Service · Greater London
Commercial Refurbishments
Refurbishment and fit-out delivered around your trading hours
Indicative rate
£1,250 / m²
Typical programme
5–24 weeks
Portfolio examples
7
Coverage
All London boroughs
Overview
Commercial construction is judged on programme certainty. Every week a unit is closed costs revenue, and a landlord's licence to alter, a building manager's rules and a tenant's opening date all have to be respected simultaneously.
Foxter delivers commercial refurbishments across London — offices, retail units, restaurants, clinics, studios and educational spaces — including out-of-hours and phased programmes where the space must keep trading.
We handle landlord approvals, method statements, risk assessments, building management liaison, CDM duties and the compliance paperwork commercial projects generate, so your team is not doing it for us.
What a typical package includes
- Measured survey, dilapidations advice and scope development
- Landlord licence to alter and building management liaison
- CDM coordination, RAMS and site inductions
- Strip-out, demolition and licensed waste disposal
- Partitions, ceilings, glazing and door sets
- Mechanical and electrical installation and testing
- Fire strategy, alarms, sprinklers and emergency lighting
- Accessibility compliance and welfare facilities
- Flooring, decoration, signage and joinery
- Handover documentation, O&M manuals and warranties
How we deliver it
Brief and survey
Space assessed against your operational requirements, lease obligations and the landlord's constraints.
Design and approvals
Layouts, services design, landlord licence to alter, building control and any planning or licensing applications.
Programme
A phased or out-of-hours programme built around trading, with agreed access, noise and delivery windows.
Strip-out and services
Demolition, structural alterations, and mechanical and electrical first fix.
Fit-out
Partitions, ceilings, joinery, flooring, decoration and specialist installations.
Handover
Commissioning, certification, O&M manuals, snagging and post-completion support.
Working around a live business
Most of our commercial clients cannot simply close. We phase works zone by zone, use temporary partitions and dust screens, run noisy operations outside trading hours, and agree delivery and waste routes with the building manager in advance.
That takes planning and it changes the labour cost, which we set out transparently rather than discovering it mid-contract. The alternative — a cheaper quote that assumes vacant possession — is how commercial projects end up in dispute.
Compliance, fire and accessibility
Commercial premises carry obligations a house does not: a fire risk assessment reflecting the new layout, compartmentation maintained through new partitions, emergency lighting and signage to the escape routes, alarms and detection appropriate to occupancy, and accessibility duties under the Equality Act — level access, door widths, accessible WCs.
We build these into the design rather than retrofitting them after an inspection, and we hand over the documentation that your insurer and your responsible person will need.
Leases, dilapidations and reinstatement
What you build now determines what you must remove later. A licence to alter typically records reinstatement obligations at lease end, so it is worth negotiating which alterations can remain. We advise on the build implications, keep records of what was installed, and carry out dilapidations and reinstatement works when a lease ends.
Commercial construction examples
All commercial refurbishmentsIllustrative concept case studies — not records of specific client contracts.
SW15Commercial Refurbishments · 2024
Putney Commercial Refurbishment
A commercial strip-out and refit delivered in phases around trading hours. Sample case study set in Putney (SW15).
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SE19Commercial Refurbishments · 2021
Crystal Palace Commercial Refurbishment
A commercial strip-out and refit delivered in phases around trading hours. Sample case study set in Crystal Palace (SE19).
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NW3Commercial Refurbishments · 2025
Hampstead Commercial Refurbishment
A commercial strip-out and refit delivered in phases around trading hours. Sample case study set in Hampstead (NW3).
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E14Commercial Refurbishments · 2024
Canary Wharf Commercial Refurbishment
A commercial strip-out and refit delivered in phases around trading hours. Sample case study set in Canary Wharf (E14).
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SW4Commercial Refurbishments · 2021
Clapham Commercial Refurbishment
A commercial strip-out and refit delivered in phases around trading hours. Sample case study set in Clapham (SW4).
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SE22Commercial Refurbishments · 2025
East Dulwich Commercial Refurbishment
A commercial strip-out and refit delivered in phases around trading hours. Sample case study set in East Dulwich (SE22).
View project →Commercial construction near you
We cover every Greater London borough. These are some of the areas where we work most often.
Commercial construction FAQs
Can you work outside business hours?
Yes. Evening, overnight and weekend programmes are routine, subject to building management rules and local authority noise restrictions.
How much does a commercial refurbishment cost?
Our indicative rate is around £1,250 per m² plus base costs for a standard refurbishment. Specialist requirements — kitchens, clinical spaces, heavy M&E — sit above that.
Do you handle landlord approvals?
Yes. We prepare the drawings, specifications, RAMS and insurance documentation landlords and managing agents require for a licence to alter.
Are you CDM compliant?
Yes. We fulfil principal contractor duties, produce construction phase plans, and provide RAMS, inductions and the health and safety file at completion.
How quickly can you start?
Programme depends on approvals more than on our availability. Where a landlord licence is needed, allow 4–8 weeks before start on site.
Do you provide O&M manuals?
Yes, along with test certificates, warranties, as-built information and the health and safety file.
Next step
Price your commercial construction
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