Engineering and construction firm website cost in St Peter Port, Guernsey: local agencies vs Kolonell (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In St Peter Port, Guernsey, an engineering and construction firm website costs, as a 2026 order of magnitude, 5 000 to 25 000 GBP with a Guernsey agency and 1 800 to 6 000 GBP with a freelancer, so a capable island freelancer can come in below Kolonell's entry tier. Kolonell offers a fixed 2 300 GBP, 3 900 GBP or 6 900 GBP with a project manager, native English copy and full handover, aimed at firms that need to show building services, energy upgrade and island project experience to the States of Guernsey, developers and finance sector landlords. Kolonell holds no meetings in person and shoots no photos: you provide images or hire a Guernsey photographer.

How do Guernsey agencies, freelancers and Kolonell compare?

These are cautious ranges. They draw on published price pages of Channel Islands agencies, minimum project sizes on Clutch.co, day rates displayed by island and South of England studios (often 500 to 900 GBP a day) and freelancer rates visible on Upwork. No figure is attributed to a named agency.

Be clear about the trade-off. A Guernsey freelancer at around 2 000 GBP can produce a perfectly good five-page site, and an island agency will sit with your directors and know the local market. Kolonell makes sense when you want written copy, a structured project library, a project manager and a fixed price that does not move. The team is in Senegal on GMT, the island's clock in winter and one hour behind in summer. Payment by bank transfer or Wise, 50% to start and 50% at delivery. Details in our international website offer.

Which island-specific needs should the site cover?

Guernsey's construction market is small, repeat-business driven and closely tied to public investment and the finance sector. Typical work includes the States of Guernsey's capital programme (education, health, harbour and infrastructure), affordable housing schemes, office refurbishments for fiduciary and fund administration firms around St Peter Port, upgrades of older granite properties, and the energy transition in buildings: heat pumps, solar, insulation and controls. Some firms also serve Alderney and Sark, where logistics shape every programme. Public tenders are published on the States of Guernsey's procurement portal.

• Bailiwick law, not UK law. Guernsey is a Crown Dependency. UK GDPR, CDM 2015 and the Equality Act 2010 do not apply as such; Guernsey has its own data protection, health and safety and discrimination legislation. Your safety and privacy wording should reflect that.
• Recruitment and permits. Many building services engineers come from the UK. The island's population management regime governs employment permits, so a careers page should explain relocation plainly and link to official States of Guernsey guidance rather than promise outcomes.
• Discretion. In a small community, an anonymised office fit-out can still identify a fund administrator. Ask every client before publishing, even generically.
• Accurate titles. CEng and IEng are awarded through the Engineering Council and licensed bodies such as CIBSE and ICE. List only what each engineer holds.
• Portals. A client portal for maintenance records, O&M manuals or a planned preventive maintenance schedule is a bespoke application, quoted separately.

Compliance, facts only. The Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2017 applies to personal data collected through your forms, including job applications, and the Office of the Data Protection Authority is the regulator. Guernsey's newer discrimination legislation covers disability, and WCAG 2.2 AA is the sensible technical reference for forms and documents. This is not legal advice.

What does each route cost over three years?

Both columns use the same maintenance assumption after the support period. Kolonell quotes maintenance after support separately; the line is a hypothesis.

On cash alone, the freelancer and Kolonell are close. The difference sits in the hidden line: who writes the pages, and how many hours your engineers lose to it.

What should you ask before you sign?

• Who writes the copy? If the answer is "you send us text", count the hours.
• Can we filter projects by island? An Alderney job with ferry logistics is a selling point; hide it in a gallery and it disappears.
• Is the compliance wording written for Guernsey, or pasted from a UK template?
• Who holds the domain and hosting? It should be your firm.
• Are the PDFs accessible and light? A 30 MB capability statement rarely opens on a phone.
• Warning signs: logos of finance sector clients without permission, stock photos of mainland skylines, "unlimited revisions" with no written scope.

Mini case study

Illustrative example. Rachel P. is technical director of a 14-person building services design firm in St Peter Port. The firm wants to win more energy upgrade work, including in Jersey, and to recruit two mechanical engineers from the UK. She compares three quotes: 11 500 GBP from an island agency, 3 200 GBP from a freelancer who asks her team to write all the content, and Kolonell.

• Freelancer: 3 200 GBP plus about 30 hours of senior engineers' time. At an internal cost of 70 GBP an hour (assumption), that is 2 100 GBP, so 5 300 GBP in total.
• Kolonell Growth with service pages, a project library filtered by island and careers: 3 900 GBP, copy included, 3 to 4 weeks.
• Island agency: 11 500 GBP.

For Rachel, the freelancer and Kolonell end up within about 1 400 GBP of each other. She can decide on who she wants to write and manage the project, not on price alone.

FAQ

How much does an engineering firm website cost in St Peter Port in 2026?

As an order of magnitude, 5 000 to 25 000 GBP with a Guernsey agency and 1 800 to 6 000 GBP with a freelancer. Kolonell's fixed tiers are 2 300 GBP, 3 900 GBP and 6 900 GBP.

Is a Guernsey freelancer cheaper than Kolonell?

It can be, especially for a simple five-page site at around 2 000 GBP. Kolonell includes native English copywriting, a project manager and full handover, which matters once you count your own staff time.

Can the site present work in Jersey, Alderney and Sark?

Yes. From the Growth tier at 3 900 GBP, project sheets can be filtered by island, sector and service, and your team can add new ones after launch.

Can Kolonell photograph our projects?

No. Kolonell does not shoot on site; you supply images or book a Guernsey photographer, and we optimise the files so galleries stay fast on mobile.

Do we need a French version?

Rarely for Guernsey clients, but a bilingual English and French site is available from Premium at 6 900 GBP if you work with French partners.

Let's scope your project. Send us your services, the islands you work on and a few projects you may publish, and we will come back with a fixed-price tier from 2 300 GBP and a 3 to 6 week timeline. Request your free quote or see the international offer.