Web design options as part of the webhosting package
In a lot of ways web design and web hosting go hand in hand. After all if you are going to build a site you will need somebody to design it and somewhere to host it. Therefore there are a lot of companies that offer you both services. In some cases this can be a great way to save money.
The cheapest way to get web design as part of your web hosting package is to choose one that offers you templates. Many web hosts will offer templates that you can use to build your site. They are very easy to use so you can put a site together very quickly and very inexpensively. The downside to this approach is that you will not be able to have a custom designed site. That being said there are usually hundreds of templates available so you should be able to find something that will meet your needs.
The other option that you have is to choose a web designer that also offers hosting. This is a common practice amongst web designers as a way to bring in business. What they will do is offer to design a website for you very cheaply, in some cases even for free if you agree to host on their service. This can be a great way to get a website designed provided you choose somebody who offers both good design services and offers good web hosting. There is a lot of competition in the web design business so this should not be a problem.
Choosing a good web designer who offers hosting should not be a problem. You can look at the work they have done for other sites. You are going to want to make sure that they have experience in designing sites that are similar to the one that you are trying to build. For example if you are a dentist and you need a site for your practice make sure that your designer has built sites for dentists before. One thing to keep in mind is for these deals that offer cheap web design in exchange for hosting is that you will usually get a fairly basic site. If you need a more advanced site you will have to pay extra for it.
The other thing that you have to look at is how good the hosting that they are offering is. In most cases they are offering it on a reseller account. That means that the hosting is actually done by another company but they allow the web designer to buy large amounts of disk space and bandwidth very cheaply to sell to other people. You are going to want to find out who your designer is using to host the sites that he builds and make sure that it they offer good service.