Committed opening date
Programme locked in writing with milestone reporting against a handover date.
Commercial Fit-Out · London
Commercial fit-out
in London,
delivered on schedule, first time.
Shop fits, restaurant refurbishments and office fit-outs for owner-operators who can't afford a project that overruns. Fixed-price contract, night and weekend work arranged, and a programme built around your opening date.
5.0★ on Google · CHAS accredited · Constructionline Gold · £1M insured.
15 yrs
On the tools
£1M
Public liability
5.0★
Google rated
12 mo
Workmanship guarantee
Same wk
Written quote
Service overview
Commercial fit-out under one accountable contract
What it is
Commercial fit-out covers strip-out, structural alterations, mechanical and electrical services, joinery, flooring, shopfront glazing, signage sub-contracting, kitchens for hospitality, and finishing. We deliver Cat A and Cat B fit-outs, hospitality refurbs, and retail shopfits.
Who it's for
Owner-operators of restaurants, cafés, retail units, boutique gyms, dental and medical practices, salons and small offices across London. Landlords delivering Cat A units to new tenants.
When you need it
New lease acquisitions where the opening date is fixed, refurbishments planned around a quiet trading window, rebrands, and dilapidation reinstatement at lease end.
Why professional matters
Commercial fit-out lives or dies by the programme. Every day of overrun is a day of lost trading, often several thousand pounds. The technical work isn't the hard bit; managing the programme against your opening date is.
The cost of getting it wrong
Why cheap commercial fit-outs cost you trading days
The wrong builder on a commercial fit-out doesn't just cost you the build, it costs you trading revenue every day past the opening date.
If ignored
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Overruns eat trading revenue
A restaurant that opens two weeks late loses more in trade than the whole fit-out cost. Programme discipline isn't optional in commercial work.
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M&E gets found out on opening night
Undersized extract, wrong drainage falls, or under-spec electrics don't show up until you open. Then you're closing again to fix them.
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Landlord dilapidations at lease end
Sub-standard work fails schedule of dilapidations at lease end. You pay twice, once for the install, once to reinstate it.
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Uninsured contractors = your problem
A contractor without the right insurance leaves the liability on your business. £1M PL is the minimum on any commercial site.
Common mistakes
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Awarding on price, not programme
The cheapest tender rarely commits to a fixed opening date. On commercial work, the programme is the number that matters.
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Skipping the M&E survey
Existing electrical, drainage and extract capacity dictates what the space can actually deliver. Skip the survey, budget the surprise.
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No written change control
Verbal changes on a commercial site produce disputed invoices. Every change gets priced and signed off in writing.
How it works
A step-by-step system,
not a guess.
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Step 1
Free site survey
Full walk-round with landlord's plans, M&E capacity check, and a view on what's deliverable inside your opening window.
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Step 2
Fixed programme & quote
Itemised fixed-price quote against a written programme with a committed handover date. Back with you inside 1-2 weeks.
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03
Step 3
Landlord & building control
Landlord Licence for Alterations, building control full-plans submission, and any pre-start CDM paperwork handled for you.
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04
Step 4
Fit-out phase
Strip-out, M&E, joinery, glazing, finishes, with night and weekend work arranged where the programme demands it.
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Step 5
Handover & guarantee
Snag-free handover on the committed date, O&M manuals issued, 12-month workmanship guarantee in writing.
What you actually get
Concrete outcomes,
not adjectives.
Fixed-price contract
Written change control on any variations. No unpleasant final invoice.
Fully insured & accredited
£1M PL insurance, CHAS accredited, Constructionline Gold, the paperwork landlords ask for.
Out-of-hours capable
Night and weekend working arranged where the programme requires it.
M&E properly surveyed
Extract, drainage and electrical capacity confirmed at survey, not discovered on opening night.
12-month guarantee
Written workmanship guarantee on everything installed.
Materials & methods
Sectors, materials & fit-out methods
Commercial fit-out spans a wide range of use-classes with very different M&E and finish requirements. Here's the range we deliver.
Materials we work with
- Cat A and Cat B office finishes, raised access floors, suspended ceilings, VRV/VRF cooling
- Commercial-grade LVT, porcelain and safety flooring
- Fire-rated partitioning to Approved Document B
- Stainless steel commercial kitchen fit-outs with canopy extract
- Retail shopfront glazing (aluminium and steel), pull-down shutters and access controls
- Bespoke joinery, bars, counters, retail display, reception desks
- Full mechanical and electrical services with commissioning certificates
Methods & standards
- M&E capacity survey against use-class demand at pre-start
- CDM 2015 compliance with Principal Contractor duties where applicable
- Landlord Licence for Alterations coordinated as part of the job
- Air-testing, extract commissioning and RCD schedule issued at handover
- Written change control on any variations to the fixed-price scope
Variations of this service
Restaurant & café fit-out
Front-of-house finishes, commercial kitchens with canopy extract, WCs, glazing and signage sub-contracting.
Retail shopfit
Shopfront glazing, bespoke display joinery, EPOS runs, security shutters, and lighting scenes.
Office Cat A / Cat B fit-out
Landlord Cat A shell delivery through to tenant Cat B finishes with meeting rooms, breakout areas and comms.
Boutique gym / studio
Reinforced floor build-ups, changing rooms, showers with tanking and mechanical extract, mirror and PA runs.
Dental / medical practice
Lead-lined X-ray rooms where required, dental chair services, HTM-compliant surgery finishes, sterile store rooms.
Property types & settings
We deliver commercial fit-outs across North and West London, Central London retail units, Kensington and Chelsea hospitality, mansion-block ground-floor commercial spaces, and modern developer shells.
Every fit-out is quoted on a fixed-price basis after a site survey. Use-class, M&E scope and finish level drive the number. You'll have an itemised written quote back inside 1-2 weeks with a committed handover date.
A small café or retail unit typically runs 4-8 weeks; a restaurant with a full commercial kitchen 8-14 weeks; an office Cat B fit-out 6-12 weeks depending on floor area. Programme is committed in writing at contract stage.
Yes. Out-of-hours working is a standard part of commercial fit-out where the trading pattern of the space, the landlord's building rules, or the opening date require it.
Yes. We coordinate the Licence for Alterations with the landlord's surveyor and manage building control full-plans submission as part of the job.
Yes. We accept Principal Contractor duties under CDM 2015 on commercial sites and issue the Construction Phase Plan, F10 notification and pre-construction information as required.
£1,000,000 public liability and employer's liability insurance, plus CHAS accreditation and Constructionline Gold, the paperwork most commercial landlords ask for at contract stage.
Every commercial fit-out carries our 12-month workmanship guarantee in writing. Manufacturer warranties on M&E plant, glazing and shopfronts sit on top of that.
Yes. At lease end we can price and deliver reinstatement against your specific schedule of dilapidations, and coordinate with the landlord's surveyor for sign-off.
We deliver commercial fit-out throughout North and West London, including Central London, Kensington, Chelsea, Paddington, Bayswater, Hammersmith, Chiswick and Ealing.
Book your free survey
Ready to price your commercial fit-out
the honest way?
One site visit. One fixed-price written quote back the same week. No pressure, no hard sell, just the number and the plan to deliver it.
- Free local survey
- Written quote the same week
- Fixed-price, staged payments
- 12-month workmanship guarantee
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