website for architects and surveyors: projects and paperwork

business · 2026-10-29 · 4 min

Someone looking for an architect or a surveyor usually does not know the name of the permit they need. They have a flat to renovate, an inherited house, an illegal extension to regularise or a shop to open, and they want somebody who recognises the situation. If the site lists services in alphabetical order, that person does not see themselves and goes back.

the three situations people search for

Put three or four situations on the homepage, written the way a client would say them: i need to renovate a flat, i need to sort out a covered terrace, i need to open a shop, i need to deal with an inheritance. Each one leads to a page that says what you do, what the client has to bring, which offices are involved and roughly how long it takes. The acronyms — building notice, certified start of works, building permit, habitation, land registry — get explained once, not used as headings.

telling a site story without mood boards

A project is told with three things: how it was, what you decided and why, how it is now. Add the constraint that made the job difficult — distance from the boundary, a ceiling under two metres seventy, a landscape restriction, a floor that could not carry the load — and the client understands that you work inside the rules. Glossy renders please you, but they do not say whether the site was finished on time. If the client agrees, give the spending range for the work.

the site visit is the conversion

The button that works is not contact us, it is request a site visit. Say whether it has a cost and how much, or that it is free within a certain area: it is the first question people ask. List what is needed so nobody drives twice: land registry extract, floor plan, deed, photos, any earlier application. Four fields and a document list save you the call where you ask the same things again.

registration, collaborators, what to remove

Registration number and province belong on the site, together with professional liability insurance: the two things a careful client checks. Titles matter: architect, engineer and surveyor are not interchangeable, and calling yourself an architect without being one is a problem. If you work with a structural engineer, a geologist or a builder, name them. Remove the render skyscrapers and the forty-item service list. This week, write the three situations on the homepage and the document list for the site visit. The guide on showing projects helps with choosing the images.

faq

what should a project page include?

Before, after, and the constraint in the middle, because that is what shows competence. Add the plan, one paragraph on what the client decided and one on what was difficult.

is the site visit free?

You decide, but the answer has to be on the site, in the same place as the request button. Free within a radius and paid outside it is a common rule and needs one sentence.

do i have to show my registration number?

If you hold a protected title, yes: it is the quickest proof that you can sign the paperwork. Add the province and the insurance cover. It also protects you from being confused with someone who cannot file anything.