Websites for French polishers and furniture restorers: let the work do the talking
People trusting you with a family piece, a period staircase or a hotel's furniture want to see what you can do before they call. We build the site around before and after photos, your training and the jobs people search for, then get it found on Google and recommended by AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity.
What does a website for a French polisher or furniture restorer need?
Before and after photos of real pieces, a page for each service, and your training and years at the bench where people can see them, with call, WhatsApp and a quote form on the first screen of a phone. Then the monthly work that gets you found: local SEO, a complete Google Business Profile and being named by AI tools.
- Step 1
They search
french polisher near meThey search the job and the area: a table, a staircase, a polisher.
- Step 2
Your before and after shows up
A page for each service with real pieces, so the work speaks first.
- Step 3
They send a photo
CallWhatsApp a photoGet a quoteA photo of the piece is often all you need to give a rough price.
- Step 4
They trust you and call
Training, years at the bench and reviews do the convincing.
Why do skilled restorers lose work online?
People search how to fix a ring mark, try it themselves, then call us.
By then the damage is worse, or they found a handyman first.
Everyone wants a rough price before we have even seen the piece.
Without a way to send photos, they ring round and go with whoever answers.
Our work is beautiful, but the website has three blurry photos.
People judge the craft by the pictures and call whoever shows better ones.
Insurance jobs pay well, but nobody finds us for them.
A poor first job on an insurance claim means the piece needs doing twice, often by someone else.
Homes nearby, specialist work from further away
Most people want someone who can come to the house or collect the piece, so you need to show up nearby and on Google Maps. Antiques, staircases and insurance repairs bring work from much further, found by the service, not the town.
Nearby
Customers who can get to you, or you to them. Found by service and place.
Across the country
Customers anywhere in the country. Found by specialism, not by town.
From abroad
Customers in other countries, searching in their own words. Found by specialism and by trust.
What they type into Google and ChatGPT:
What makes someone hand a family piece over to you
An antique cannot be replaced, and people have read how restoring it badly can ruin its value.
Reviews that mention the piece
Real reviews about the table, the staircase or the chair, and how it came back.
Before and after photos
Your own work close up, with the timber, the damage and the finish named.
Method explained, training shown
How you work, conserve or restore, where you trained, and BAFRA only if you belong.
Send a photo, get a rough idea
A quick price from a photo, then home visit or collection. That is when they call.
How much do a website and SEO cost for a French polisher?
£650 builds it, then £350 a month keeps it working, or you stop and keep the site. Every price is fixed in writing before we start, and there is no VAT to add.
Free check
We look at your website and Google profile and tell you which package fits.
FreeKickstart
£650paid up front- Your website redesigned
- Your Google Business Profile fixed
- 3 months of SEO on your main services and the places your customers come from
- Designed first, approved by you within 7 working days, live on your domain once paid
Results review
We go through what moved, together. The website is yours whatever you decide.
If Found brings you that, it pays for itself.
What Found does every month
Not sure which fits? The free check tells you. The services behind it: custom websites, Google Business Profile setup and the SEO packages.
Already have a website? We check it first
You do not have to start again. We look at what you have and tell you, in writing, what it needs.
We check it
Speed on a phone, the pages you have, how Google and AI tools read it, and your Google profile.
We work with it, whatever it is built on, and add the pages it needs.
Only if we recommend it, and we tell you why. We build it hand coded, because a fast website helps your SEO.
Which way in is yours?
Want to change words or photos yourself?
We add a simple editor behind your website for £500 one-off. You log in and change the text and images whenever you like.
Everything lives in your client portal
Not lost in email. Log in any time to see what we are doing and what it is bringing in.
- Your scope and progressWhat we agreed, and how far along it is
- Your monthly reportHow people found you, and what we did
- InvoicesSee them and pay by card
- Files and updatesEvery document in one place
Your first month
We agree the plan
Your main services and the places your customers come from. Your client portal opens.
We build and fix
Your website and your Google Business Profile, with you approving the work.
Live and measured
Your website is live or fixed, with Google Analytics and Search Console set up.
Every month
The work carries on, and your report shows what is moving.
Once every invoice is paid, the website is yours, even if you stop working with us. Your domain, Google profile and Analytics are always in your name.
Does our method work for small businesses that win on trust?
Businesses that win on trust are found the same way: real work shown clearly, a complete Google profile and monthly AI visibility work. Fouracre, a family run accountants in Leighton Buzzard, is a good example.
Fouracre Accountancy, named first by ChatGPT and Perplexity for family run accountants in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire (November 2026)
of our clients, in seven industries, are recommended by ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity (November 2026)
Straight from Mainteniq’s Google listing, April to September 2026
Sources: our clients' AI answer tests (November 2026) and Mainteniq's Google Business Profile.
French polishing website questions
How much does a website for a French polisher cost?
Kickstart is £650, paid up front, and includes your website redesigned. £650 builds it, then £350 a month keeps it working, or you stop and keep the site.
How do I show my work without the site looking like a catalogue?
Before and after photos of real pieces, each with a short note on the timber, the damage and the finish. One page per service, such as staircases or colour matching, keeps it easy to read.
Can I be found for commercial work outside my area?
Yes. Commercial finishing, out of hours maintenance and insurance repairs each get their own page, written for the clients who search for them across the UK, while your Google profile wins the local jobs.
Should my site mention fire, flood and transit damage?
Yes, if you do that work. Loss adjusters, insurers and removal firms search for these repairs, and a clear page with examples gives them a reason to call you.
Do my training and trade body matter on a website?
Yes. Where you trained, how long you have been at the bench and any association you belong to, such as BAFRA, is what people check before handing over an antique.
How long until enquiries come in?
Calls and clicks start to build from around month 3, rankings over months 4 to 6, and AI tools over months 3 to 6 or more. Google decides the rankings. We do the work that earns them, every month.
Ready to show your work to the people looking for it?
Book a free 20-minute discovery call. Direct access to Yekta, and a written plan and price within 48 hours.
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