Websites that get found, get read, and get the enquiry.

It depends on the number of pages, whether it needs a CMS or e-commerce, and how much content you already have. I quote a fixed figure after one call rather than an hourly rate, so the number you agree is the number you pay. Anyone quoting before asking what you sell is guessing.

Both, and the choice is yours to make with the facts in front of you. WordPress makes sense when you publish often and want a familiar editor. Hand-written PHP makes sense when you want speed, no plugin bloat and no monthly licence creep. I will tell you which one your project actually needs.

Yes, if you want to. A CMS is a normal part of the scope. If you would rather never log in, that is fine too — some businesses genuinely change their site twice a year and a CMS is just another thing to keep patched.

A focused business site is usually a few weeks; e-commerce and custom builds are longer. The single biggest variable is not development speed, it is how quickly content and photographs arrive from your side. I will tell you the honest date, not the one you want to hear.

Completely. The code, the domain, the hosting account and the database are yours, in your name. I do not host sites on my own account to keep clients tied in, and if you move to another developer I will hand over cleanly.

Often that is the better spend. A redesign that keeps your existing URLs, rankings and content but fixes the structure and speed costs less than a rebuild and risks less. Send me the URL and I will tell you which one it is.