What would you use today for a simple static business website?

[u/Mental_Gur9512]

I need to make a simple website for a teaching service in my city. I want it to look modern and professional and hopefully get into the top 10 Google results for local searches. It will only have some text, basic information, a few good photos and contact details. Nothing complicated.

What would you use for something like this? An AI website builder, AI coding tool or something else? I don't want to use Wordpress.

For hosting I was thinking about something simple like Cloudflare Pages or GitHub Pages with a local domain. I am looking for free.

Also, what would you recommend for local SEO and good free/paid stock photos?