Office fit-out and refurbishment in London

The cost per square metre varies several times over depending on the density of meeting rooms, the amount of glazed partitioning, whether the ceiling and floor are being replaced, and how much of the base services are reworked. A Cat A package and a Cat B fit-out are different products with different numbers. We price from a space plan and a survey; a firm figure follows a site visit.

The landlord's standard delivery of a lettable floor: raised access floor, suspended ceiling, lighting, base heating and cooling, finished common areas and blinds, with no internal layout, no branding and no tenant-specific services. It is what a viewing agent shows an occupier. Anything that makes the space belong to a particular business is Cat B and follows afterwards.

Yes, and it is a large part of what we do. The floor is zoned so one area is under construction while the rest works, with sealed screens, protected routes and separate access where the building allows. Noisy and disruptive work is confined to agreed windows, often early mornings, evenings or weekends, and the area is left tidy every night.

Yes. Landlord Cat A packages, common part upgrades, reinstatement works between tenancies and lighting or controls upgrades that help a building meet the minimum energy efficiency standard. Landlord work has different priorities from occupier work: lettability, a clean specification, and a floor that shows well, rather than the specific needs of one business.

It is set by floor area, the services scope and whether the floor is empty. An empty floor with daytime access runs materially faster than a phased refurbishment around staff, which can take considerably longer for the same scope because the sequence keeps the business working. Landlord approval and licence to alter also sit in front of the work.

Yes. At the end of a lease, reinstatement usually means removing partitions and joinery, making good ceilings and floors, and returning the floor to the condition the schedule of condition or the lease describes. Getting a schedule of condition taken at the start of a tenancy is what makes that argument short. We will price a reinstatement package against the schedule.

Typically new finishes, lighting and controls, reworked meeting rooms, an upgraded tea point and reception, and improved acoustics, without changing the base building. It suits an occupier part-way through a lease who needs the floor to work better rather than differently. It is usually phased, because the alternative is decanting staff for the duration.

Sealed screens rather than plastic sheeting, dust extraction at source, cutting done off the floor where possible, and negative pressure in the work zone where the dust matters most. Noisy activity such as coring, fixing to slab and demolition is scheduled outside working hours. The look-ahead programme tells you which week is which, so nobody is surprised on a Monday morning.