Fig. 1 The ONE94 website homepage, showing the Leigh-on-Sea venue's booking and events platform
ONE94
Hourly darts and shuffleboard bookings, live availability and Stripe payments, built to run themselves for a small Leigh-on-Sea venue.
Luke Dykes · Web design · Southend
★★★★★Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews on Google.
See your new website before you spend a penny.
I build a free, live demo of your new site with your content, before you pay anything. Love it and it goes live within 7 days. Do not love it? You owe nothing.
Three quick answers, about twenty seconds. I build your demo from what is already online, like your Instagram or Google listing, so there is nothing to write. Your link arrives within 2 working days.
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The proof is live. Click anything:
- ONE94bar and games venue, Leigh-on-Sea
- GustoSiItalian restaurant, Leigh-on-Sea
- Elite Build & Cobuilding contractor, Leigh-on-Sea
- Free demoa live site with your content, before you buy
7 days
from sign-off to live
No deposit
you pay when it is done
60 days
money-back guarantee
Yours
design, code and content
Work
Live sites, doing their jobs.
Every screenshot links to the case study. Every domain opens the real, live site a real business runs on.
GustoSi
A warm, fast two-page site for a Leigh-on-Sea Italian restaurant, where every screen leads to a call and a booked table.
Fig. 3 The Elite Build & Co website homepage, a loft conversion and extension builder in south Essex
Elite Build & Co
Twelve published guide prices, an extension cost calculator that needs no contact details and an automated assistant, built for a firm with no reviews yet.
Fig. 4 The Katie Watts Photography site, a gallery-led photography portfolio
Katie Watts Photography
A gallery-led portfolio for an Essex photographer that carries over 40 photographs and still opens fast on a phone.
Fig. 5 The GeWiz Fashion online shop homepage with its product catalogue
GeWiz Fashion
An independent streetwear label selling direct from its own domain, with Stripe checkout and a back office the owner runs alone.
Industrial Barbers
One page that sells pop-up barbering to workspace managers, shows members how to book, and drafts the trial enquiry before a manager types a word.
Bigs BBQ
A one-page live-fire menu with prices that flip between private and corporate rates, and a composer that writes the WhatsApp booking message for the customer.
Services
Websites built to get you booked, called and ordered from.
- WebsitesPages that earn their keep
- Compliance reviewsGoogle and UK rules, checked first
- Booking and paymentsSell time, take money, sleep
- iOS and Android appsNative on iPhone and Android
- AI featuresOnly where it earns its place
- Drone photo and videoYour place, from the air
- Care plansKept fast, backed up, watched
- SEOFound by the people already searching
Compliance reviews
Two years stuck in Merchant Center. Through in two weeks.
We checked 8Music, a Rayleigh music shop, against Google's requirements and fixed what stood in the way in priority order. In October 2026, two weeks after we started, its account passed Google's review. A compliance review gives your website the same check against Google's requirements and the UK rules for your sector. I run every one, after six years in UK frontline public service, with the police, Border Force and HMRC.
2 years
about how long 8Music had been trying
2 weeks
after we started, its account passed
770
products, on a Wix store we did not build
Method
Three steps. No theatre.
We talk
A call, a coffee or a WhatsApp thread: whatever suits. You tell us what the site has to do for you. We build a free demo with your content, then put a firm number in writing before anything starts.
I build
You deal with the person doing the work, not an account manager. Most sites go live within 7 days of sign-off because the studio is built around finishing, not queuing.
You own it
Design, code, content, source files: all yours, handed over on completion. No hostage hosting: host with me or anywhere you like. A 60-day guarantee in writing.
The 7-day promise, honestly: it starts when the brief and content are agreed, and it holds because one careful pair of hands does the work end to end. Bigger builds get a written timeline instead.
The Lab
We build our own products too.
Which is why client work ships properly. Both are live on the App Store now.
The studio
Southend born. London serious.
Own Time Studios is a web design studio in Southend-on-Sea, run by Luke Dykes. We build websites, online booking and payments, and apps for local businesses: restaurants, bars, salons, barbers and trades. We work across Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea, Chalkwell, Thorpe Bay, Shoeburyness, Rayleigh and beyond: Essex, London and the South East in person, the rest of the UK remotely.
Know someone who needs this? £100 when someone you refer goes live with us and has paid.
Clients
In their words.
“Luke at Own Time Studios created a fantastic webpage for me. After just a 20-minute phone call, I had a fully finished site by the end of the day that far exceeded my expectations. He also sorted out the domain emails and offered helpful free advice on other matters. Extremely reasonable, quick to respond to any questions, and a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend Luke and his team, and I’m already looking forward to working with him on future projects.”
“Luke is a true gentleman, very knowledgeable, very helpfull and does his work with passion. He does not just leave you in limbo but gives his full support, the new website he did for me is spot on. Very highly recommended”
“Amazing service by Luke. Will definitely reccomend in the future”
“Great friend help from start to finish. Really cared about this issues I had with my website and helped from start to finish to solve all problems. I would recommend as very fairly priced. Thank you Luke.”
Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews on Google. Read them all
Tell me what you need. You will get a straight answer and a firm price in writing.
Or call 07438 284755 or email luke@owntimestudios.com.