Georgina Homes

The brief

Georgina Homes is a family run lettings and sales agent covering Birmingham, the Midlands and Worcestershire, run by Monica. She wanted to refresh her website with a developer who would make regular tweaks for her as properties and rules change, so she got in touch. She liked the layout she already had and wanted to keep its feel, so the brief was a site that looked familiar to her landlords and tenants but was quicker, clearer and kept up to date.

What I built

I kept the same page list and the same addresses as the old site, so existing links and anything Google had already indexed carry straight over, and kept her navy and logo. Around that I refreshed everything else. Every property now has its own page with a photo gallery, floor plans, the key facts tenants and buyers look for, and an approximate map, and the listings are kept in line with her Zoopla listings, so the site always matches what's on the portals. Landlords get clear pages on fully managed lettings, let only, rent collection and the Renters' Rights Act, and tenants get a guide, an FAQ and an online repair form where they can describe the problem and attach photos, which go straight to Monica's inbox along with general enquiries. Both forms are protected against spam. Her professional memberships sit near the top of the home page, because that's what landlords check first. Monica messaged me on a Saturday, had a draft to look at on the Monday, and the site was live on her own domain the same day.

The result

The site is live on www.georginahomes.co.uk, quick on phones, with calling and WhatsApp one tap away on every page. I moved the domain onto the new hosting without interrupting her email, and the hosting and updates are now looked after, so when a property comes on or goes let, or the rules change, Monica just sends me a message.