Website rebuilds & redesigns in York.

An honest assessment first.

If your current website is slow, hard to edit, or just not pulling its weight, a rebuild gets it back to doing its job. It always starts with a free audit and an honest steer: Sometimes a tidy-up is enough, sometimes a fresh build is the better value. You'll know which before you spend anything.

honest assessment first · patch it or start fresh, i'll let you know

Doughty Digital – Breadcrumbs (site-wide)

// situations this is built for

Sound familiar?

Doughty Digital – Browser Frame: Site Rebuild

Common situations

WordPress sites with years of plugin debt and security warnings

Sites locked in platforms you can't edit or afford anymore

Half-built jobs the original person never finished

Domains or email accounts owned by someone unreachable

Sites that "work" but load slowly and look embarrassing

// who it suits

If your website is holding back your business.

Businesses that inherited a site from a previous owner, outgrew a DIY builder, or have watched enquiries dry up as the site's aged. If you're not sure whether the answer is a rebuild or a smaller fix, that's exactly what the audit is for.


Twenty-two years in enterprise IT means spotting what's actually wrong, rather than what looks wrong, comes first. Sometimes the fix is small. Often, once hosting, domain and content are all accounted for, a clean rebuild costs about the same as patching and lasts a lot longer.


// from first chat to live site

The simple way it works.

No jargon, no drawn-out process. Four clear stages, and you always know where things stand.

Doughty Digital – How It Works (5-step, with Quote)

  1. Send it over

    Share the current site, or whatever access you have left to it. No obligation.

  2. Free audit

    An honest, plain-English view: what's wrong, what's worth keeping, and what it'll cost to fix.

  3. Quote

    A fixed quote for whichever route makes sense, patching or a full rebuild, so you know the cost before anything starts.

  4. Build & review

    Whichever route we agree, drafts are shared as we go so you see everything before it's live.

  5. Live, kept running

    Domain, email and content migrated properly. Care plan keeps it backed up and updated.