Website design
Marketing sites, landing pages and small brochure sites with a clear message and a light touch.
- Content structure & wireframes
- Typography and visual system
- Responsive, accessible layouts
Calm websites, crafted with care and looked after over time.
Kestrel is a two-person studio helping small teams, founders and consultancies ship simple, dependable websites. We favour clarity over noise, and we stay around after launch to keep things healthy.
01 · Services
A short list of things, done properly.
Everything is scoped to fit a small team's budget and pace — no retainers you don't need, no surprise line items.
Development
Standards-based front-end work with sensible defaults, fast page loads and clean, readable code.
- Static & headless CMS builds
- Performance & SEO hygiene
- Analytics & consent set-up
Care & maintenance
Predictable monthly upkeep so your site stays quick, secure and up to date without you thinking about it.
- Backups & security patches
- Uptime and error monitoring
- Small content updates
02 · Process
How a typical project runs.
Four short phases, usually four to six weeks end to end for a small marketing site.
Discover
A short call and a written brief so we understand the audience, the message and the constraints.
Shape
Content outline, sitemap and a couple of visual directions to pick from before we commit to a design.
Build
We build the site in small, reviewable steps on a staging URL so you can follow along as it takes shape.
Care
After launch we handle hosting, backups and small updates so the site keeps behaving the way it should.
03 · FAQ
Things people usually ask first.
Anything not covered here? Just write to us — we reply within two working days.
How much does a small website cost?
Most brochure sites we build land between a few thousand and about fifteen thousand euros, depending on scope, custom illustration and integrations. We always share a written estimate before any work starts.
Do you work with clients outside Europe?
Yes. We work asynchronously with clients in most time zones and schedule occasional live calls in overlapping hours. All contracts and invoices are in English.
Can you take over an existing site?
Often, yes. We start with a short audit of the codebase, hosting and content, and then propose either a maintenance plan or a gradual rebuild — whichever fits best.
Do you handle hosting?
We can host the site for you on a modest managed plan, or we can deploy to your existing provider. Either way, you always own the code and the domain.
What about SEO and analytics?
Every site ships with clean semantic markup, sensible metadata and a lightweight analytics set-up. We are happy to integrate consent banners and privacy-friendly tools such as Plausible or Fathom.
04 · Contact
Tell us about the project.
A short paragraph is enough to get us started — we will reply with next steps and any questions.
Studio
Lisbon, Portugal