Commercial Decorating across Holborn (WC1, WC2). Whole-building commercial decorating — offices, retail, hospitality and managed estates — delivered as rolling contracts, phased refreshes or one-off projects. Low-VOC and scent-neutral systems, night-shift delivery, and managing-agent-format reporting.
Commercial Decorating across Holborn (WC1, WC2) is delivered by our in-house commercial team with current estate approvals and compliance records on file. We have completed works in or adjacent to Sea Containers House, One New Oxford Street, Holborn Viaduct House, Warwick Court, Kingsway Tower among others. Teams mobilise from our London operations base, with direct transport links via Holborn (Central, Piccadilly), Chancery Lane (Central), Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line), Russell Square (Piccadilly), Farringdon (Elizabeth line, Thameslink). Every project is run by a named project manager reporting weekly with photographs and programme RAG. Out-of-hours loading, estate permit-to-work and managing-agent liaison are included in the prelims — not charged as variations.
The Holborn market is dominated by top-tier law firms (magic-circle, silver-circle and mid-tier), media and publishing (guardian, warner bros), higher education (lse, soas proximity), each with distinct commercial decorating requirements — programme compression, landlord co-ordination, out-of-hours delivery, and full compliance ownership. Our commercial team has delivered commercial decorating in trophy buildings including Sea Containers House, One New Oxford Street, Holborn Viaduct House, Warwick Court.
Midtown spans the Inns of Court (legal), Gray's Inn Road (media — Guardian, Warner Bros Discovery), Kingsway and Holborn itself. Modern Grade A around Chancery Lane sits alongside period stock in Bloomsbury and around the Inns.
Camden and Westminster both restrict noisy works to 08:00–18:00 Mon–Fri, 08:00–13:00 Sat. Inns of Court buildings have additional sitting-term restrictions during legal terms. Kingsway is a red route — loading is permitted only in booked bays outside peak hours. Gray's Inn Road and High Holborn bays fill early; we book through Camden/Westminster parking services 48 hours ahead.
Portfolio survey and decorating condition report
Annual decorating calendar mapped to lease events and quarter days
Colour library held on file for brand consistency
Night and weekend delivery for live spaces
Monthly reporting in managing-agent template
| Tier | Range | What's covered |
|---|---|---|
| Rolling contract | £4–£8 per sqft pa | Programmed decoration cycle with fixed annual fee |
| Project decoration | £6–£14 per sqft | One-off decoration of a full floor or building |
| Specialist finishes | £18+ per sqft | Heritage, metal coatings, specialist commercial finishes |
This area sits outside the core trophy-tower premium zone — programme and pricing typically sit at the mid-range of the bands below. Figures are guide ranges — we provide a fixed quote after survey.
Office decoration — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Retail decoration — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Hospitality decoration — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Common-parts — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Lobby decoration — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Exterior masonry — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Metalwork — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Woodwork — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Camden (north of High Holborn) and Westminster (south) split the area, with Bloomsbury Conservation Area, Gray's Inn Conservation Area and Kingsway Conservation Area all engaging. Listed buildings in the Inns of Court require LBC; Kingsway's Grade II*-listed facades restrict any external alteration.
Reference list available on request under NDA.
Measured condition survey within 5 working days, including M&E, fabric and compliance review.
Scope capture workshop with stakeholders — occupier, landlord, managing agent, FM team.
Stage 3 design package with space plan, M&E schedules, specification and CAT A/B split.
Lump-sum price against the design package. All prelims transparent.
CDM notification, RAMS, permit-to-work, landlord licence-to-alter, estate approvals.
Weekly client reports with photos, programme RAG, variation log, compliance status.
O&M manuals, as-built drawings, building-regs sign-off, 12-month defects period.
Commercial Decorating in modern grade a (kingsway, holborn) — 10,000–25,000 sqft plates is typically specified to rolling contract level — programmed decoration cycle with fixed annual fee. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Commercial Decorating in period refurbished stock (gray's inn road, bloomsbury) is typically specified to project decoration level — one-off decoration of a full floor or building. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Commercial Decorating in inns of court chambers buildings is typically specified to specialist finishes level — heritage, metal coatings, specialist commercial finishes. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Commercial Decorating in listed victorian and georgian terraces is typically specified to specialist finishes level — heritage, metal coatings, specialist commercial finishes. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Commercial decorating across live portfolios is scheduled in night and weekend slots co-ordinated with managing agents. Monthly rolling decorate contracts allow even distribution of work across the year with minimal visible activity during business hours.
Camden and Westminster both restrict noisy works to 08:00–18:00 Mon–Fri, 08:00–13:00 Sat. Inns of Court buildings have additional sitting-term restrictions during legal terms. Kingsway is a red route — loading is permitted only in booked bays outside peak hours. Gray's Inn Road and High Holborn bays fill early; we book through Camden/Westminster parking services 48 hours ahead.
All Holborn occupiers benefit from a PPM framework covering L8 water hygiene, EICR, emergency lighting, F-Gas registers and fabric maintenance. For a scoped PPM package in Holborn see Office Maintenance in Holborn or Commercial Maintenance in Holborn.
Anonymised project outlines from our Holborn and adjacent-area portfolio — full reference list with contact introductions available on request under NDA.
Scope · 18 buildings
Budget band · £820k/yr
Programme · Rolling
Full portfolio rolling decoration across 18 multi-let buildings
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Scope · 6 hotels
Budget band · £340k
Programme · 12 weeks
Phased room and corridor refresh across 6 UK hotels
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Scope · 24 stores
Budget band · £480k
Programme · 16 weeks
Night-only rolling refresh across national retail estate
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Yes — typical rolling contracts see each lobby and common parts refreshed every 12–18 months, tenant demise on end-of-lease cycles, and exterior on 5–7 year cycles. Priced per sqft annually.
Yes — low-VOC, fast-dry systems allow in-store decoration between close and open (2–6 hour window). Full flooring and stock protection included.
Yes — monthly reports in MRI, Yardi, Qube or custom templates, including photos, spend, compliance and variance to budget.
Yes — we have delivered refurbishment works in chambers buildings across Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn, operating within the Inn's own permit and fabric-protection regimes and around sitting terms.
Interior fit-out is generally unaffected, but any external alteration, signage or shopfront change engages conservation area consent. Our architects handle the applications.
8,000 sqft: 10–12 weeks. 15,000 sqft law-firm full CAT B with library and mediation rooms: 14–18 weeks.
Yes — our heritage team handles LBC applications for internal reversible fit-out, with conservation officer pre-application consultation built into the mobilisation programme.
Yes — Savills, Knight Frank, CBRE, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, Colliers all hold our compliance pack on file.
Commercial painting and decorating for offices, retail, hospitality. Out-of-hours, low-VOC.
Full commercial refurbishment for occupied and vacant offices — CAT B fit-out, finishes, M&E upgrades.
Renovation of existing office space — modernising finishes, layout and services without full strip-out.
Whole-building commercial maintenance for multi-let, retail, hospitality and mixed-use assets.
Fabric, flooring, ceiling, joinery, paint and minor M&E repairs — attended and completed under one PM.
In-depth articles on commercial fit-out, compliance and market strategy.
Measured condition survey within 5 working days. Fixed-price quote within 10. Estate approvals on file.