Most of these offices sit on the upper floors of a market block, reached by a stair from the parade below. The partitions are ordinary. What is unusual is how much the layout has to do with a visitor finding the right door and knowing they have arrived, because nothing about these buildings helps them.
Making the entrance read as an entrance
On an upper floor in a market block, a visitor arrives at a landing with several identical doors and no idea which is yours.
A glazed entrance screen solves that immediately — it shows the office behind it, which no solid door does.
So we would glaze the entrance even where the budget is tight, and frost the lower part for privacy rather than the whole panel. It is the single most useful thing glass does in one of these offices.
Where the name goes, and how large
Applied lettering on an entrance screen is also the manifestation that stops people walking into it, so it has to be at eye height and visible.
That means the design of the lettering and the safety requirement are the same decision, which is convenient if it is planned and awkward if it is not.
So we ask about the name and logo before ordering glass. Frosting designed with the lettering looks considerably better than a vinyl applied afterwards, and it costs the same.
Sharing a landing with other businesses
The landing outside your door belongs to everybody on the floor, and anything you fit there affects the neighbours.
So a screen that swings out onto the landing, or a sign that projects across somebody's door, causes friction that outlasts the fit-out.
We set entrance doors to open inwards and keep everything within your own threshold. It sounds obvious and it is the most common cause of complaint in these buildings, precisely because it is decided without thinking.
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.
