We finish what the last developer walked away from

Yes, and it is one of the most common ways clients come to us. We start with a paid code audit rather than quoting blind, because an estimate written without reading the code is a guess that turns into a change order later. The audit tells us what is salvageable, what is load-bearing, and what has to be replaced before anything new gets built on top.

It comes down to whether the foundation is sound. If the data model is reasonable and the problems are in the surface layer, salvaging is almost always cheaper. If authentication, permissions, or the database schema are wrong, building on them costs more over two years than a clean rebuild does now. We show the math rather than asserting a conclusion, and we recommend rebuilding only when the numbers support it.

Often, yes. Offshore work is not automatically bad work, and we have inherited plenty that was structurally fine but undocumented. The usual problems are missing tests, no documentation, and nobody left who understands the decisions. That is recoverable. What is not recoverable cheaply is a broken data model or security built as an afterthought, and the audit tells us which situation you are in.

Yes, and preserving rankings is a planned part of the migration rather than something checked afterward. We map every existing URL, set up permanent redirects, keep the title and heading structure intact through the move, carry over structured data, and monitor Search Console for the weeks following launch. Traffic dips are usually caused by unplanned URL changes, and that is avoidable.

It depends on what is actually slow or painful. If WordPress is working and your complaint is plugin bloat or a slow theme, moving to custom is an expensive fix for a cheap problem. If you are fighting the platform to do something it was never meant to do, custom is the honest answer. We wrote a longer comparison covering the cost, speed, and ownership tradeoffs.

The code audit is a fixed fee and typically takes one to two weeks depending on the size of the codebase. The work after it is quoted fixed-price once we know what we are dealing with. Rescue work usually lands in a similar range to a fresh build, sometimes less when the foundation is good, sometimes more when there is a data migration involved.

We will tell you. If the existing developer did solid work and the real problem is a communication gap, the cheapest fix is usually to go back to them. If the project needs a specialist we are not, we will say so. The audit is useful either way, and you keep the written findings regardless of who does the work.