Six factors decide the size of the project, and you can work out roughly where yours sits before we speak.
How many pages, and how many of them need a layout of their own.
Template or custom. A well-chosen template with your brand applied carefully is a legitimate answer for a new business, and I will say so when it is the right choice.
Whether the content exists. Copy and photography are the most common reason a build runs long, and commissioning either one changes the scope and the timeline.
How much SEO structure goes in. One page for each search term you want to rank for, with the schema and internal linking built from the start, means more work up front and far less later.
Ecommerce or booking, either of which changes the nature of the whole project.
What has to be migrated, including the redirect map that protects your existing rankings.
You receive the scope in writing before any design work begins: the pages, the structure, and what is included and excluded, so the plan changes only if you change what you asked for. The free audit is the place to start if you are unsure which build you need. Why Minuk Digital Keeps a Small Client Roster explains how I decide what to take on.
The cost nobody counts is what a weak site costs while it stays live. A site converting at 1 percent when it could convert at 3 percent, on 500 visitors a month, misses ten inquiries every month. Over a year, that is 120 inquiries.