The short answer
Most single website repairs in the UK cost somewhere between £30 and £300, based on prices published by UK providers in 2026. Simple fixes — a broken contact form, a layout problem, a page that won't load — typically sit at the lower end, around £30–£80. Hack cleanups and update damage usually run £75–£300. Deep or long-neglected cases — recurring infections, database damage, a site that's been broken for months — can reach £300–£800 or more. Experienced UK developers commonly charge £40–£150 per hour, which is why a fixed quote matters more than an hourly rate. One honesty note before the detail: these are market estimates gathered from published UK pricing, not JUVANTO's prices. Our quotes are individual, and you approve the exact figure before any work begins.
What counts as a website repair
The jobs we see most often: contact forms that silently stop sending enquiries; broken pages, links and images; updates that break layouts or plugins (WordPress updates are the classic culprit); hack and malware cleanups, including removing spam pages and closing the hole that let them in; speed problems that crept up over time; mobile display breakage; and the increasingly common 'my developer disappeared' rescue, where the first job is simply regaining safe access. Each has a different cost profile, because the time is usually in the diagnosis, not the fix.
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What actually affects the price
Five things move a repair price more than anything else. One: diagnosis difficulty — 'the form doesn't work' can be a two-minute fix or a symptom of something deeper, and confirming the real cause is the skilled part. Two: access — repairs go faster with working admin and hosting logins; if access is lost, recovering it becomes part of the job. Three: platform — a hand-coded site, a WordPress site and an online shop each fail in different ways. Four: urgency — a site-down emergency needs prioritised attention. Five: how far the damage goes — a hack caught early is cheaper than one that's had months to hide backdoors, because a proper cleanup checks the files AND the database, finds the way in, and closes it.
Typical repairs and what they tend to cost
To make the ranges concrete, here are common scenarios set against typical UK market prices — estimates, not quotes. A contact form that's stopped delivering enquiries: roughly £30–£80. A WordPress update that's broken the layout or a plugin: roughly £75–£200. A hacked site cleaned and secured, including blacklist checks: roughly £150–£400 for a typical small business site, and more if the infection is old or keeps returning. A site-down emergency diagnosis and fix: roughly £75–£300 depending on the cause. A slow site investigated with its worst bottlenecks fixed: roughly £100–£300. If you're quoted far above these ranges for a simple-sounding problem, ask what's included. And if you're quoted very little for a hack cleanup, ask whether it covers the database and backdoor checks — a cheap cleanup that misses the way in usually means paying twice.
Repair, redesign or rebuild?
Repair makes sense when the foundations are sound and something specific has broken. Redesign makes sense when the site works but looks dated or simply doesn't win enquiries — our guide on whether you need a new website or a redesign walks through that decision honestly. A rebuild wins when the site is so technically fragile that fixing it would cost more than replacing it. The expensive mistake is paying for the wrong one, which is why an honest diagnosis comes before any quote. If a redesign would serve you better than a repair, we'll say so.
How to avoid overpaying — or paying twice
Ask four questions before agreeing to anything. One: is the diagnosis included, and will you explain the cause in plain English? Two: is this a fixed quote or an open hourly meter? Three: if it turns out to be unfixable — or not worth fixing — what do I pay? Four: for hack cleanups, does the price include the database check, the backdoor hunt and a hardening pass, plus help getting any Google warning lifted? A provider who answers all four clearly is usually a safe pair of hands. And the cheapest protection is boring: kept-updated software and tested backups, whether you do it yourself or through a maintenance plan, mean most of these repairs never happen.
How repairs work at JUVANTO
Everything starts with evidence. Our free website check runs safe, passive checks on your public pages and labels every finding honestly — confirmed, potential or passed. Then we confirm the real cause, give you a clear written quote, and only start work once you've approved it. Asking costs nothing, and there's no payment until you've seen and approved a price. If the site is beyond sensible repair, we'll tell you that too — and what we'd do instead. Read more about our website repair service, or simply tell us what's broken in plain English and we'll take it from there.
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