Websites for renovation and construction contractors
Your job sites speak for themselves — people just need to see them. We build websites that fill Quebec contractors’ order books: showcased projects, online quote requests and a Google presence that builds trust before the first call.
Your work invisible?
Without a professional gallery, your best projects sleep in your phone instead of convincing your next clients.
Trust to build?
RBQ licence, insurance, client reviews: homeowners want proof before opening their door. A credible site reassures them in advance.
Missing from searches?
“Renovation contractor + your city”, “bathroom renovation”, “home addition”: these searches happen every day in your area.
The reality of the renovation trade in Québec: the client checks you out before calling you
When a homeowner decides to redo a kitchen, a roof or a basement, they are not shopping for a product. They are choosing someone they will hand their keys to for three weeks. Before they ever fill out a quote request, they look you up on Google, they study your photos, they check whether your RBQ licence is visible, whether your insurance is mentioned, whether any of your job sites look like theirs. Plenty of homeowners are comparing two or three contractors at the same time. The one with a clear site, real photos and plain explanations starts ahead, even when all three do comparable work.
Word of mouth is still the best source of work in construction, but it has a ceiling. It brings you the same kind of job, in the same area, often at the same price. When your past clients are done renovating, the phone slows down. And a referral rarely arrives alone: the person who was told about you will still look you up before calling. If they find nothing, or a Facebook page left untouched for two years, doubt creeps in. A website does not replace word of mouth. It extends it and makes it visible to the people who do not know you yet.
Your portfolio of completed job sites is the one thing a competitor cannot copy. They can borrow your wording, your layout, even your list of services. They cannot borrow the foundation you rebuilt in 2023 or the bathroom you delivered in a 1970s condo. That work follows the seasons too: roofing, siding and paving get planned before the freeze, kitchens are sold in winter to be installed in spring, and supplier lead times stretch as soon as the season picks up. A site that shows your projects year round keeps your order book moving through the quiet months.
What we build for your renovation business
A website as solid as your job sites.
Before-after galleries
Your projects presented in striking galleries — proof by image that convinces more than any sales pitch.
Online quote requests
A clear quote form that qualifies projects: work type, budget, timeline. No more cold calls.
Credibility on display
RBQ licence, insurance, warranties and client reviews up front — everything that reassures a homeowner before trusting you with their house.
Local renovation SEO
Ranking on “contractor + your city” and by work type: kitchen, bathroom, roofing, additions.
Easy to update
Add a project or job-site photo in two minutes from your phone — without depending on anyone.
Ready in 14 days
With Ready14, your contractor website is live in 14 days — design, content and SEO included.
How we build your site, step by step
A proven process built for a contractor who spends his days on job sites and has no time to waste in meetings.
Discovery call
We start with a call of about 30 minutes, at whatever time works for you: early morning, over lunch or at the end of the day, from the truck if that is easier. We want to understand your types of job sites, your best clients, your territory and the work you would like to get more often. You talk, we take the notes.
Mapping your services and your territory
Next we list your services one by one, roofing, additions, kitchens, bathrooms, siding, and the towns you genuinely serve, not the ones you would never drive an hour to reach. That map becomes the structure of the site: every service and every profitable area gets its own place instead of being buried in a single Services page.
Design and mockups
We design the mockups: home page, sample service page, service-area page, quote request form. The style stays clean and solid, like your work: large job site photos, contact details visible at all times, a call button always within thumb reach. You approve the look before a single line of code is written.
Copywriting and project write-ups
The writing is on us. We write your service pages in language a homeowner actually understands, with no plans-and-specs jargon, and we turn your job sites into project write-ups: the original problem, what you did, the result you delivered. All we ask from you are your photos and five minutes on the phone per project.
Build and local SEO setup
We build the site, optimize it for mobile and set up local SEO: titles and descriptions by city, structured data, service-area pages, and a Google Business Profile linked to the right pages. This is the longest step on our side and the shortest on yours. While it happens, you are out on your job sites.
Launch, training and follow-up
We put the site live, then walk you through a short training session by video call or phone: changing a photo, adding a project, editing text from your phone. We stay available after launch, watch the first quote requests come in and adjust whatever needs adjusting over the following weeks.
