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What you get, and what it costs.

Three services, each with the same habits: a written scope before any work starts, a fixed price in pounds, something working to try every week, and a handover that leaves you independent.

Custom software

Small software, made to fit.

For the spreadsheet that runs half the business, the paper form that gets retyped, or the off-the-shelf tool you have bent as far as it goes. I build compact web applications that do one job well, and that someone else could pick up later.

What you get

  • A web app your team signs in to, on desktop or phone
  • Your existing data moved in and checked
  • Source code in a repository you own
  • Automated tests and a one-command deploy
  • A short guide for your staff, written in plain English

Price shape

£4k–£18kper project, fixed once scoped
A focused internal tool£4k–£7k
Customer portal or booking system£8k–£18k
Optional care planfrom £180/mo

Typical shape · about 8 weeks

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Scope
Weekly slices
Your team tries it
Handover

Agentic-AI automation

Agents that do the reading, you keep the say.

Modern language models are good at reading invoices, sorting enquiries and drafting replies. They are not good at being left alone with your money or your customers. I build agents that do the legwork and hand anything that matters to a person, with a reason attached.

What you get

  • One process automated end to end, not a demo
  • An approval screen for anything with consequences
  • A log of every decision the agent made, and why
  • A shadow period where it runs alongside you first
  • A clear choice of model: hosted, or local on your hardware

Price shape

£2.5k–£9kbuild, fixed once scoped · running costs at cost
Single-process pilot£2.5k–£4.5k
Multi-step agent with approvals£5k–£9k
Hosting and model usagepassed on at cost

Typical shape · about 5 weeks

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Map the process
Build the agent
Shadow mode
Live, with sign-off

DevOps & self-hosting

Servers that run quietly, backups that restore.

For businesses with a server in a cupboard, a pile of subscriptions they would rather own, or no idea whether last night's backup worked. I set things up the dull, dependable way and write down exactly how, so you are never locked in to me.

What you get

  • An audit of what you run today, in plain English
  • Encrypted, off-site backups, with a tested restore
  • Remote access without opening ports to the internet
  • Monitoring that emails a person, not a dashboard nobody reads
  • A runbook another engineer could follow

Price shape

£1.5k–£6ksetup, fixed once scoped · care is monthly
Backups and remote access£1.5k–£2.5k
Move apps to your own server£3k–£6k
Care: updates, checks, restoresfrom £120/mo

Typical shape · about 4 weeks

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Audit
Build & migrate
Runbook
Restore test

Start with a paid scope.

If the job is fuzzy, I spend two days with you and your process and write it up: what to build, what to leave alone, and what it would cost. It is yours to keep, and to take to someone else if you prefer.

£450fixed · credited against the build if you go ahead

Never included, by design

  • Licence fees to me for software you paid for
  • Mark-ups on hosting or AI usage
  • Minimum contract terms on care plans
  • Agents that send, pay or delete without a person's say

All prices are indicative ranges shown without VAT. Your quote is fixed in writing before work starts.

The practical bits.

What happens if you are ill or on holiday?

Everything I build is documented and deployed the same standard way, with the code and access in your hands from day one. Care-plan clients get my planned leave dates in advance, and the runbook is written so another engineer could step in.

How do payments work?

Usually 30% when the scope is agreed, 40% at the halfway demo and 30% on handover. Care plans are billed monthly and can be cancelled with a month's notice.

Will my data be sent to an AI company?

Only if you agree to it in the scope. For sensitive documents I can run a local model on your hardware or mine, and the scope will say plainly where every piece of data goes.

Can you work with our existing systems?

Usually, yes. Most accounting, CRM and booking tools have an API. If something only exports spreadsheets, that is workable too; I will tell you in the scope how robust it will be.

Do we have to self-host?

No. Plenty of projects run happily on a small cloud server. Self-hosting is an option when cost, privacy or control make it worth it, and I will say when it is not.

Tell me what eats your week.

A few lines is enough: what the job is, how it is done today, and roughly when you would like it sorted. You will get a straight answer on whether I am the right person for it.

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