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Custom websites, engineerednot assembled.

Hand-coded, cinematic websites that turn visitors into paying customers. No templates, no agencies, no monthly fees. Live in fourteen days or less.

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summitkitchen.co
Summit
Autumn Tasting · 14 Courses

A mountain kitchen, rooted in season.

Chef Ines Varga cooks what the valley gives — hand-foraged, woodfired, served by candlelight from the open hearth at 1,840 metres.

14 courses · 1,840m
Th–Su · 18:30
Reserve →
Vol. I · Autumn MMXXV№ 03
Quarterly Dispatch · Spring MMXXVFORMA
IssueNº 47
The Field Notes Series · 2025
Essay · 24 min

The slow return of the handwritten letter.

A year spent writing only on paper — and what it returned to the hands, the pace, the page.

We think of the letter as obsolete; the paper as nostalgia. But a practice kept quiet has a way of outlasting the noise around it. Each morning, ink. Each evening, a folded page walked to the box at the corner — where the world is slower by design, and arrives all the same.

Chapter 04Pages 22–31Ink Iron-gall
Forma
forma quarterly · est. 2019· 22 ·read · subscribe · the archive
Maison Vert
Jardin · Cuisine · Cave

Une cuisine & un jardin.

Thirty-two covers, one nightly menu, sourced each morning from our walled potager.

ServiceWed – Sun · 19:00Uzès, Provence
Réserver une place →
Ce soirMenu du Jardin

Courge rôtie au feu de bois

Honeyed squash, smoked ricotta, sage oil from the kitchen garden.

Plat · 01€ 28

Agneau de lait, romarin

Milk-fed lamb, wild rosemary, black garlic jus slow-reduced.

Plat · 02€ 34

Tarte aux figues du mur

Wall figs, thyme honey, almond frangipane, crème fraîche glacée.

Dessert€ 16
Atelier North·Architecture
2014
Project № 047Ridge HouseSquamish · BC
045Glasshouse
046Cedar Loft
047Ridge House
048Boathouse
049Vault Cabin

A house that holds
the weather.Selected work · 2024

Site2.4 ha
Built320 m²
StatusComplete
Scroll · Index
Photography by F. Marlow
Crossgrain/Reports
24h7d30d90dYTD

Revenue · Q3 Recap

live · synced 2m ago
ARR
$14.2M
↗ +18.6%
NRR
127%
↗ +4 pts
Margin
82.4%
↗ +1.2
Payback
9.1mo
↘ +0.4
ARR by segment
EnterpriseMid-market
JulAugSepOctNovDecJan
Lighthouse 99 / 100
Shipped 11 days
Reservations +312%
Hand-built on a stack you'll actually own
Next.js + custom CSS No templates Full source ownership Live in 14 days 95+ PageSpeed, guaranteed No monthly fees Next.js + custom CSS No templates Full source ownership Live in 14 days 95+ PageSpeed, guaranteed No monthly fees
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Custom sites hand-built, and counting
+0
Average lift in inbound leads
0
Average turnaround, first brief to live site
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Hand-coded. Zero templates, ever.
Why M81

Your site should make you money.

Most websites are polite brochures. Yours will be a sales tool. Four rules, applied to every build.

Loads in under a second.

95+ PageSpeed, guaranteed.

Slow sites lose 7% of sales for every second they take to load. Yours loads before your visitor blinks — a hard performance budget, enforced on every build.

0.7sAverage load
−58%Avg bounce
A+Core Web Vitals
99/ 100Lighthouse

Designed from scratch

No themes, no page builders, no starter kits. Every element drawn for your brand.

0 templates used · 100% hand-coded

Turns visitors into buyers

Every button, headline, and image is tuned to do one thing: make your phone ring.

+287% avg. lift · SEO baked in

Live in days, not months

No discovery workshops. No calls. Send your brief; you're live in two weeks — safety-net included.

