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Commercial fit-outs

Workplaces, clinics and retail interiors planned around operations first and finished to take commercial wear.

We work on studio and office floors, clinical practices, and small retail. The common thread is that all three are judged on how they operate rather than on how they photograph — a waiting room that is acoustically wrong is a bad room no matter what it is made of. Most of our commercial work is phased around a business that cannot close, which means night and weekend working, dust separation that actually holds, and a programme built around your operating hours rather than ours.

We coordinate directly with your MEP and structural consultants and will attend their meetings rather than exchanging drawings by email. Landlord approvals and statutory submissions are prepared by us but submitted in your name, since the covenant sits with you. For clinical fit-outs we work to the relevant infection-control and accessibility requirements from the first plan, not as a compliance pass at the end.

What is included

  • Occupancy and circulation planning
  • Services coordination with consultants
  • Acoustic and lighting strategy
  • Commercial-grade material specification
  • Signage and wayfinding direction
  • Phased execution programme

What is not included

  • Statutory submission fees and landlord charges
  • MEP, structural and fire consultancy
  • IT and AV infrastructure

How this runs, stage by stage.

  1. 01

    Consultation

    1–2 WEEKS

    We visit the space, measure it, and establish the budget before any drawing begins.

  2. 02

    Concept

    2–3 WEEKS

    Plans, a spatial idea and a material direction — presented once, revised once.

  3. 03

    Design development

    3–5 WEEKS

    The drawing set: joinery, lighting, electrical, finishes and every fixture specified.

  4. 04

    Execution

    8–16 WEEKS

    Work on site, supervised weekly, with a written report against the programme.

  5. 05

    Handover

    1–2 WEEKS

    Snagging, styling, warranties and a maintenance note for every finish.

The full process, in detail