A web designer who actually lives in your neighborhood
I'm based in Dormont — not a remote agency in another state. I build fast, hand-coded websites for South Hills small businesses, and I know these communities because I'm part of them.
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When someone searches "plumber near me" or "best pizza in Castle Shannon," Google doesn't just look at the business — it looks at context. Where is the business? How close is it to the searcher? Does the website mention real neighborhoods, real streets, real landmarks? Generic websites that say "serving the greater Pittsburgh area" get outranked by sites that speak specifically to the South Hills.
That's the advantage of working with someone local. I don't have to research your area — I drive through it every day. I know that Carnegie's East Main Street has more small businesses per block than most neighborhoods in the South Hills. I know that Mt. Lebanon has a different customer base than Brentwood. I know that "South Hills" isn't one place — it's a dozen communities, each with its own character, and your website should reflect the ones you actually serve.
A remote designer or a drag-and-drop builder can't give you that. They'll put "Pittsburgh, PA" in the footer and call it optimized. I'll build a site that tells Google — and your customers — exactly where you are and who you serve.
Neighborhoods I serve
I work with businesses across the South Hills and surrounding communities. If you're within a 20-minute drive of Dormont, you're in my territory.
- Dormont
- Mt. Lebanon
- Carnegie
- Brentwood
- Baldwin
- Castle Shannon
- Bethel Park
- Pleasant Hills
- Whitehall
- Bridgeville
- Crafton
- Beechview
Not on the list? If you're a small business in southwestern Allegheny County, reach out anyway. Chances are we're neighbors.
See what I build
Concept projects showing the quality, speed, and design South Hills businesses get.
South Hills Plumbing → Primo's Pizza →South Hills businesses I work with
Contractors, restaurants, salons, auto shops, fitness studios, law offices, dental practices — if you serve local customers and need a website that actually brings people through the door, I can help. I specialize in businesses where the phone ringing is the whole point of having a website.
Most of the businesses I talk to are in the same boat: they've operated on word of mouth for years, maybe have a Facebook page, but they're watching competitors who do have websites pull ahead on Google. Some tried Wix or Squarespace and ended up with a slow, generic-looking site that costs $20 a month and doesn't rank for anything. Others got a quote from an agency and couldn't justify spending $5,000.
That's the gap I fill. A professional, hand-coded website that loads in under a second and targets the specific South Hills neighborhoods your customers are searching from. $499 setup + $99/month, done in 7–10 days, and you own it outright.
What you get working with a local designer
When your site goes live, it's not just a page on the internet — it's built to capture the searches that matter in your area. I write your title tags and meta descriptions targeting real South Hills neighborhoods. I add LocalBusiness schema markup so Google understands exactly where you operate. I make sure your name, address, and phone number match your Google Business Profile.
These aren't extras or upsells. They're standard on every site I build, because a South Hills business website without local SEO is like printing business cards and leaving them in a drawer. The whole point is to get found.
And if something needs to change after launch — new hours, a new service, a seasonal promotion — you're not submitting a ticket to a company in another time zone. You're texting me. I'm ten minutes away.