Avg turnaround: 11 days · 14-day warranty

You own the code

No proprietary lock-ins, no monthly subscription traps. The source is yours, forever.

Full handover · Portable stack
Inside the studio

The build, condensed.

Fourteen days of engineering — in ten seconds.

SCENE 01
Starts as a blank page.
Scene01 / 04
Lighthouse
Load
about:blank
01 · Nav
02 · Headline
03 · Hero media
04 · CTA
— 1440 —
| 900 |
SUMMITWorkProcessAboutGet a Quote
Est. 2014 · Boulder

Custom cabinetry, hand-finished. Six-week lead time — and we answer the phone.

Book a walkthrough →See portfolio
Section 01 · Hero

Kitchens built to
outlast trends.

Cabinetry and interior work for homeowners who care about the details.

Section 02 · Proof

200+ homes.
11-day average.

Every project shipped on schedule. No change-order games.

Section 03 · Craft

Real craft.
Real materials.

Hand-finished hardwoods, stone-cut counters, brass fixtures from local foundries.

Section 04 · Results

Engineered to
bring in calls.

Every button, image and word tuned for conversion.

+312%
Inbound leads
0.7s
Load time
11d
To launch
The finished site scores
0/100
0.0s
Load time
+0%
Leads mo/mo
0
Day shipped
Day 01
Day 14
Selected work

Recent builds.

A quick look at recent projects. Each paid for itself inside two months.

Summit Remodeling
Remodeling

Summit Remodeling Kitchen & bath, So. Cal

Leads
+340%
Load
0.6s
Shipped
12 days
Forma Studio
Menswear · Shopify

Forma Studio Slow-fashion flagship, LA

AOV
+38%
Conv.
4.2%
Shipped
14 days
Sage Wellness
Wellness

Sage Wellness Acupuncture & booking, LA

Bookings
+210%
No-shows
–64%
Shipped
9 days
Vanta Goods
Streetwear · Drops

Vanta Goods Limited-drop commerce

Drop 01
Sold out
Load
0.4s
Shipped
16 days
Apex Build Co.
Construction

Apex Build Co. Residential, CA

Avg job
$480k
Inbound
+312%
Shipped
18 days
Process

Four steps. No calls.

A lean pipeline designed so the work is most of the work. No discovery workshops, no slide decks, no monthly check-ins.

STEP 01

The brief

Tap a few choices, tell me what you need. Takes under a minute. No calls.

~60 sec1
STEP 02

The build

Your site is coded from scratch. Watch progress in a private portal, in real time.

7–14 days2
STEP 03

The handover

Full ownership. A personal video walkthrough. Source code is yours, forever.

1 day3
STEP 04

Safety net

Anything breaks inside 14 days? Fixed, free. A single text is enough.

14-day warranty4
Your Dashboard

A private portal, built just for you.

Log in, submit your brief, track progress, and share a referral link for cash back. No email back-and-forth.

Try me
M81 Client PortalInteractive Demo
Summit Remodeling
SR

Welcome back, Jake.

Summit Remodeling

+ New Submission
Earn 10% cash

Share your referral link. When someone signs up, you get 10% of their project — paid out as cash, not a discount.

1 referral · Jensen Construction
Paid · Mar 4
+$480
Past submissions 2 TOTAL
Service Business Brief
Feb 12, 2026
Submitted
Update · Pricing page
Mar 20, 2026
In review
Interactive demo. Nothing is submitted. Click through to preview the real experience your clients get.
On record

Clients, unprompted.

Three new kitchen remodel jobs in the first month it went live. Easily the best money I've ever spent on my business.
MR
Mike R.Summit Remodeling · CA
Ethan was patient. I'm not a tech person and he never made me feel dumb. The final site blew me away — clients actually compliment it now.
ST
Sarah T.Interior designer · LA
I used to be embarrassed handing someone my business card. Now I want them to look. Night and day.
JD
James D.Auto detailer · TX
Investment

One price. No surprises.

