Custom websites
A clear, responsive website built around your services, your customers, and the actions you want visitors to take.
Independent web development · Vermont
Websites built to work. Repaired when they don't.
I build custom websites, repair broken ones, and help small businesses keep their web presence useful, polished, and dependable.
Clear project scopeResponsive by defaultHuman approval before launch
BUILDResponsive
REPAIRPractical
MAINTAINReliable
Core services
Build, repair, maintain.
Enough technology to solve the problem, without making the technology the point.
Website repair
Focused diagnosis and repair for broken pages, links, layouts, forms, and other issues that get in the way.
Maintenance
Ongoing updates and practical support that help keep an existing site current, understandable, and dependable.
What the work should accomplish
Useful beats impressive.
A polished visual layer matters, but the real test is whether the site helps people understand, trust, and act.
Clear to customers
Visitors should quickly understand what you do, who you help, and what to do next.
Comfortable on mobile
The experience should remain readable and usable when most of the screen disappears into a phone.
Practical to maintain
The finished site should be understandable enough to support future edits instead of becoming a black box.
Verified before handoff
Important flows and responsive layouts are checked before a project is treated as finished.
Service tiers
Scope with a little rarity.
The colors help distinguish the size and depth of an engagement. Final scope is still based on the actual work.
Common
Quick Fix
A contained website correction or small change with one clear outcome.
- Small edits
- Single-issue repairs
- Focused updates
Uncommon
Site Care
A maintenance-focused scope for keeping a working site useful, current, and polished.
- Routine upkeep
- Content changes
- Minor improvements
Rare
Repair & Improve
A broader repair and improvement pass when several issues need attention together.
- Multi-part repairs
- Usability cleanup
- Performance-minded work
Legendary
Custom Build
A new business website shaped around your services, audience, and the actions that matter most.
- Custom structure
- Responsive build
- Launch-ready foundation
Mythic
Advanced Build
A deeper custom engagement for more complex requirements, integrations, or business workflows.
- Complex functionality
- Custom integrations
- Expanded project scope
Working process
Clear steps. Fewer surprises.
Each project moves from understanding the problem to verifying that the finished work actually does what it should.
Discover
Start with the business goal, current problem, and what success needs to look like.
Scope
Turn the request into a clear plan with boundaries, priorities, and deliverables.
Build
Implement the work in testable pieces while keeping the result understandable.
Verify
Check the finished work across practical use cases before launch or handoff.
About
Independent, practical, accountable.
I'm Chris Tipper, an independent web developer in Vermont. I work directly with clients who need a new site, a repair, or ongoing help keeping an existing website useful.
The goal is straightforward: understand the problem, do the work carefully, and leave you with something that makes sense after the project is finished.
Vermont
Operating principles
- 01Scope before complexity
- 02Verify before declaring done
- 03Explain decisions in plain language
- 04Keep clients in control of consequential changes
FAQ
A few useful answers up front.
Enough context to decide whether it makes sense to start a conversation.
What kind of projects are a good fit?
Small-business websites, focused rebuilds, repair work, and ongoing maintenance where the scope can be made clear before work begins.
Do you only work with businesses in Vermont?
No. Vermont is where I am based, but the work itself can be handled remotely when the project is a good fit.
How do estimates work?
The intake gives me enough context to understand the request. I review the scope before any quote is treated as final, and larger work is broken into clear deliverables.
Can you work on an existing website instead of rebuilding it?
Yes. Repair and maintenance are separate services because replacing a working site is not automatically the right answer.
Ready when you are
Start with the kind of help you need.
New website projects and existing-site requests use separate intake paths so the first conversation starts with useful information.