Build
A site built around how customers actually choose you: what they need to see and trust before they call. It’s designed for your business from scratch, not a template with your logo on it.
What’s included →For owner-run businesses
Websites for working businesses.
While you’re out doing the work, your website should be earning the next job. I build it, keep it healthy, and everything that’s yours stays yours.
The problem, plainly
You’ve heard these stories. Maybe you’ve lived one.
The guy who built our site just… stopped answering.
Turns out the domain was registered to our old provider — not to us.
We’ve been meaning to fix the hours on there for two years.
Groundcover Works exists to end these stories. One person builds your site, keeps it current, and makes sure your name is on everything that matters.
One service, start to finish
I build the site, keep it healthy, and improve what matters.
Care
Hosting, monitoring, backups, and updates, all handled for you. Small content changes too, plus a short monthly note in plain English about what got done.
What’s included →Grow
Once real visitors and inquiries are coming in, we make focused improvements based on what your site’s numbers actually show.
What’s included →LandscapersPlumbersElectriciansPaintersRemodelersRestaurantsCleanersArchitectsMakersRoofersMoversFence builders
If your customers need to find you, trust you, and then call you, this studio is built for you.
On the bench right now
Two rebuilds for businesses that do real work.
Lara Landscaping’s new site is staged and launching soon. It’s a project that started with getting their domain back from a provider who’d gone quiet. And Steeno Design Studio’s thirty years of architecture are finally getting a site to match.
See the work
How it works
Four steps, from first conversation to a site that’s looked after.
Discover
We talk through the business, customers, current site, content, and constraints.
Plan
I turn that into a clear scope, page structure, responsibilities, and milestones.
Build
We shape the content and design, then test the finished site across real devices and needs.
Support
After launch, I keep watch, handle routine changes, and show you what got done.
Who you’ll work with
You’ll know exactly who’s responsible.
I’m Kyle Grover. I design the site, write the code, watch the monitoring, and answer the email.
No account manager, no ticket queue, no invented team. I do the work myself and automate the tedious parts like monitoring and backups. I’m based in Portland and work across the West Coast.
Why I started Groundcover Works →Common questions
Useful answers before we talk.
What does a website cost?
Most builds start around $2,000. Every project gets a written proposal with the full price before any work begins, so there are no surprise invoices later.
Do I own my website?
You own the parts that are your business: your domain, your accounts, your original content, photos, and analytics data. The studio keeps its own framework and platform. If we ever part ways after the agreed fees are paid, you leave with a portable copy of your site and the documentation to take it elsewhere.
What happens after launch?
Care takes over: hosting, monitoring, backups, maintenance, small content updates done for you, direct support, and a monthly report that a real person actually read.
Will I be able to update the site?
Send me the change, whether it’s new hours, new photos, or a price update, and I handle it as part of Care. There’s no editor to learn and nothing you can break by accident at 11pm.
Start a conversation
Ready for a website you can rely on?
Tell me what’s working, what isn’t, and what the business needs next. I’ll reply with a practical first step.