Local business website
J. Fisk Construction
A straightforward service and contact experience for a working construction company.
Read the contractor website case studyAbout Michael Provost
A business owner building for other business owners.
I build websites from both sides of the desk: as the person responsible for the code and as the person who depends on the finished system to support real work.
I am Michael Provost, the owner of Slater Woods Design Company, my registered business name for websites, applications, and software. I built the platform behind Provost Home Design because the business needed more than a brochure site. It needed plan discovery, structured inquiries, customer tools, administration, and room to grow.
That experience shapes every web engagement. A site has to make sense to a first-time visitor, but it also has to remain useful to the people answering leads, updating content, reviewing data, and paying the ongoing bills.
I also built the website for J. Fisk Construction, translating a local contractor's work into a focused online presence. The portfolio also includes Heritage Village of Norton for a client and my own Boston Baseball Ledger publishing project. Each begins with the people who will use it and the work it needs to support.
The owner-operator perspective
The website is part of the business, not a separate art project.
Design decisions are evaluated against customer understanding, day-to-day operation, and long-term responsibility.
01 / CUSTOMER
Make the path clear.
Visitors should quickly understand the offer, the evidence, and the next useful action.
02 / OPERATOR
Respect the handoff.
Access, administration, maintenance, recurring costs, and ownership need to remain understandable after launch.
03 / INVESTMENT
Build only what earns its place.
Custom code is valuable when it solves an operational problem, not when a simpler site would do the job better.
Evidence in production
Four projects. Different business needs.
Client work for J. Fisk Construction and Heritage Village sits alongside my own businesses and projects: Provost Home Design and Boston Baseball Ledger.
Custom Django application
Provost Home Design Platform
A public catalog and operational foundation spanning discovery, inquiry, customer, administration, and growth tools.
Read the application case studyA practical first step
Start with what the business needs to improve.
The right format, scope, and technology can follow from there.