Home builder website design in Palm Beach CountyLet the Finished Homes Make the Case
Epic Wolf designs and builds websites for luxury custom home builders, architects, interior designers and contractors in Palm Beach County, from an office in West Palm Beach. A builder's site is a portfolio first: project pages with real photography, a clear account of the process and an inquiry form that screens for fit. Florida also requires a contractor's license number in advertising, and we build that in.
Home builder and design firm websites
Someone planning a custom home in Jupiter or a renovation on the island will spend more with their builder than on almost anything else, and they start by looking. They want to see finished houses at full size, understand how the firm works and learn who will be on site. Most builder websites show thumbnails, a paragraph about quality and a contact form. The work deserves better than that.
The strongest sites in this trade are quiet. Large photographs, a few sentences on each project about the problem and how it was solved, the architect and designer credited and a process page that explains preconstruction, budgets and timelines without jargon. Clients at this level also check licenses, and Florida makes that easy for them.
State law puts specific identifiers in a construction or design firm's advertising. A contractor's registration or certification number has to appear, and an architect's license number does too. We place those in the site template so they show on every page, and the firm's qualifier confirms the numbers. If a rule's reach is unclear for your trade, your attorney decides.
What it includes
Project pages
One page per house with large photography, the brief, the team credited and the details an owner would ask about.
A process page
Preconstruction, budgeting, selections, construction and warranty explained in the order a client lives them.
License block
Contractor and architect license numbers set in the footer and contact areas of every page, confirmed by the firm's qualifier.
Qualified inquiry form
Questions on location, scope, timing and whether there is an architect, so the first call is with a real prospect.
Photography direction
Shoots of finished homes that we plan, direct and produce through vetted partners, with owner permission handled first.
Team and trades page
The principals, superintendents and long-standing design partners, because clients hire people.
Service area pages
Where the firm builds, written with real knowledge of each town's review boards and building season.
A client portal path
Room to add logins for schedules, selections and draws later, so the website grows into a tool.
Send us your site and the three projects you are proudest of.
We will tell you how those homes could be shown and whether your license details appear where Florida's advertising statute expects them.
What to know
The rules behind home builder and design firm websites
- License number in every ad
Florida Statutes 489.119(5) says the registration or certification number of each contractor shall appear in each offer of services, business proposal, bid, contract or advertisement, regardless of medium. Business stationery and promotional novelties are excluded from the definition of advertisement.
Source: Florida Statutes 489.119
- Advertising without a license
Under Florida Statutes 489.127 no person may advertise himself or herself or a business organization as available to engage in contracting without being duly registered or certified, or falsely hold a business out as a licensee. A website's list of services should match what the license covers.
Source: Florida Statutes 489.127
- Architects
Florida Statutes 481.221 requires each registered architect to include his or her license number in any advertising medium used, and each business organization to include the license number of the registered architect who serves as its qualifying agent.
Source: Florida Statutes 481.221
- Clients can check
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation runs a public license search for the businesses and professionals it licenses. A firm that prints its number on its website invites the lookup, and the name on the site should match the name on the license.
Source: DBPR: Verify a License
How the work runs
Choose the houses
We pick the projects that represent the work you want next, confirm owner permission and credit, and decide which need new photography. Six strong projects beat thirty thin ones.
Write how you build
We interview the principals and write the process and project stories in plain words. License numbers, firm names and the services listed are checked against your DBPR records by your office before anything is published.
Build it to grow
We design around the photographs, code the site to load fast on a phone and wire inquiries to whoever answers them. New projects are easy to add, and a client portal can follow when the firm wants one.
Questions
Home builder and design firm websites questions answered
Yes, the statute reaches advertisements in any medium. Florida Statutes 489.119 says a contractor's registration or certification number shall appear in each offer of services, business proposal, bid, contract or advertisement, regardless of medium. We put the number in the footer and on contact pages so it appears sitewide. Your qualifier or attorney should confirm the exact number and how the firm name is shown.
Architects do under a separate statute. Florida Statutes 481.221 requires a registered architect to include the license number in any advertising medium, and a firm to include the number of its qualifying architect. The section we read does not state a matching advertising rule for interior designers, so a design studio should ask its own counsel or the state board what applies.
Fewer than most firms think. A prospective client wants to see that you have built the kind of house they have in mind, at a quality they can judge, and six to ten well-photographed projects do that better than a long grid. We choose with you based on the work you want more of and retire older projects as better ones are finished.
You should not. Owners at this level value privacy, many contracts address photography, and a house that is recognizable from the street can identify its owner. We ask every owner first, leave out addresses and exterior angles when asked and credit the architect and designer correctly. A project the owner will not release can still be described without images.
Yes. Builders often start with a portfolio site and later add a client portal for schedules, selections, change orders and draw requests, or an internal tool that replaces the spreadsheet tracking every job. Those are custom software projects, scoped separately and built in phases. We plan the first site so that step does not require starting over.
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Go deeper before you decide
- What Does a Website Cost in Palm Beach CountyPublished market ranges for a business website plus what drives the price: page types, content, ecommerce, integrations, software and ongoing costs.
- Website vs Web App vs Custom SoftwareHow to tell whether your business needs a website, a web app or portal, a CRM, a mobile app or custom software, and when to buy instead of build.
- How to Choose a Web Design Company in Palm Beach CountyWhat to check before you hire a web design company: who writes the copy, who owns the domain and code, Sunbiz records, redirects, accessibility and support.
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