London · UK
A web developer with two live London client sites
Two of the sites I have shipped run on .london domains, both built for London service businesses competing on local search. That is the whole of my claim to the city — two builds, named below, that you can open in a new tab right now.
Live London client sites
Every claim on this page starts here. These are live, they are clickable, and if one of them goes offline the build stops rather than leaving the claim standing.
The facts, in a table
| Live London sites | Two, on .london domains, both openable from the work section |
|---|---|
| Where I am | Islamabad, Pakistan — not London. Stated here rather than implied away |
| Pricing | Quoted and invoiced in GBP on request |
| Hours | 05:00–14:00 UK time, so your whole morning overlaps my working day |
| Meetings | Video call. In-person is not available and I will not pretend otherwise |
| Data protection | Pre-signed DPA with a completed UK International Data Transfer Addendum |
What building for London service businesses actually taught me
Both London builds are service businesses competing on local search, and London local search is the most saturated market in the UK. That changes what the site has to do. In a thin market a decent site ranks and the phone rings; in London a decent site is table stakes and the quote form is where the job is won or lost.
The specifics are unglamorous and they are the whole difference. A removals quote form that asks for a full address before it asks anything else loses people who are only pricing. Coverage areas cross borough boundaries in ways customers do not think about but pricing has to. Congestion and ULEZ charging affect what a quote can promise. None of that is generic web development knowledge — it came from two projects, and it is the honest extent of what I know about the city.
Why a London business would hire someone who is not in London
Price is the obvious answer and it is not the interesting one. The interesting one is that for a build specified in writing, developed on a staging URL you can open from your phone, and handed over with documentation, being in the same city changes very little about the outcome. What it changes is your recourse if things go wrong, and that is a fair thing to weigh.
So the two things distance genuinely costs you are handled explicitly rather than glossed over. Working hours: my day covers 05:00–14:00 UK time, which is your entire morning. Legal exposure: sending customer data to a supplier in Pakistan is a restricted transfer under UK GDPR, and the mechanism that resolves it — a DPA with a completed International Data Transfer Addendum — is written, published and pre-signed on this site before you send an enquiry.
When you should hire a London developer instead
If you need someone in the room — for workshops, for stakeholder meetings, for a project where the politics matter as much as the build — hire locally. If your procurement rules require a UK-established supplier, hire locally. If the project is large enough that you need a team with cover when one person is ill, hire an agency.
That advice costs me work and it is still the right advice. The businesses I serve well are ones where a single accountable person with a written scope is an advantage rather than a risk, and that is not every business in London.
What I am not claiming about London
Location pages are the easiest place on a website to imply something untrue, so here is the other side of it in plain terms:
- I do not have a London office, a London address or a London phone number
- I cannot meet you in person, and if that is a requirement you should hire locally
- Neither London site is a household name — they are small service businesses, which is who I work with
- I am not claiming London expertise beyond the two builds and the trades they sit in
What I build for London businesses
The full list is on the services page. These are the three most projects turn out to be.
How this page relates to the rest of the site
This page covers London specifically. The wider commercial terms — currency, tax treatment, contracting and the data-transfer mechanism — are set at country level on the the UK page, and they apply here unchanged.
If you want the detail before speaking to anyone: pricing is published rather than quoted on request, how we work covers the process end to end, and vendor information answers what finance, legal and IT ask before an overseas supplier is approved.
Questions about working with a developer in London
- Do you work with London businesses?
- Yes — two of my live client sites are on .london domains, both London service businesses. They are linked from the work section of this site and you can open both without asking me for anything.
- Are you based in London?
- No. I work from Islamabad, Pakistan. My day covers 05:00–14:00 UK time so your morning overlaps mine, and the data transfer paperwork UK buyers need is pre-signed and published. If in-person meetings are a requirement, hire locally — that is the honest answer.
- Can you quote in pounds?
- Yes. Quotes and invoices are issued in GBP on request. I am not UK VAT registered, so no VAT is charged; for a VAT-registered buyer the reverse charge normally applies, which your accountant will recognise as a standard entry.
- What kind of London businesses have you built for?
- Removals and a 24-hour service business, both competing on local search. That is a narrow sample and I would rather say so than imply a broader London portfolio than the two sites I can show you.
Anything not answered here — message me on WhatsApp or use the contact form. Reply within one business day.
Tell me what you are building
Send the brief and you get a reply within one business day — either questions, or a scoping call. If your project is not something I should take on, I will say so then.
- Response
- Replies within 1 business day
- Hours
- Mon–Fri, 09:00–18:00 PKT — overlaps 05:00–14:00 UK, 00:00–09:00 US Eastern
- Booking
- Booking projects from October 2026