, content and speed. A rebuild replaces the foundations entirely. Redesigns are faster and cheaper — when the foundations are sound. When they are not (a dying platform, unfixably slow code, a builder you are locked into), redesigning on top is throwing good money after bad.
We assess this honestly as part of the free website review, and our redesign checklist shows exactly what we look at. Roughly half the “redesign” enquiries we get genuinely need a redesign; we tell the other half the truth.
Protecting your Google rankings during a redesign
This is the step that separates a professional redesign from an expensive mistake. Your existing website has accumulated search equity — pages that rank, links that point to them, a history Google trusts. A careless redesign that changes URLs, deletes pages or rewrites titles without a plan can throw that away overnight, and recovering it takes months.
Our redesign process protects it: we map every existing URL before anything changes, set up permanent redirects for anything that moves, preserve the content that is earning rankings, and re-submit the site to Google properly at launch. If your site currently ranks for searches that bring you work, you keep them.
What a redesign includes
- A full review of your current website, analytics and Google presence
- A modern, custom design — not a reskin of the old template
- Mobile-first rebuild of every page with fast load times
- Content refreshed or rewritten in plain English
- On-page SEO corrected: titles, descriptions, headings, schema markup
- URL mapping and redirects so existing rankings are preserved
- Click-to-call, WhatsApp and enquiry forms placed where they convert
- A handover so future updates take minutes, not invoices
What a redesign costs
Usually less than the original website cost, adjusted for the years between — because good foundations are reused rather than rebuilt. The price depends on the number of pages, how much content needs rewriting and whether features like booking or ordering are being added.
Every quote is fixed and itemised. Our website cost guide gives honest ranges, or request a quote and we will give you a specific number after the free review.
Redesigns for businesses across Devon
We redesign websites for restaurants, takeaways, cafés, trades, salons, shops and service businesses across Devon — Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Newton Abbot and the towns between. If your industry has its own page on this site, it is worth a read: what we build for a restaurant differs from what we build for a builder, and redesigns follow the same logic.
Not sure what your business needs?
Tell us about your business and we will give you honest, practical advice — free, with no obligation.
Frequently asked questions
Will I lose my Google rankings if I redesign my website?
Not if it is done properly. Rankings are lost when URLs change without redirects, ranking pages get deleted, or titles and content are rewritten carelessly. Our process maps and protects all of it — preserving your search equity is a core deliverable, not an afterthought.
Can you keep some of my existing content and photos?
Yes — anything that is working stays. Content that ranks well is often lightly improved rather than replaced. Photos are kept where they are genuinely good; where they are the weak point, we will say so and help you plan replacements.
How long does a website redesign take?
Typically two to four weeks, similar to a new build — the audit and redirect planning add time at the start, but reusing solid foundations saves it back. Your existing website stays live and untouched until the new one is ready.
My website is on Wix / Squarespace / an old WordPress. Can you redesign it?
We can always assess it. Sometimes the right move is redesigning within the platform; sometimes it is migrating to something faster you actually own. The free review will tell you which, with the trade-offs explained in plain English.
Will my website be down during the redesign?
No. We build the new version separately and switch over when it is approved — usually with minutes of transition, planned for a quiet time of day for your business.
Embarrassed by your website? Fix that.
Request a free website review. We will look at your current website (or your plans for a new one), how you show up on Google, and what we would improve — no obligation, no pressure.