My clients mostly liked Avada. It's easy to deal with mainly. Still requires a bunch of CSS hackery to get things setup how you want but that's pretty much just

My clients mostly liked Avada. It's easy to deal with mainly. Still requires a bunch of CSS hackery to get things setup how you want but that's pretty much just how WordPress is. I recommend statically generating the site from the WP code and using pure HTML if it's just a straight blog. No worries about the constant WP security holes and terrible performance then :) . I'm of the clan that believes a website is your office nowadays though, so if your forte is tech consulting I would advise you to do it custom and throw some little personal touches in there. If you think WordPress will work I highly recommend the managed services Flywheel and WPEngine. They main dealing with the BS parts of WP easier.