Case study, Central London

68 Long Lane 

Location
Central London
Sector
Commercial refurbishment
Contract value
£800K
Floor area
1,500 ft² across 6 floors
Programme
8 months
Completed
Jan 2023

The brief

Built across six floors on a 250 square-foot footprint, a true test of vertical construction

A complete transformation of an outdated office building in the heart of London: 1,500 ft² spread across six floors, stripped to structure, extended upward by a full storey and refitted as a modern, flexible workspace.

Scope of works

What we delivered 

  • Full strip-out and demolition of the existing finishes.
  • New structural members and brickwork forming an additional storey.
  • Complete M&E installation throughout the building.
  • Bespoke shopfront: designed and made in our own joinery workshop.
  • General refurbishment to a modern, flexible office layout.

The challenges

Building upward on London’s narrowest footprint

With roughly 250 ft² per floor, there was no room on site for anything that wasn’t about to be installed. Every delivery, hoist and trade sequence had to be choreographed around a footprint smaller than most living rooms, six storeys up.

The old shopfront defined the building’s street presence, so its replacement mattered: our in-house joinery produced a fully bespoke design matched to the building’s central London setting rather than an off-the-shelf compromise.

The outcome

A narrow building, big thinking

The finished property offers a sleek, contemporary workspace that trades on its prime location, a flexible layout that suits businesses of many sizes despite the narrow plan.

Delivered on time and within budget, 68 Long Lane demonstrates what disciplined logistics and in-house trades can do on a site where most contractors would struggle to park a van.

Site manager: Bartosz Szczerba · Project director: Piotr Tarasek · Health & Safety: Izabela Tarasek.

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