How Do You Keep the Show on the Road?
An office refurbishment in London isn’t like an episode of Grand Designs; you can’t just move your employees into a caravan for Christmas and wait for Kevin McCloud to ask awkward questions about your budget. Sure, when your clients see the shiny new office you’ve…
Quick Guide to Working with Your Landlord
Leasing commercial property isn’t the same as renting a flat. Anyone turning up to the office in pyjamas and pompom slippers can tell you that. But in some ways, it’s actually brilliant, right? You can get one of London office refurbishment…
What is Snagging in an Office Refurbishment?
None of us are perfect. But that doesn’t mean you should accept anything less than a banging office that is anything less than, well, banging. We wouldn’t allow it. We couldn’t. An office design company has a responsibility to take any imperfections in their works and…
How to Manage the Budget Without Breaking a Sweat
Budgets. They’re not sexy. But for your office redesign in London, you have to pay attention to them. This is as true for a lick of paint as it is for a project with more bells and whistles than a Morris Dance Troupe. It doesn’t have to be painful (or as annoying as…
The Big Reveal with Octopus Group
If there’s one thing that gets us out of bed in the morning, it’s the thought of a Big Reveal. The moment we hand over a recently completed office interiors project back to our client. We call it the Champagne moment. There are always weeks, if not months, of hard…
WTF is Building Control & Why Should I Care?
If this is the first time you’ve worked on an office refurbishment in London, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of building control, let alone spoken to a building control inspector. The name alone suggests something a little scary; after all the last time you…
How do you Design an Office Everyone Loves?
It’s surprising how often our clients ask this question. I mean, if you’re going to invest tens, if not hundreds, of thousands in your office design and refurbishment, it’s worthwhile taking your time to get it right. Right? Can you imagine moving into your shiny new…