Good design should feel inevitable, never decorated.
Schafs Design is four people building websites for restaurants, trades, and local shops — for owners who'd rather see a real homepage by Friday than sit through another moodboard review.
Based in London
Work worth
signing.
no ghost-designers, ever
We build websites for restaurants, plumbers, salons, and other small businesses — the kind of site that makes people trust you before they've even called. One project at a time, no handoffs to someone you've never met.
the short version
Fewer hands. More care.
- 1point of contact, start to finish
- 4people, no subcontractors
- 48hto a first look at your brief
New websites
Website redesigns
Online menus & bookings
Google Business setup
Mobile-friendly builds
Ongoing updates
A new website for a London plumbing company.
Figma
Webflow
Framer
★★★★★
“They asked better questions about our business than our last three agencies combined.”
Sanne Oud, Root & Rye
how it actually goes
Fewer meetings.
Fewer meetings.
More shipping.
01 · THE BRIEF
Ysent the brief — sorry it's long
Slong is good. read it twice already
02 · FIRST LOOK
Shere's take one → homepage-v1.fig
Ydidn't expect to like the header this much
03 · REFINE
Ycan we push the hero darker?
Sdone — check now
04 · SHIP
Sshipped ✓ go tell people
where we help
The work we take on
New WebsitesLive in days, not months.
A complete website for businesses that don't have one yet — home page, services or menu, photos, and a way for customers to get in touch or book. Most builds are live within days of kickoff, not months.
Restaurants & cafés
Trades & services
Salons & shops
Mobile-friendly
Website RedesignsSame business, a site that finally matches it.
For businesses stuck with an outdated, slow, or DIY site. We rebuild it to load fast, look sharp, and actually bring in calls and bookings.
Speed & mobile fixes
Fresh design
Content migration
Google Business setup
Domain, Hosting & SetupWe handle the boring bits too.
Domain registration, hosting, and Google Business Profile setup — so your site is live and findable without extra tabs and passwords to juggle.
Domain setup
Hosting
Google Business Profile
SSL & security
no subcontractors
The four of us
Mei Tanaka
Creative DirectorStarted in editorial layout, now obsessed with type systems and the exact right shade of off-white.
Jonas Bakker
Lead DeveloperBuilds every site twice: once to make it work, once to make it fast.
Andrés Ferreira
UI/UX DesignerBelieves the best interface is the one nobody notices using.
Wendy Groen
Brand StrategistAsks "why" more than anyone wants — right up until it saves the project.
and behind it all
Simon Schaafsma
FounderSimon founded Schafs Design to bring senior-level web design experience to businesses that don't usually get access to it — restaurants, trades, and local shops working with agencies that treat them as an afterthought. He personally oversees every project the studio takes on, from the first call to launch.
why it costs less
The most affordable website design around.
Most local web designers and agencies charge £1,000 or more for a basic small business site. We built our whole studio around not doing that.
Most agencies
- ×£1,000+ for a basic website
- ×Weeks of back-and-forth before you see anything
- ×A template dressed up as custom work
- ×A contract full of jargon
Schafs Design
- ✓£300 flat, no surprises
- ✓Live in days, not weeks
- ✓Built for your business, not a template
- ✓Straight answers, no jargon
Same quality, same care. A fraction of the price.
See pricing →
from past projects
Kind words
★★★★★
“They asked better questions about our business than our last three agencies combined.”
Sanne OudRoot & Rye★★★★★
“Phone hasn't stopped since the new site went up — customers say they found us on Google in two clicks.”
Marcus DoyleHarris Plumbing & Heating★★★★★
“First draft already looked more like us than the site we'd had for five years.”
Priya NairWillow Hair StudioGot an idea worth building?
Send the brief — we'll open it with coffee.
how it's priced
One website, one flat price
No tiers, no upsells — a fixed quote after a short call.
Website Design
from £300
A complete website for your business — built, launched, and ready to send to customers. Most agencies charge £1,000+ for this; we don't.
- ✓Fixed price & timeline
- ✓One structured revision round
- ✓Live within days
ask away
Questions, answered
BRIEF.FRAMEHow does a project actually start?
Send a brief through email — even a rough one. We reply within a day with questions and a proposed scope.
TIMELINE.FRAMEHow fast will I see something real?
First concepts typically land within days of kickoff, not weeks.
SCOPE.FRAMEIs it just design, or the build too?
Both, if you want it. We design and build — in Webflow, Framer, or hand-written code — so nothing gets lost in handoff.
REVISIONS.FRAMEWhat if the first draft misses?
Then we revise. One structured round is included in every project, and further tweaks after that are quick and inexpensive to add.
AVAILABILITY.FRAMEAre you actually available right now?
Usually one or two slots at a time — check the badge in the header, or just ask.