🏢 Mechanical · Thomastown, Melbourne
Thomastown · Local Business
Research Phase
Before writing a single line of code, our research agent studied MODZ & Mechanical Repairs Pty Ltd — their current website, social presence, reviews, team, and services. Here's what stood out.
Family-owned mechanic with over 20 years in the automotive industry, operating from 37 McQuarie Drive in Thomastown — the 'MODZ' in the name hints at car modification capabilities alongside standard repairs
Zero digital presence beyond Facebook — no website, no Google Business listing with reviews, no directory profiles with ratings. The business runs entirely on word-of-mouth and a single Facebook page with casual, community-focused posts
Registered address in South Morang (22 Hummingbird Place) differs from the workshop in Thomastown, suggesting a home-registered family business operating a separate commercial workshop
Design Phase
Every design decision was intentional — informed by the research, not pulled from a template library.
Visual Direction
A 6-page site built around trust signals and service transparency, featuring a Service Estimator interactive component that lets visitors get ballpark costs before calling. The layout uses 9 components including a testimonial carousel, image gallery, and floating CTA to convert mobile visitors who are likely searching mid-breakdown.
Design Rationale
For a family mechanic with no website competing against chain workshops, the design prioritises credibility and ease of contact. The Service Estimator directly addresses the pain point their brand story highlights — honest assessments and reasonable pricing — by giving visitors cost transparency before they even pick up the phone.
Build Phase
Site Architecture
// Next.js App Router
Methodology
Spark (research agent) scraped MODZ & Mechanical Repairs Pty Ltd's current website, Google reviews, social media, and business listings. Every piece of real data — team names, service pricing, business hours, unique details — was extracted into a structured profile.
Based on the research, a bespoke design direction was created specifically for MODZ & Mechanical Repairs Pty Ltd. No templates — the typography, color palette, layout patterns, and visual effects were all chosen to match this business's personality and industry.
Pixel (design agent) built the entire 6-page Next.js application from scratch — 9 custom components, real content from the research phase, App Router with proper routing, and production-grade code.
Sentinel (QA agent) verified the build compiles cleanly, checked for placeholder content, validated all routes render correctly, and confirmed the design is unique (not recycled from another demo).
Additional Notes
Research covered 8 sources including Yahoo Search snippets, Facebook page metadata, and business registration records. Data completeness rated medium — no official website exists, and search API quotas limited directory access. The registered address discrepancy between South Morang and Thomastown was a notable discovery during research.
More from the experiment
This case study is part of the AI Web Lab — a 30-day experiment where AI agents build bespoke websites for real Melbourne businesses. Every site is researched, designed, and built from scratch by a team of five specialist AI agents. The full methodology, code, and results are documented transparently.
This study is being prepared for publication as part of a research paper on AI-assisted web development at scale.
We built MODZ & Mechanical Repairs Pty Ltd's site in 12 minutes. Same process, same quality — a custom website built for you, not a template.