Hi there,
A blog as such, honestly, it shouldn't be expensive. Something between 130 eur - 160 eur should be a fair price, as the design would be only around 70% of all the work. The content needs to be created and for that the content creator needs to understand how WordPress works. I could design a website for you, not identical as it would hurt bad your SEO but similar, and also teach you or the content creator everything that they would need in order to properly create posts that are good for SEO.
Here are some of the things I could do for you:
- Help you choose the best host provider and help you choose a domain name, if you haven't done so already
- Fully secure your website to avoid any leaks, bots or spam
- Fully design everything what is needed for the final product (e.g. buttons, edit pictures, use royalty-free images, etc.)
- Write a complete and comprehensive Privacy Policy to avoid any legal issues
- Connect Google Console and Google Analytics to your website to see and understand your audience
- Add an events calendar and if needed even enable online booking
- Create a complete website, that meaning that I will make sure your website will have all the needed pages (e.g. About Us, Contact Us, etc.)
- Do good white hat SEO so your website will not end up lost between other Google pages