General Contractor Website Design

Website design for Louisiana general contractors

General contractors sell trust and coordination. Customers are hiring someone to manage a large, expensive project, and they take their time. They look at photos, compare companies, and want to know you will show up and finish the job. A contractor site earns that trust with finished work, clear services, and an easy way to ask for a quote.

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Show the work

In remodeling, photos do most of the selling. Use pictures of finished jobs you are allowed to share, and say what the project was: a kitchen update, a repainted exterior, new flooring throughout. Stock photos presented as your work hurt trust, so skip them. If you do not have good photos yet, we will tell you what to capture on your next job.

What a general contractor website should include

  • A phone number and click-to-call button that stay easy to reach on every page, especially on mobile
  • Separate pages for each main service, such as kitchens, bathrooms, painting, flooring, additions, and general contracting
  • A project gallery with short captions: what was done and roughly where
  • The licenses and insurance that apply to your work, since Louisiana licensing rules depend on the type and size of the job
  • A request form that asks what the project is, a rough timeline, and the town, but not a full street address
  • A short description of how a job works, from estimate to finish

Project pages that bring in leads

Kitchen remodeling

The most researched remodel. Show layouts, cabinet and countertop work you actually did, a rough timeline, and what the homeowner decides versus what you handle.

Bathroom remodeling

Shorter projects with a high volume of searches. Cover tub-to-shower conversions, tile work, and accessibility updates if you do them, with before-and-after photos.

Additions and whole-home renovations

Larger, slower decisions. Explain how you handle plans, permits, and phased work, and show a start-to-finish project with captions.

Painting and flooring

Faster, lower-cost jobs that bring steady calls. Say what rooms or square footage you typically handle and whether you do prep and repairs.

Storm repair and rebuild work

After a hurricane, homeowners search for contractors to repair interiors and rebuild. If you take this work, give it its own page and say plainly how you handle insurance paperwork and schedules.

Residential, commercial, or both

Say which you do. A homeowner planning an addition and a business owner planning a build-out are not searching alike, and they should not have to dig through each other's text. If you do both, give each audience its own page with its own photos and process.

Subcontractors and how you manage a job

A general contractor sells coordination. Explain how you manage subcontractors, how you handle schedules and change orders, and how you communicate with the client during the job. Name the trades you self-perform if that is a strength, and be clear about what you bring in. Customers are looking for proof that someone will run the job.

Be clear about how you quote

Most remodeling work is quoted job by job. Say that, and explain what you need to give an estimate, such as photos or a site visit. Clear expectations up front mean better leads and fewer wasted visits.

Licensing, permits, and insurance

Louisiana requires contractors to be licensed for certain types and sizes of work. Check the current requirements with the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, then show the license number and insurance information that apply to you. If you pull permits for your clients, say so, because homeowners worry about unpermitted work. We never invent credentials, and we only show what you give us.

How customers choose a general contractor

Hiring a general contractor is a long decision. Homeowners usually collect two or three bids, compare photos and reviews, and judge whether you will communicate. A site that explains your process, shows finished work, and makes a first call easy keeps you in that short list. Our guide to getting more calls from your website covers the habits that matter.

One site, several trades

Many small crews paint, floor, and remodel under one name. A single site with a page for each service lets customers find exactly what they need and lets Google understand everything you do.

Mistakes that cost general contractors calls

  • One “services” page covering every kind of job
  • A gallery of unlabeled photos with no town or project type
  • No explanation of how you quote or what a first visit looks like
  • License and insurance information missing or out of date
  • A form that asks for too much or too little

See also our post on website mistakes that cost home service businesses calls.

Tracking calls and requests

Most of the value of a general contractor website arrives as calls and quote requests. Our Growth package includes call and form conversion tracking, so you can see which pages lead to contact. Standard includes Google Analytics setup.

Which package fits a general contractor

A small crew that needs a credible site quickly can start with Essential ($900). Standard ($1,500) is the usual choice once you want a quote form with project-type fields and local search setup alongside separate pages for each service. Growth ($2,300) fits larger contractors with many services, a large gallery, or an old site that needs redirects.

General Contractor Website Design FAQ

How much does a general contractor website cost?

General contractor sites are built on the same one-time packages: Essential at $900, Standard at $1,500, Growth at $2,300. Contractors with several services and a project gallery usually choose Standard. See the pricing page or request a free written quote.

Should I have separate pages for residential and commercial work?

Yes, if you do both. The customers, projects, and process are different, so each audience should get its own page with its own photos and explanation of how you work.

What pages does a general contractor website need?

A home page, a page for each main service (kitchens, bathrooms, additions, painting, flooring), a project gallery, an about page, a contact page with a quote form, and pages for the towns you serve.

How many project photos should I show?

A handful of well-captioned projects for each main service beat dozens of unlabeled photos. Show before and after, name the town and project type, and compress the images so the site stays fast on phones.

Should I list prices for contracting work?

Most remodelers quote job by job, so a full price list is rarely useful. Explain what drives the cost and what you need for an estimate, and give a rough range only if you can stand behind it.

Can a general contractor site show my license and insurance?

Yes. We display the license number and insurance information that apply to you, exactly as you provide them. Confirm what Louisiana requires for your type of work with the licensing board.

How long does a new general contractor site take to show up in Google?

Usually several weeks to start appearing, and longer to hold a steady position for competitive searches like remodeling in a big city. Your Google Business Profile photos and reviews help. Nobody can promise a ranking, and we do not.

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