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Hout Bay, Cape Town · South Africa

Less website worry.
More business.

Website security reviews and simpler, faster rebuilds for the businesses that make South Africa worth exploring.

See your rebuilt site before you pay.
A finished preview. A clear quote. Your decision.

Built for independent businesses

Guesthouses / Lodges / Wine farms / Tour operators / Restaurants

Two ways I can help

A clearer picture.
A simpler website.

You do not need another complicated system.
You need to know what matters, and what to do next.

01External security reviews

Know where you stand.

A clear look at what your website reveals from the outside. Understand the risks worth fixing, with evidence and practical next steps.

  • Public website and email checks
  • Findings explained in plain English
  • Passive only. No attacks or logins.
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02Website rebuilds

Keep your site. Lose the upkeep.

The look, words and photographs your customers recognise, rebuilt on a simpler foundation. A finished preview before you pay anything.

  • Your existing design and content
  • Fast, pre-rendered pages
  • From R20,000. Scope agreed upfront.
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How it works

Start with the site
you already have.

Direct contact with Charl.
A practical process from first look to go-live.

  1. 01

    Review

    Send me your website address. We agree what needs attention and whether a review, a rebuild or both makes sense.

  2. 02

    Preview

    For a rebuild, I put together a finished preview using your existing look and content. You see what you are getting before you pay.

  3. 03

    Go live

    If you want to proceed, we agree the scope and price, make the final changes and move the site over carefully.

What changes underneath

Fewer moving parts.
Less to maintain.

Your customers still see your business. The difference is the foundation it runs on.

An architectural comparison, not measured results from a client site.

What's included
A WordPress-based setup compared with a charl.dev rebuild
Under the surfaceWordPress setupcharl.dev rebuild
WordPress installations10
Plugins to patchDepends on the setup0
Page deliveryServer rendering or cachingPre-rendered pages
Enquiry formDepends on the setupProtected and validated
AI assistant accessDepends on the setupMarkdown, llms.txt and structured data
A local person behind the work

Hi, I'm Charl.

I'm based in Hout Bay, Cape Town. I help South African small businesses understand their website risks and rebuild the sites they already have, with less to maintain.

A little about me
HOUT BAY
CAPE TOWN
SOUTH AFRICA
A good place to start

Let's take a look at your website.

No technical brief needed. Just your website address and a conversation.

Tell me about your site