About the studio

Hi, I am Nick. This is Tea Break Studio.

A web studio run by Nick, for businesses that would rather get on with the work. One person, start to finish: the person who quotes your job is the person who builds it, and the person who answers your email afterwards. We design the site, build it, launch it, then look after it. You own all of it.

Nick, Tea Break Studio
Replies in writing
Kettle on, site handled
Why the name

A website should give you your tea breaks back.

Most owners we talk to have a website that takes time instead of saving it. Forms that go nowhere, an update warning nobody knows what to do with, a page nobody can edit. Tea Break Studio exists so the website does its job quietly, and the time you used to spend worrying about it goes back to the business, or to a cup of tea.

How we work

The promises we keep on every job.

These are the same whether you need one page or a full store. Click through.

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Promise one

If it matters, it is written down.

Your quote, what is in scope, how many rounds of changes you get, and any advice we give you about your site. All of it arrives by email, so you can read it again later or show it to someone else. Nothing important lives in a call or a chat you have to remember.

A written summary after our first chat, by email
A short handover guide when the site goes live
Promise two

Plain English, or we have not finished thinking.

You should never need to look something up to understand an email from us. Quotes describe what you get, not the technology behind it. If a technical choice affects you, we explain why it matters to your customers, in a sentence.

Quotes written around outcomes, not parts lists
On a care plan, a monthly note you can read in a minute
Promise three

The price is fixed before anything starts.

You get one number for the agreed scope, with the number of revision rounds written into it. If you ask for something outside that scope, we tell you what it would cost before doing it. No surprise invoices.

Prices published on the pricing page, before you email
Extras quoted separately, in writing, before they happen
Promise four

Your domain, your hosting, your accounts, your content.

Everything is registered in your name from day one. We get access to do the work, never ownership. If you ever want to move to someone else, you can, and nothing is held hostage.

Logins handed over at launch, kept by you
Built on platforms you can run without us
Promise five

Launch day is the start, not the finish.

A website needs updates and security patches, backups, uptime monitoring and a set amount of small changes each month to keep doing its job. A care plan covers that, and you get a short note every month saying what happened. If you would rather manage it yourself, we show you how and we are still an email away.

Care plans for sites we built and sites we did not
Cancel any time, no exit fee
What we build on

Well-supported platforms you can run without us.

We build on tools with a big community behind them, so updating a price, adding a product or changing your hours is something you can do yourself. No custom system only we understand. If you ever stop working with us, your site keeps going.

Typical stack

Chosen to fit the job, not the other way round.

Which one depends on whether you need a site, a store, or both. We tell you which and why in the quote.

Astro on Vercel for websitesShopify for storesVercel for hostingResend for forms and email
Honest about fit

Who this works for, and who it does not.

Better to say it here than three emails in.

A good fit

Small and medium businesses who want the website handled, not a project to manage
Trades, shops, clinics and services whose customers find them on a phone
Owners who can give a bit of time up front for words and photos
Anyone with a site someone else built that now needs looking after

Not a good fit

Anyone wanting a guaranteed position on Google. Nobody can promise that honestly
A site built overnight. Good work takes two to six weeks and a bit of your input
The cheapest possible option. A fixed quote means a fair price, not a race to the bottom
Large organisations that need a big team on call around the clock
Say hello

Sound like your kind of studio? Send us a couple of sentences.

What the business does and what is bugging you about the website. We reply in writing with what we would do and roughly what it costs.

Start a project

No obligation, no hard sell. A reply within 2 working days.