Websites for general contractors in BC.
I build durable, lead-generating websites and custom dispatch tools for general contractors across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Real project galleries, working quote forms, fast on a job-site phone — the kind of site that converts the call-to-action a contractor actually needs.
Most contractor websites in BC fail the first ten seconds.
A potential client searches “bathroom renovation Abbotsford” or “general contractor Langley” and lands on three or four sites. The ones that convert aren’t necessarily the prettiest — they’re the ones that load fast, show real project photos immediately, and have a quote-request button visible without scrolling. Most contractor sites fail on all three. Stock photos from 2015, a carousel that scrolls before the customer can click it, and the quote form buried two levels deep under “Contact.”
The fix isn’t expensive. A Five-Year Website for a BC contractor is $4,500 fixed, built in two weeks. Real project photography is the single biggest differentiator — if you don’t have current photos, we can scope a photographer into the project or work with what you have and upgrade post-launch. Everything else — LocalBusiness schema pointing at your actual service area, a working quote form, proper loading on a job-site phone, trust signals (WorkSafeBC, insurance, licensing) visible and not buried — is built into the default setup.
The other half of contractor web work is the operational side. If your intake and scheduling runs through a single phone, a single text thread, and a shared spreadsheet, you’re probably past the point where a custom dispatch tool pays back. That’s the Custom Apps side of the practice — scoped per engagement, typically 3–5 weeks for a focused dispatch-and-intake tool that lets the office see what the crew is doing without calling them.
What converts
- Project gallery visible in the first scroll — captioned, linked to detail pages.
- Multiple clear quote-request CTAs (phone, form, SMS if you’re set up for it).
- Service area listed honestly — the 4–5 cities you actually work in.
- Trust signals (WorkSafeBC, insurance, Red Seal, licensing) in the footer or sidebar.
- Page speed under 2 seconds on 4G — job-site reality.
- Reviews from Google Business Profile surfaced on-page.
What wastes budget
- Stock photos of generic construction — customers recognize them.
- Hero carousel that distracts from the quote CTA.
- “About us” page listing company values with zero actual projects.
- Service-area claims covering all of BC when you really serve three cities.
- PDF brochure from 2018 buried in the footer.
- Newsletter signup popups — contractor lead cycles don’t need a newsletter.
Serving contractors across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
Most of my contractor clients are based in the Fraser Valley or Surrey, working across a 3–5 city footprint. See the city-specific pages for Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford, and Maple Ridge, or the Fraser Valley hub for the regional view.
My contractor site is on Wix with a builder theme. Is that actually a problem?
Depends. Wix sites can rank locally if the technical SEO is right — schema, meta structure, internal linking. What usually goes wrong with a Wix contractor site is the theme adds 3–4MB of JavaScript for animations you don't need, the page speed is 5+ seconds on a job-site phone, and the gallery is locked inside a Wix widget that Google can't crawl properly. An audit tells you whether fixing Wix is possible or whether a rebuild pays back faster.
Do I need a portfolio website or is Google Business Profile enough?
Both, and they do different jobs. GBP drives local search discovery — someone types 'contractor Langley' and sees you in the map pack. A proper website converts that click into a quote request, shows the work, and builds enough credibility that the customer reaches out instead of scrolling to the next GBP listing. Without a site, you're capped at the GBP conversion rate. Without a GBP, you miss the discovery layer. Both matter.
Can you build a dispatch tool for my operation? We run jobs through text messages now.
Yes — this is the most common Custom App build I take on for contractors. A typical dispatch tool handles job intake, scheduling across crews, status updates visible to the office and the field, and invoicing integration with QuickBooks or Stripe. Usually 4–5 weeks of build time, scoped per engagement as flat-fee or monthly. If your operation has crossed the text-message memory-game threshold, it usually pays back quickly.
Running a contracting business that needs a better site?
20 minutes on the phone. Send me your current URL and a sense of how many quote requests the site generates a month. I’ll tell you whether a rebuild, an audit, or a dispatch tool is the right next step.
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