Notary and legal documents website cost in St Peter Port, Guernsey: local agencies vs Kolonell (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In St Peter Port, building or rebuilding a website for a notary public or legal document service costs, as a 2026 ballpark, 5 000 to 22 000 GBP with a Guernsey agency and 1 800 to 6 500 GBP with an island freelancer. Kolonell offers a fixed-price rebuild at 2 300, 3 900 or 6 900 GBP, with copy rewritten in native English, in 3 to 4 weeks on Starter and Growth. In a Bailiwick where many practice sites are several years old, the main goal is to replace the generic contact form with a per-service flow that never collects identity documents in the clear.

What should a Guernsey notary's site show?

Guernsey has its own legal system, and its notaries public practise under the Bailiwick's rules, often alongside work as an advocate. The precise framework is specific to the island: check with the competent authority what you may present. The Guernsey pound is at par with sterling.

Local demand brings three worlds together:

• Finance and insurance: fund managers, trust administrators and captive insurance managers who need certified and apostilled documents for foreign counterparties.
• Bailiwick residents, including people from Alderney and Sark who take a boat or plane for an appointment: they need to know exactly what to bring so they do not have to come back.
• French and European clients: property purchases in France, estates, companies straddling the Channel.

So for each service the site should show: documents required, usual turnaround, indicative fees and the steps for an apostille. A visitor from Sark should not find out at your desk that a document is missing.

Guernsey agency, freelancer or Kolonell: the price grid

Prudent, non-official ranges drawn from public rate cards of Guernsey and Channel Islands agencies, minimum project sizes on Clutch.co, hourly rates published locally (often 70 to 120 GBP per hour) and rates visible on Upwork and PeoplePerHour.

A Guernsey agency knows the island, its practices and its clients: that is a real advantage Kolonell does not have. Kolonell brings a fixed price, a project manager reachable at your time, a written update every week and written pages. The team is in Senegal (GMT), the same time as Guernsey in winter, one hour apart in summer. Payment by bank transfer or Wise, 50 % to start, 50 % at delivery. Tier details are on our international offer.

What does a rebuild cost over 3 years?

Scenario: a practice replacing an ageing site with an English site that has one page per service, online booking and a secure third-party upload tool. Photos go to an island photographer in both cases. Kolonell maintenance after the support period is quoted on request: same assumption on both sides.

These figures frame the comparison and do not replace a quote: ask every supplier to fill in the same table.

What does each tier include?

An extranet for fund managers or a back office to track files is a custom application, quoted on request.

Compliance: the factual points

• Data protection: the Bailiwick applies the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017, overseen by the Office of the Data Protection Authority. For a notary, that means minimal forms, no identity documents by plain email, a stated retention period and clear information on hosting.
• Title: present your status as a notary public and, where relevant, as an advocate exactly as in your appointment, without comparative or promotional wording; check the presentation rules that apply.
• Accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA is the technical reference.

This is not legal advice.

Before signing: five checks

• Does the quote list every service page and say who writes it?
• Is the old content rewritten or simply copied over?
• Are the booking tool and upload tool accounts in your name?
• Is the .gg domain registered in your name?
• Are redirects from old addresses planned, so you keep the visits you get from Google?

Mini case study

Illustrative example. Rachel D., a notary public in St Peter Port, receives a rebuild quote of 10 000 GBP. She picks Kolonell Growth at 3 900 GBP, a 3-year cost of 8 867 GBP, about 246 GBP a month. With average fees of 130 GBP per instruction, she needs about 2 new files a month from the site to cover that cost. The 6 100 GBP saved on the build remains available for other projects at the practice.

FAQ

How much does rebuilding a notary website in Guernsey cost?

As a 2026 ballpark, 5 000 to 22 000 GBP with a local agency and 1 800 to 6 500 GBP with a freelancer. Kolonell charges 2 300, 3 900 or 6 900 GBP at a fixed price.

Will I keep my Google rankings?

We set up redirects from old addresses during the rebuild, included in the fixed price. Ongoing search work is quoted on request, with no promise of rankings.

Can you add a French version?

Yes, the bilingual French and English structure is included from Premium at 6 900 GBP, with native copy in both languages.

Isn't an island agency a better fit?

If you want in-person meetings and a photo shoot included, yes. If you want a fixed price and a site in 3 to 4 weeks, Kolonell is a serious option.

How does payment work?

In GBP by bank transfer or Wise, 50 % to start and 50 % at delivery, with 3 months of support after launch (6 months on Premium).

Let's scope your project. Send us your current site address and your list of services: you get a fixed-price rebuild tier and a live site in 3 to 4 weeks. Request your free quote or see the international offer.