Plumber · Amsterdam
De Loodgieter
A five-page site for a city plumber — fixed prices, emergency banner, and a before/after slider in the portfolio.
Open live demo →Websites for local shops
Your shop has been around longer than the internet.
Your website should catch up.
High Street Forge builds simple, warm websites for European high-street businesses — bakeries, plumbers, barbers, painters, workshops. Real photos, honest design, nothing that looks like a template.
3 live case studies · Free 48-hour preview · Fixed prices
Recent work
Three trades, three cities,
one honest approach.
Every site is built around the owner's real story and real photos — never stock imagery, never a template that looks like one.
Ceramics atelier · Brussels
Atelier Léon
A bilingual EN/FR studio site with a filterable portfolio — built around 38 years of craft and a founder's story.
Open live demo →Renovation · Gothenburg
Haga Bygg
A case-driven site for a renovation firm — every project shows budget, timeline, and a fixed-quote promise.
Open live demo →Start here
One photo. Free. 48 hours.
Reply to any email from us with a photo of your shopfront, your van, or a finished job — we'll send back a properly retouched version within 48 hours. No strings, no obligation. It's how we prove the difference before you spend a euro.
How it works
From one photo to a website that sells.
Send one photo
A shopfront, a van, a workbench, a fresh batch. Anything real you're proud of.
Get a free preview
We retouch it properly — light, colour, detail — and send it back within 48 hours, free.
Then we build
If you like what you see, we talk about a full website around your real photos and real story.
Why us
Built for shops that already have a reputation.
Warm, not sterile
Local businesses run on trust and personality. We design for that — not for trends.
Real photos only
Your own shopfront, your own work. No stock photos, no pretending.
Fixed prices
A clear package, a clear price, before we start. The way good trades work.
Bilingual when needed
EN/FR, NL/EN — we build sites that speak the language your customers speak.
Contact
Say hello. It's a real person.
Send us a photo and get your free preview — or just ask a question. We reply from Richard, not from a support queue.
hello@highstreetforge.com