50% to start, 50% on delivery. Full ownership. A single new customer pays for the entire site.

The Monopoly

The full arsenal. Cinematic design, scroll animations, a portfolio that closes deals in its sleep.

$4,000

50% to start, 50% on delivery · Full ownership


  • Everything in The Landmark
  • Up to 10 custom pages
  • Cinematic scroll animations
  • Dedicated case-study gallery
  • Up to 40 premium images sourced
  • Brand refinement & palette lock
Start this build →
14-day warranty included Full video walkthrough One new client pays for it all
After launch

I don’t disappear after launch.

You’re not forced into a retainer to keep your site online. But two optional things exist, in case you want them.

$99/ monthOpt-in

Keep it running, without lifting a finger.

Cancel anytime. No contracts. Most clients add this; plenty don’t.

  • Enterprise hosting, SSL & security monitoring — uptime checks, dependency patches
  • Up to 1 hour of content updates per month — text, images, minor tweaks
  • Priority reply channel — one text, I’m on it
  • No new contract needed for small changes
Not included: new pages, new features, or full redesigns — those are quoted separately.
Month-to-month No auto-renew traps Cancel in one click
Referral program

Earn 10% cash for every client you send.

Your portal comes with a private referral link. When someone you sent signs up for a build, you get 10% of their project — paid out as cash, not credit.

10%Of their build
CashNot credit
No capStack as many as you refer
Common questions

What people usually ask first.

Why is this cheaper than an agency?
Because it's me. No account managers, no sales team, no New York office rent. I keep overhead at zero and pass the savings forward. You get agency-grade work for the price of a freelancer — because I am a freelancer, just one who takes craft seriously.
How can you really ship in 14 days?
No discovery workshops, no committee. Once your brief lands I start writing code. I work solo, from first line to final handover, and I've shipped plenty of these — the unknowns are small. 95% of builds go live between days 7 and 14.
What if I hate it?
Two rounds of revisions are included in every package, used through a private portal where you comment directly on the design. If after that it's still not what you wanted, I refund the second half. I've never had to do that.
Do I need to provide copy or photos?
No. Tell me about your business and I write the copy. Don't have photos? I source up to 40 premium images for you as part of the build. If you have brand assets, even better — send them and I'll use them.
Who hosts the site? Is there a monthly fee?
You own it outright. I'll set up hosting on Vercel or Netlify (both have generous free tiers that will cover a small business indefinitely). There are no required monthly fees to me, ever. If you want me to handle hosting, security monitoring, and up to an hour of content updates each month, the $99/mo retainer is right there — but it's opt-in and cancellable anytime, not a requirement to keep your site online.
Is the referral program really cash, not credit?
Yes — real cash, direct to you. When someone signs up through your portal link and pays their first invoice, you get 10% of their project paid out (ACH or check, your choice). No cap, no expiration. Refer three builds and you've covered the cost of your own.
Do you take on ongoing work?
Sometimes, for retainer clients. But the core offer is: ship it, hand it over, move on. Most of my clients don't need me again for a year or two, and that's by design.
The studio

You'll talk directly to the person writing your code. No project managers. No outsourced juniors. No runaround.

I don't subcontract to overseas teams, and I don't hand your account to a salesperson. Your project gets my full attention from first brief to final handover. If we ship it, I made it.

You don't have to write copy, source photos, or learn any tools. Tell me about your business — I handle the rest.

Ethan
Ethan
Founder · M81 Studio · Malibu, CA

At a glance

BasedMalibu, CA
Founded2021
Team1 (by design)
Sites shipped40+ and counting
StackNext · Shopify
Avg. turnaround11 days
Booking2 May slots open
Begin

Your work speaks for itself. Your website should too.

Two May slots remain. Tell me about your business and I'll reply in under 5 minutes.

Replies in <5 min 14-day warranty Full source ownership