Commercial Kitchens & Tea Points across Holborn (WC1, WC2). Office kitchens and tea points — from single-point boiling-water taps through to full staff kitchens with commercial appliances, coffee stations and dishwashing. Delivered with joinery, M&E and ventilation under one contract.
Commercial Kitchens & Tea Points 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 kitchens & tea points requirements — programme compression, landlord co-ordination, out-of-hours delivery, and full compliance ownership. Our commercial team has delivered commercial kitchens & tea points 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.
Site survey including drainage, water, power, extract
Space plan with headcount-based appliance specification
Joinery design in Corian, solid surface or stone
Appliance specification (Miele, Quooker, Franke, coffee)
Installation with M&E connection and commissioning
| Tier | Range | What's covered |
|---|---|---|
| Tea point standard | £120–£220 per sqft | Small joinery run, boiling water tap, fridge, dishwasher |
| Kitchenette | £180–£320 per sqft | Full counter, sink, appliances, storage, small cooking |
| Staff kitchen | £280–£480 per sqft | Full kitchen with commercial appliances, extract, food storage |
| Executive / concierge | £480+ per sqft | Designer joinery, stone tops, concierge coffee, bespoke |
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.
Tea point — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Kitchenette — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Staff kitchen — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Executive kitchen — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Boiling water tap — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Ice-maker — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Dishwasher — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Fridge/freezer — 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 Kitchens & Tea Points in modern grade a (kingsway, holborn) — 10,000–25,000 sqft plates is typically specified to tea point standard level — small joinery run, boiling water tap, fridge, dishwasher. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Commercial Kitchens & Tea Points in period refurbished stock (gray's inn road, bloomsbury) is typically specified to kitchenette level — full counter, sink, appliances, storage, small cooking. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Commercial Kitchens & Tea Points in inns of court chambers buildings is typically specified to staff kitchen level — full kitchen with commercial appliances, extract, food storage. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Commercial Kitchens & Tea Points in listed victorian and georgian terraces is typically specified to executive / concierge level — designer joinery, stone tops, concierge coffee, bespoke. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Kitchen installation in occupied offices is typically phased overnight — joinery is fabricated off-site and installed in 2–3 nights, with M&E connection and commissioning on the final shift.
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 · Full kitchen
Budget band · £180k
Programme · 4 weeks
Corian tops, Miele appliances, concierge coffee station
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Scope · 6 tea points
Budget band · £220k
Programme · 5 weeks
Matched joinery across floors with Quooker, fridges, dishwashers
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Scope · 2 kitchens
Budget band · £320k
Programme · 6 weeks
Stone tops, bespoke joinery, wine fridge, coffee machine
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Yes — both systems are standard in office tea point fit-out. We install Quooker Flex, Pro3, Cube, and Zip HydroTap Celsius/Classic/Arc per client preference.
Yes — compliant DW172 extract canopies with fire suppression, grease filtration and roof-level terminal. Part F ventilation sign-off and F-Gas certification where refrigeration is added.
Yes — we colour and veneer match to existing reception or meeting-room joinery for design continuity. Sample boards provided.
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.
Full commercial refurbishment for occupied and vacant offices — CAT B fit-out, finishes, M&E upgrades.
CAT A and CAT B fit-out for new leases, HQ relocations and floor consolidations.
Renovation of existing office space — modernising finishes, layout and services without full strip-out.
Reactive and planned maintenance (PPM) for commercial offices — single trade or full FM cover.
Branded reception areas — joinery, signage, lighting, AV containment.
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.