self storage website

You and the client need to compile a detailed list of the required functionality.

Then do research to find the plugins – that takes time and other people can’t do it all for you (unless you pay them). Plugins are likely to be part of the solution. But custom coding will probably need to be done.

If you can outline a single specific functionality you need, I’m sure that people on this forum can make suggestions. But there’s too much functionality on the sites you mentioned to know where to start!

I’m going to base this reply off the site at https://www.storquest.com/ that you’ve linked in your original post.

All I see on that site is a theme, some contact forms, and a store locator. It isn’t very complicated. About 1 or 2 weeks for design, then 2 or 3 weeks for coding, plus 1 week for QA/bug fixes, it’s possible to finish something like that in around 4 to 6 weeks.

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Theme
The theme should be custom coded. You can base it off Underscores Starter Theme (it’s pretty much the official starter theme for WordPress) or Genesis Framework (if you’re into dealing with child themes).

Don’t use a pre-made theme. Only when dealing with low-budget projects (around $1000 or $2000 USDs) should we resort to a pre-made themes; they’re bad news in general.

Since you’ve never mention the budget in your original post, I’ll assume that the client has adequate budget–around $10000 to $15000 USDs. That’s enough to build a custom theme for the client.

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Plugin

Store locator plugin — If you Google/Bing search for “WordPress store locator plugin” (without the quotes), I’m sure you’ll find many plugins to use.

Advanced Custom Field (Free or Pro) — Your client will need to edit the content of the site without your help. And this makes it easy for you to implement custom fields for those content.

Contact Form 7 (free option) or Gravity Form (paid option) — That example site has many contact forms. Anyone of these would satisfy that need.

Also, Redux Framework is an option if you wish to give your client some control over the theme, but I generally dislike allowing the client too much control over the theme. They’ll ruin it. Better to not allow them those customization in the first place.

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That’s pretty much it.

You don’t need a theme started from scratch/custom theme. Look through the theme repository or go to ThemeForest (or similar sites) and customize THAT.

Just because a theme is customized, doesn’t mean it is better than one of the “free” themes in the theme repository.

Create a Google Maps Map, put some pins of your locations.

Contact Form – Contact Form 7

You have not said if your client wants his clients to be able to pay online – paypal.

You can do the site for under $5,000 USD.

We need to know all the features your client wants for his site before we can recommend plugins and a theme.

To get inspiration, you can use a software called SpyBar to tell you what a WordPress site is running. It’s inexpensive ($12.95). Available at [Link redacted] (not an affiliate link).

Guys, please keep the discussion top-level. If you continue talking about services and costs then this topic will be shut down.

Thank you so much guys for sharing your thoughts and some really good advises.