Web design · Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Websites for the shoreline, built to be found.

I design and build fast websites that are easy to find and easy to update, for businesses on the Connecticut shoreline. Fixed prices from $500, and you own every line of code.

Beni Misenti · I design and build every site myself
Call (860) 510-8692

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Express is one finished page, live within 24 hours of getting your content. Bigger projects start with a free call and a real mockup of your homepage. What’s included

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  • Registered CT LLC

    Est. 2024, insured.

  • Fixed fee

    Line-itemed and signed in advance.

  • You own it

    Code, domain and hosting in your name.

  • Straight to Beni

    No account managers.

Work

Real work, labeled honestly.

A client’s site, and two working concepts for businesses I made up. Every piece says exactly what it is.

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Whole Health Wellness homepage on a phone: the headline “Hi, I’m Jennifer Higgins.” above a short introduction and a button to book a free consultation.
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Whole Health Wellness homepage on desktop: the headline “Hi, I’m Jennifer Higgins.” beside her portrait among green leaves, with a button to book a free consultation.
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The Whole Health Wellness services page: the headline “Care built around the whole you.” above a card for integrative mental health counseling.
From the live site. Captured
Client work

Whole Health Wellness

A 20-page site for an Old Saybrook counseling and personal-training practice.

Health & wellness · Old Saybrook, CT · 2026 · Next.js 16

Concept · fictional
The Lanthorn, a concept website for a fictional inn: the first screen of its 3D tour, lit for golden hour with the demo’s time scrubber. The inn’s name and a live sunset-time chip sit over an upstairs hallway, where evening sun spills through the half-open door of the Keeper’s Room.
Concept · fictional inn

The Lanthorn

A boutique inn you can walk through in 3D, lit by the real sun over Old Saybrook right now, with rooms you can pick and book. The inn is made up; the website works.

Next.js · React · three.js

Concept · fictional
Brinewood Boardworks, a concept store for a fictional paddleboard workshop: a wooden stand-up paddleboard in a 3D studio view, beside the options for building it (model, deck wood) and a running price with an Add to cart button.
Concept · fictional store

Brinewood Boardworks

A store where you design a wooden paddleboard in real-time 3D, watch the price change, take it apart layer by layer, and check out. The workshop is made up; the store works.

Online store · Next.js · React · three.js

If I think I can help a local business, I’ll sometimes build a working demo of its homepage before I ever get in touch. Every fact comes from the business’s own website and materials. Anything I couldn’t verify goes on a list for the owner to confirm. The preview is never linked from this site and stays out of search results until the owner says go. If they’re not interested, it stays that way.

Both concepts are working sites you can use: walk through the inn in 3D and book a room, or build a paddleboard and check out.

Your free mockup is something else: your own homepage, shown before you sign anything.

Try the inn

All work

Where the studio is

Old Saybrook, where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound.

I’m based in Old Saybrook. I meet clients in person along the Connecticut shoreline, and remote projects are welcome.

How it works

See your new homepage before you pay a cent.

Every project runs the same way, whichever package you choose.

  1. A free 30-minute call.

    We talk about your business, your customers and what the site needs to do. No charge, no obligation.

  2. A real mockup before you sign.

    You see a real mockup of your new homepage before you commit to anything.

  3. A fixed-fee proposal.

    Every line item and the total, in writing, signed before work starts. The price doesn’t creep.

  4. Build and launch.

    Typically 2–3 weeks for Essentials, 4–6 for Professional, and 8 or more for Custom.

  5. Handover.

    The code moves to a Git repository you own. The domain and hosting are in your name. No lock-in.

After launch: 30 days of support with Essentials, 90 days with Professional, and 12 months of priority support with Custom. Care plans start at $199 a month.

Promises you can check.

Every studio says “fast” and “easy to find.” Here’s what I do, and how you can check it without taking my word for it.

  • Fast on a phone

    What I do

    Pages are built ahead of time and served from a global network close to your visitors, with images sized for each screen. No page builders and no pile of plugins.

    How you can check

    Look at the load time at the bottom of this page, measured in your own browser. Or run any site through Google’s free PageSpeed Insights.

  • Easy to find

    What I do

    Local SEO from day one: a clear title and description on every page, your business details in the format search engines read, a sitemap, and pages written the way people here search.

    How you can check

    After launch, search your business name and your town. You can also view the page source and see your business details yourself.

  • Easy to update

    What I do

    Professional and Custom sites come with a content editor (Sanity or Payload), so you can change text, photos, menus and hours without me.

