Halden Web & Software

Tell us what breaks

A paragraph is plenty. We reply within two working days, and the reply comes from an engineer rather than a form letter.

Answering this does not commit you to anything. It saves us both a call if we are out of your range.

What breaks today, who it affects, and what you have already tried. Links to the current site help more than description.

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Email hello@halden.example

Goes to whichever of us is awake first.

Telephone +1 503 555 0142

Weekdays, 9am to 5pm Pacific.

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Halden Studio LLC
214 NW Couch Street, floor 2
Portland, OR 97209

Visitors by appointment. The ground floor is a bike shop.

New work

We start new engagements when a current project reaches its handover point, usually two to three months out. Worth getting in touch early if your timing is fixed.

Not a project

We do not do guest posts, paid links, or speculative pitches. If you want to work here, or you built something you think we should see, the same address works.

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Things people ask first

If your question is not here, ask it in the form. We would rather answer the awkward ones early.

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How much does a website cost

Between $48,000 and $110,000 for most engagements. The number moves with the number of page types, whether we write the copy, and whether a migration is involved. We will give you a real figure after one call, not a range that turns out to be a negotiation.

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How quickly can you start

Two to three months out, usually. We deliberately keep a handover gap between projects so nobody is mid-flight on two things at once. If something is genuinely urgent, say so and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.

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Do you work with our existing developers

Often, and it usually goes better than the alternative. We work in your repository and your cloud tenancy, follow your review process, and write code your team can read. If your team is the reason the project is hard, that is useful information, not an obstacle.

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What happens after launch

You own everything, with documentation and a walkthrough. If you want us to keep going, that is a standing team on a monthly retainer. If you do not, the handover is complete enough that you could hire anyone to take it from there — and we will say so in writing at the end.

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Will you tell us we are wrong

Yes, in writing, in week one, whether or not it costs us the work. Roughly one brief in five gets a smaller recommendation than the one it arrived with, and several of those projects became our longest relationships.