Most offices around the District Centre are leased rather than owned, and that single fact should shape the whole fit-out. What you can fix to, what you must reinstate at the end, and what you can take with you are worth settling before anything is ordered rather than at the end of the lease.
What a landlord will usually allow
Leases in these blocks commonly restrict drilling into the slab, altering the ceiling grid and touching the facade.
A partition can be designed around all three: fixed to the floor screed rather than the structural slab, stopping at the ceiling grid rather than passing it, and standing clear of the external wall.
So we ask what the lease says before designing anything. It is much easier to design within a restriction than to remove work that breached one, and the reinstatement clause is where that becomes expensive.
A fit-out you can take to the next office
If the lease has a few years left, a demountable partition system is usually the better investment than a fixed one.
The glass, the frames and most of the hardware can be taken down, transported and re-erected, with only consumables lost.
It costs somewhat more to install. Against the cost of building a fixed fit-out twice, and reinstating the first one, it is usually the cheaper path overall. We price both so the comparison is visible rather than assumed.
Reinstatement, planned at the beginning
Almost every lease here requires the floor to be handed back as it was found, and that cost lands at the worst possible moment.
What makes it expensive is damage that cannot be made good: holes in a structural slab, a cut ceiling grid, fixings into a facade mullion.
So we photograph the floor before starting and design to avoid those specific things. It costs nothing at the start. It is frequently the largest avoidable expense in the whole life of an office fit-out.
How the job works
- Tell us about the jobSend a few photos, rough sizes and what you need. Use WhatsApp or the form. For a repair, a short video of the door moving helps a lot.
- We call you back in about 2 minutesWe confirm what you need and a time to visit. Where we can, we give you a rough price on the call.
- We come and measureWe measure the opening and check the walls, floor and ceiling around it. Anything made to size is made to these measurements, so they must be right.
- You get a written priceIt lists each item, with GST as its own line. If anything about the job changes, we tell you before we go ahead.
- We fit itYou approve the price and pay the advance. Our own team fits the work, checks that every door and window opens and closes properly, and clears up. Most jobs are done in 3 to 4 days.