    How you can check

    You get your own login at launch. Change something and watch it go live.

  • Yours to keep

    What I do

    The code lives in a Git repository that’s transferred to you at launch. Your domain and hosting are in your name. No lock-in, and no website-builder subscription.

    How you can check

    It’s written into the contract, and the repository is in your account at launch.

The full process

Pricing

Plain prices. Fixed fees.

Express is a flat $500, bought online. The packages are starting prices: your proposal lists every line item, and you sign it before any work starts.

Buy online

Express

$500Flat price, paid up front

A finished website for simple or urgent projects. One page, a flat price, paid online.

Live within 24 hours of getting your content

or

Bigger project? Let’s talk

Before I start, I check your project fits. If it doesn’t, I refund you in full.

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What you get

  • One page, designed and built for your business
  • Written from the text, logo and photos you send
  • Mobile-first and fast
  • Tap-to-call, email and directions
  • Set up on hosting in your name
  • You own the code

More pages, a content editor, bookings or payments start at Essentials.

Essentials

From$1,499

For a small business that needs a clean, fast site.

Typically 2–3 weeks

  • Up to 5 custom pages
  • Mobile-first design
  • Contact form and map
  • Local SEO and schema markup
  • Fast edge hosting, set up for you
  • 30 days of support after launch

Professional

Recommended

From$3,499

For a business that wants to edit its own site and take bookings or payments.

Typically 4–6 weeks

  • Up to 15 pages
  • Edit it yourself with a content editor (Sanity or Payload)
  • Booking, payments or email-automation integration
  • Custom motion
  • Full SEO and AI-search optimization
  • Analytics and a monthly report
  • 90 days of support after launch

Custom

From$9,500

For when the website is the business: web apps, online stores and multi-site setups.

Typically 8+ weeks

  • Web apps and e-commerce
  • Edit it yourself with a content editor (Sanity or Payload)
  • Multi-site setups
  • Logins, accounts and dashboards
  • Payments (Stripe, Square or custom)
  • A staging site and automated deploys (CI/CD)
  • 12 months of priority support

Care plans from $199/month. Hosting typically $0–20/month, in your name. You always own the code

Everything that’s included

Questions

Questions people ask first.

Why would I hire a 16-year-old?

Fair question. Old Saybrook IT Solutions is a registered Connecticut LLC, I carry liability insurance, and every project runs on a signed, fixed-fee contract. And you’ll see a real mockup of your homepage before you sign anything, so you can judge the work itself.

What does “AI-native” actually mean?

I use modern AI coding assistants throughout every build. That lets a one-person studio move quickly and spend your budget on the site instead of on hours. I still make every decision about what your customers see, and I review everything that ships.

Why not use a cheap AI website builder?

If you want to build it yourself, they can be a good fit. The trade-offs: you rent the site instead of owning it, you pay the subscription for as long as the site is up, and when something breaks you’re in a support queue. With me you own the code, hosting typically costs $0–20 a month, and you can call the person who built it.

Will I own my website?

Yes. At launch the code moves to a Git repository in your name, and the domain and hosting accounts are yours. If you ever want a different developer, they can pick it up from there.

Can I update it myself?

Professional and Custom sites come with a content editor (Sanity or Payload), so you can change text, photos and menus without calling me.

What happens if you’re not around in a few years?

Your site doesn’t depend on me. The code is in a Git repository in your name, the domain and hosting are in your name, and it’s standard Next.js, React and TypeScript that any developer can pick up. Nothing proprietary, no lock-in.

Do you work outside Connecticut?

Yes. Remote projects are welcome, and I meet shoreline clients in person.

Something else? Email beni@oldsaybrookitsolutions.com. I reply within 24 hours.

Beni Misenti in a dark suit by the water at sunset.

Who you’ll work with

Hi, I’m Beni.

I grew up here on the shoreline, and in 2024 I started Old Saybrook IT Solutions to build the kind of websites local businesses deserve: fast, easy to find and easy to run. When you hire the studio, you get me. I design it, build it and answer the phone. No account managers, no hand-offs.

I work in Next.js, React, TypeScript and Tailwind, with modern AI assistants.

Company
Registered Connecticut LLC, established 2024
Insurance
Carries liability insurance
Experience
5+ years writing code
Reply time
Replies within 24 hours

More about me

Contact

The light’s on in Old Saybrook.

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What happens next

  1. I read it and reply within 24 hours.
  2. We have a free 30-minute call.
  3. You see a real mockup of your homepage before you sign anything.

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Use the emergency line. It pages my phone, at any hour.

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