Custom websites — Dubbo & the Central West

Hand-built websites that don't look like anyone else's.

Fast, self-contained sites with no templates, no bloat and no agency markup — just clean code and a brand that's unmistakably yours.

What I do

Built to order, not to template.

Everything is hand-coded around your brand — websites, identities and the odd tool that does real work in the browser.

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Custom websites

Bespoke, hand-coded sites built around your brand — not a theme with your logo dropped on top.

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Brand & identity

Logos, colour systems and type designed to travel cleanly from screen to print.

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Web apps & tools

Interactive dashboards, teaching apps and tools that do genuine work — right in the browser.

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Deploy & handover

Launched on fast, secure hosting — and the code is yours to keep. No lock-in.

Selected work

A few brands I've built lately.

Schools, social enterprises, musicians and community groups — each one in its own voice, none of them off the shelf.

theteachingtoolbox.netlify.app
Teacher resources · Brand + web

The Teaching Toolbox

An Australian teacher-resource brand — NSW-aligned maths and English resources sold through its own site, with a warm identity and a coral pencil mascot.

vandure.netlify.app
Social enterprise · Brand + web

Vandure

An NDIS support-coordination and psychology service. Bold geometric identity with a fast, SEO-ready homepage and real team bios.

redcreative.netlify.app/red-entertainment.html
Music · Artist site

RED Entertainment

The live-music half of RED. An editorial one-pager with a scroll-snap video carousel and warm, hand-built type.

dpspbl.netlify.app
Education · Multi-page hub

DPS PBL Hub

A staff hub for a primary school's wellbeing program — behaviour dashboards, resources, a tiered-support model and a friendly mascot.

presentdadclub.netlify.app
Community · Identity concepts

Present — Collective

Brand directions for a men's community initiative — three concepts in a live switcher, including "Daybreak", a warm sunrise gradient.

lvdprogram.netlify.app
Education · Web apps

Term 3 Technology

A K–6 coding curriculum built as interactive browser apps — a teacher hub with progress tracking and full-screen student slides for the projector.

How it works

I'd rather show you than tell you.

Most of the work happens on a real, working prototype — not a static mockup. You react to the actual thing, and we sharpen it together.

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Brief & direction

We start with your brand, your audience and the one job the site really has to do.

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A real prototype

You get a working site to react to, fast — built, not mocked up in a slide.

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Iterate live

We refine the real prototype together — precise changes, quick turnarounds.

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Deploy & hand over

Your site goes live on fast hosting, fully yours — no lock-in, no ongoing markup.

RED Creative Studio

RED Creative Studio is the design half of RED — a small Dubbo studio that also runs live music as RED Entertainment.

I build clean, self-contained websites and brand systems for businesses, schools and creatives across the Central West and beyond. No frameworks, no bloat — just fast, hand-coded sites that load quickly, cost little to host, and are yours to keep.

Every project is built the same way I'd build my own: carefully, iteratively, and with a brand that actually looks like you.

FAQ

Good questions, straight answers.

How much does a website cost?

It depends on the size and what it needs to do — a one-page site is a very different job to a multi-page hub or a web app. Tell me about your project and I'll give you a straight price, no agency markup.

How long does it take?

Most sites take a few weeks from brief to launch. You'll see a real, working prototype early — not a static mockup — so we sharpen it together as we go.

Do I own the site and code?

Yes — it's all yours to keep. No lock-in and no ongoing agency fees. You can host it wherever you like and take the code with you.

Do you use templates or WordPress?

No. Everything is hand-coded around your brand — fast, self-contained sites with no bloat, not a theme with your logo dropped on top.

Do you sort hosting?

Yes — I deploy to fast, secure hosting like Netlify that's cheap or free to run, then hand it over. Or leave it with me — your call.

Can you do branding too, not just the website?

Absolutely — logos, colour systems and type designed to travel cleanly from screen to print, alongside a website or on their own.

What do you need from me to start?

Just your brand, your audience, and the one job the site really has to do. We kick off with a quick brief and go from there.

Let's talk

Let's build yours.

Got a project in mind? Tell me about it — and I'll show you something built.

lachie.vandartel@gmail.com  ·  Dubbo, Central West NSW