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Commercial fit-out in London: one contractor for offices, retail, hospitality and warehouses

A commercial fit-out in London rarely happens on an empty site with no neighbours. Shops keep trading, hotels and restaurants sit next to occupied buildings, offices are on leased floors with strict building rules, and warehouses stay operational. Craftex is a design & build contractor, so one team takes your project from site audit and design through to handover, with around 70% of the labour in-house and a lump-sum price against a clear scope.

Office fit-out and refurbishment

From Cat A infrastructure to a fully finished Cat B workplace, including M&E, partitions, ceilings, lighting, joinery and furniture. At Portsoken House in Aldgate we delivered a £2.2M, 1,550 sq m warehouse-to-office conversion with full M&E around occupied tenants. See our dedicated office fit-out London page for what to plan before you start.

Retail fit-out in live trading environments

Prime London retail cannot afford to close. For Drake's flagship on Savile Row in Mayfair we completed a £410K, 120 sq m refit – new shopfront, bespoke timber fixtures and lighting – in 12 weeks while the shop kept trading.

Restaurant, bar and hotel fit-out

Hospitality projects combine kitchens and extraction, guest areas, rooms and services, often in older buildings. At Sloane Place in Chelsea we remodelled a five-storey Victorian building into a 27-key boutique hotel with restaurant and bar (£1.29M, 28 weeks) next to a members' club that stayed open. More on our restaurant & hospitality fit-out service.

Warehouse and industrial fit-out

Changing rooms, welfare, racking, mezzanines and safety barriers installed inside live operations. At Banbury Warehouse we delivered changing rooms, lockers, racked storage and safety barriers (£380K, 4 weeks) without stopping the warehouse. See warehouse fit-out & refurbishment.

What makes London commercial fit-outs different

Most London projects need landlord consent (usually a Licence for Alterations) and have to follow the building's own fit-out rules on working hours, noisy works, deliveries and access. Building Regulations approval and the fire strategy have to be agreed before work starts, and projects run under the CDM 2015 regulations. Central London sites also mean limited loading, restricted delivery times and close neighbours. We plan programmes around all of this with night shifts, weekend working and tailored programmes, so your business, your tenants and your neighbours are not disrupted.