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Retail Store Design - Mallet, London

Commercial interior design in London.

COMMERCIAL INTERIOR DESIGN LONDON

Workplace, retail and hospitality interiors.

We designed the Mayfair pop up store for premium footwear brand Mallet, and it is one of twenty seven projects published on this site. We are a Yorkshire firm working across the UK on workplaces, shops and restaurants, and you can read what we actually did on every one of them before you speak to us.

We also run the whole job rather than drawing it and handing it on. Every trade is contracted by us and you get one invoice, so the firm you hired is the firm answerable for the work on site. Brand, design, build and furniture come from one team rather than three companies pointing at each other if something doesn’t quite go to plan.

FAQS

Interior design and fit out in London: your questions.

u003Cspanu003EHave you worked in London?u003C/spanu003Eu003Cspan class=u0022fq d4x258cba08u0022u003E+u003C/spanu003E

Yes. We designed the Mayfair pop up store for premium footwear brand Mallet, a concept built to show the product properly rather than simply stack it. We are based in Yorkshire and work across the UK, so we are not going to pretend to be round the corner from you, but London work is not new to us.

u003Cspanu003EDo you do retail as well as offices?u003C/spanu003Eu003Cspan class=u0022fq d4x258cba08u0022u003E+u003C/spanu003E

Both, and hospitality too. Alongside workplace projects we have delivered a Mayfair concept store, a bakery store concept, a coffee shop, a Mexican restaurant and a quick serve brand rollout. Retail and hospitality are a different discipline to an office, because the space has to sell something and survive being used hard all day, so it is worth asking anyone you appoint how many of them they have actually done.

u003Cspanu003EWhat is the difference between a Category A and a Category B fit out?u003C/spanu003Eu003Cspan class=u0022fq d4x258cba08u0022u003E+u003C/spanu003E

In London especially, a lot of space is let as Category A: the landlord hands you raised floors, a ceiling, lighting and basic services, and nothing that makes the space yours. Category B is the fit out that does that, the partitions, meeting rooms, kitchen, joinery, branding, furniture and the power and data where people actually sit. Check which one your landlord has agreed to before you budget, because assuming a Category A you have not been given is one of the more expensive mistakes on a new lease.

u003Cspanu003EWhat will my project cost?u003C/spanu003Eu003Cspan class=u0022fq d4x258cba08u0022u003E+u003C/spanu003E

Honestly, not from a web page. It turns on the building, the specification and how much of it you are changing. Our estimator asks a few questions about your space and returns a working range in about two minutes, and it gives you the number before it asks you for anything. Work that is finished properly photographs well, and that can make it look as though it only comes at one price. It does not. Run the estimator or ring us before you assume this is not for you.

u003Cspanu003EWho manages the project?u003C/spanu003Eu003Cspan class=u0022fq d4x258cba08u0022u003E+u003C/spanu003E

We do. We are the principal contractor, not a designer who introduces you to one. We procure the trades, hold the programme and carry responsibility for their work, and you deal with us throughout. For a London client working with a firm based in Yorkshire that is the part that actually matters: one contract and one accountable party, wherever the desks are.

u003Cspanu003EWhat do I need from my landlord?u003C/spanu003Eu003Cspan class=u0022fq d4x258cba08u0022u003E+u003C/spanu003E

If you lease the space you will normally need a licence to alter before work starts, and the lease will say whether you have to reinstate at the end of the term. Get it to us early. Restrictions on penetrating the slab or moving services change the design rather than the price, and in a multi let building the landlordu2019s own rules on access, deliveries and working hours shape the programme too.

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