Office Maintenance across Holborn (WC1, WC2). Commercial office maintenance — planned preventative (PPM) and reactive response, with named engineers, SLA-backed attendance times and full compliance cover (L8, EICR, F-Gas, LOLER where applicable). Single trade or full FM cover across London.
Office Maintenance 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 office maintenance requirements — programme compression, landlord co-ordination, out-of-hours delivery, and full compliance ownership. Our commercial team has delivered office maintenance 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.
Asset register survey — all plant, fittings and compliance items logged
PPM plan built from asset register, with cost-loaded annual calendar
CAFM portal with live job status and document library
Monthly service review and quarterly compliance dashboard
End-of-year asset report with capex forecast for budgeting
| Tier | Range | What's covered |
|---|---|---|
| Reactive only | £4–£8 per sqft annually | Call-out SLA, no PPM; priced per job |
| Core PPM + reactive | £8–£16 per sqft annually | Statutory PPM, minor reactive included, compliance cover |
| Full FM | £16–£30 per sqft annually | All trades, cleaning, waste, fabric, M&E, compliance, CAFM |
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.
Reactive call-out — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Planned maintenance — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
L8 water testing — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
EICR testing — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Emergency lighting — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Fire damper inspection — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
VRF service — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
AHU service — 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.
Office Maintenance in modern grade a (kingsway, holborn) — 10,000–25,000 sqft plates is typically specified to reactive only level — call-out sla, no ppm; priced per job. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Office Maintenance in period refurbished stock (gray's inn road, bloomsbury) is typically specified to core ppm + reactive level — statutory ppm, minor reactive included, compliance cover. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Office Maintenance in inns of court chambers buildings is typically specified to full fm level — all trades, cleaning, waste, fabric, m&e, compliance, cafm. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Office Maintenance in listed victorian and georgian terraces is typically specified to full fm level — all trades, cleaning, waste, fabric, m&e, compliance, cafm. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Reactive engineers are on call 24/7 with 1-hour, 4-hour and 24-hour SLA response tiers. PPM is scheduled in out-of-hours and weekend windows where plant rooms are adjacent to occupied space (typical in City and Canary Wharf buildings).
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 · 40,000 sqft
Budget band · £320k/yr
Programme · 3-year contract
Full FM across 3 floors, CAFM, 1hr SLA
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Scope · 12,000 sqft
Budget band · £110k/yr
Programme · 2-year contract
Statutory PPM, 4hr reactive, asset register
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Scope · 18,500 sqft
Budget band · £260k/yr
Programme · Annual rolling
All trades, compliance, fabric, reactive 24/7
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
1-hour, 4-hour and 24-hour tiers for reactive attendance. Critical response (water leak, power loss, security) always defaults to the 1-hour tier regardless of contract level.
Yes — every contract includes client access to our CAFM system with live job tickets, asset register, compliance certificates and spend reports.
In-house. Our water hygiene and NICEIC teams deliver all statutory testing and certification; records live in the CAFM portal.
Yes. We support multi-site portfolios across London with a single PM, consolidated reporting and shared engineer pool.
We cost-load the PPM calendar from the asset register, then present it as a cost-per-sqft number for ease of comparison. The underlying price is per-asset and transparent.
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.
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.
LED upgrades, emergency lighting, small power, containment. NICEIC certified.
Full washroom refurbishment — cubicles, vanities, sanitaryware, finishes.
Full commercial refurbishment for occupied and vacant offices — CAT B fit-out, finishes, M&E upgrades.
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.