Office refurbishment

For more than 30 years, Peldon Rose has designed and delivered transformational office refurbishment projects across London. Armed with unrivaled experience in end-to-end office design and build, we help businesses maximise the value of the workplace.

Jonathan Dawes, Head of SME

Last updated: April 23rd, 2024 Next review: April 23rd, 2025

What is office refurbishment?

Office refurbishment is the process of renovating and updating your existing workspace, often due to changing business needs, size and ways of working. Contrary to an office relocation, an office refurbishment often involves a space that already exists and has already been used by your business, or another business before you.

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What are the different types of office refurbishment?

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What are the different types of office refurbishment?

While an office refurbishment can vary in size and scale of works needed, an in-situ office refurbishment will take place while a business remains in occupation at its current space. This could happen in conjunction with temporary operation from a serviced office, or with the implementation of a hybrid or remote working model.

Some refurbishments may involve minimal cosmetic changes to office interior design, layout and furniture, and others may require a larger or full-scale refurbishment, including CAT-A works or mechanical and electrical installation.

What is the office refurbishment process?

An office refurbishment project has several essential milestones, and each stage can be customized to meet your specific requirements. At Peldon Rose, we work collaboratively with you to understand your business operations and create a bespoke roadmap to suit your needs, which typically unfolds as follows.

Create the brief

We'll come and visit your site

Test fit

Develop the design

Produce a programme

Curate the communication

Begin the build

Plan for ongoing maintenance

Create the brief
We'll come and visit your site
Test fit
Develop the design
Produce a programme
Curate the communication
Begin the build
Plan for ongoing maintenance

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Create the brief

As soon as you get in touch, we’ll get to work analysing your current situation; why do you want to undertake a refurbishment? What are your requirements and desires for the space? What are your expectations for the process and how flexible is your timeline?

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We'll come and visit your site

Next we’ll visit your office to understand both the building and the people within it. We’ll analyse the layout of the current space, how your people use it, and the genetic make-up of the building itself to inform the design and build programme.

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Test fit

Together, we'll uncover how much we’ll be changing the space. We’ll create several test fit plans to show you what’s possible in terms of layout.

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Develop the design

We’ll develop the design and bring your ideas to (virtual) reality with 3D renders.

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Produce a programme

We’ll put together your options for a suggested plan of works, explaining how and when each phase of works will take place, with particulars relating to furniture and how to manage your people throughout the process, whether in-situ or otherwise. We’ll cost with total transparency and help you to stay within budget, by providing you with plenty of options.

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Curate the communication

We’ll assess how your business will be impacted before it happens, so that you can take the right steps to prepare and mitigate ahead of the project execution.

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Begin the build

Your new space begins to take shape as we begin the build phase of the project.

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Plan for ongoing maintenance

Our partnership doesn’t end there, every lightbulb, paint scuff, HVAC service and water check can be managed by our dedicated maintenance engineers, who are just a phone call away whenever you need them.

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Why undertake an office refurbishment?

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Why undertake an office refurbishment?

There are a number of reasons why you may be undertaking an office refurbishment. You may need to accommodate headcount growth, realign your space for activity-based or hybrid working models, update your look and feel for a stronger brand presence, or enhance technology, culture or communication within the workplace.

Done right, an office refurbishment can help your business to realise numerous benefits, like increased employee happiness and pride, greater workplace efficiency and flexibility, attracting and retaining the best talent, and improved brand expression. Ensuring your business and people strategy is aligned with your workplace design is essential to achieving these aims.

Our expert office refurbishment team

Head of SME Jonathan Dawes

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Head of Pre Contracts Ian Mackenzie

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Senior Project Designer Ashton Holmes

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3D Visualiser Jordan Douggan-Yin

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Furniture Consultant Francesca Gatta-Bowden

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Senior Construction Manager Gabriel Ichim

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Office refurbishment FAQ’s

How long does an office refurbishment take?

The pace of a workplace project depends largely on its scale and complexity, as well as the timelines your business needs to work to, and whether you’ll be remaining within the space during the refurbishment. Get in touch with us for an informal chat, so that we can assess your needs and provide you with an outline timeframe for delivery.

How much does it cost to refurbish an office?

The cost of a workplace project is dependent on the scope and nature of the project brief and what you’re looking to achieve. We can help you to navigate all of the above, with full transparency on costs and quality, so that you can focus on the needs of your business and its people.

Can I capitalise office refurbishment costs?

In some cases, office refurbishments can be deducted against tax allowances, depending on whether or not the purpose of the works are improvement or are repairs to the space’s structure or function.

Can I refurbish my office with my workforce in-situ?

Yes, you can. Peldon Rose has extensive experience with in-situ office refurbishments, where we’ll work on your space in parts without disruption to your people and operations.

Should I refurbish or relocate?

Before answering this question, you’ll need to understand in what areas your current space isn’t meeting the needs of your people. Read this blog to define whether an office refurbishment or relocation is right for you.