What is included in your contractor website
No feature list to decode. Here is concretely what you get, and what each piece actually does for you day to day.
- Before-and-after galleries built from your own job site photos, with a short description of the problem you solved and the result you delivered for every project shown.
- A separate page for each type of work, roofing, kitchens, bathrooms, additions or siding, so every service gets its own chance to be found on Google.
- A quote request form that asks the right questions up front, type of work, area, timeline and rough budget, so you can filter out the requests that waste your time.
- A prominent trust block with your RBQ licence number, your insurance and the warranties you offer, because that is exactly what a homeowner looks for before picking up the phone.
- Service-area pages for the towns where you genuinely work, so you show up in local searches without repeating the same text from one municipality to the next.
- Full setup or cleanup of your Google Business Profile: categories, service area, services, photos and links pointing to the right pages on your site.
- A site that loads fast on mobile, because plenty of homeowners look you up in the evening, on their phone, often on an ordinary connection and with little patience.
- The ability to add a project or swap a photo yourself in a few minutes from your phone, with training included and help available whenever you get stuck.
Contractor FAQ
Renovation websites, explained.
How much does a contractor website cost?
With Ready14 you get a complete professional site at a fixed price, ready in 14 days — built for SMB budgets. For a bigger project, we prepare a free, no-obligation quote.
I don’t have time to manage a website. How does it work?
That’s exactly why we exist: we handle everything — design, copy, photos, SEO and launch. You approve, we deliver. Afterwards, adding a project takes two minutes.
How do I come up first when someone searches for a contractor in my city?
With a fast site, pages per work type, an optimised Google Business Profile and client reviews. We build that local presence for you, methodically.
Is it worth it if I already run on word of mouth?
Yes — even your referrals google you before calling. A credible site confirms their choice, and local SEO adds a stream of new clients word of mouth alone can’t generate.
How long before my site is live?
With Ready14, the site goes live in 14 days from the moment we have your basic information and your photos. The timeline is fixed, and we ask for roughly an hour of your time in total, spread across a few short exchanges. For a broader site, several divisions, several territories or a large project catalogue, we give you a realistic timeline before we start, never after.
I have no professional photos of my job sites. What do we do?
That is the most common situation and it is not a problem. Phone photos taken on the job site work very well when they are well chosen, and they are often more convincing than a stock image. We tell you what to shoot and from what angle on your next jobs: one before, two or three during the work, one after the cleanup is done. In the meantime, we build the site with what you have.
Can I update the site myself from a job site?
Yes. You get a simple interface, not a developer dashboard. Adding a project, replacing a photo, changing a phone number or announcing that your order book is full takes a few minutes from your phone, between two job sites. Training is included and we leave you a short guide. And if you would rather just email us your photos and let us handle it, that works too.
Do I own the site and the domain name?
Yes, without any ambiguity. The domain name is registered in your name, with your own access, and the site belongs to you. We do not hold your site hostage: if one day you decide to work with someone else, you leave with your logins, your text and your photos. It is a business asset, the same way your truck and your tools are.
Is it worth launching a site during the slow season?
Winter is often the best time to get ready for the season ahead. Plenty of homeowners plan a kitchen, a basement or a bathroom during the cold months, and shop for roofing or siding well before the thaw. A site launched in January or February has time to gain traction before the spring rush. Waiting until May to go online usually means showing up a season late.
Ready to make your website work as hard as you do?
You do not need a complicated website. You need one that shows your job sites, explains clearly what you do and where you do it, and brings you serious quote requests instead of tire-kickers shopping for the lowest number. That is exactly what we build at Actif Marketing for general contractors, kitchen specialists, roofers and residential renovation companies on the Rive-Sud and across Québec: a working tool, not a decorative business card that gets forgotten in a drawer.
If you want to move fast, Ready14 delivers a complete professional website in 14 days at a fixed price, with copywriting and local SEO included. If your situation is broader, we will talk it through and propose what makes sense for your business, with no jargon and no pressure. Call us or send us an email: we will ask a few questions about your job sites, your service areas and the kind of work you want to attract, and you will quickly know what it involves.