Commercial Maintenance across Holborn (WC1, WC2). Whole-building commercial maintenance for multi-let offices, retail, hospitality and mixed-use assets — aligned to managing-agent reporting requirements, with in-house electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fabric and compliance teams.
Commercial Maintenance across Holborn (WC1, WC2) is delivered by our in-house commercial team with current estate approvals and compliance records on file. We have completed works in or adjacent to Sea Containers House, One New Oxford Street, Holborn Viaduct House, Warwick Court, Kingsway Tower among others. Teams mobilise from our London operations base, with direct transport links via Holborn (Central, Piccadilly), Chancery Lane (Central), Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line), Russell Square (Piccadilly), Farringdon (Elizabeth line, Thameslink). Every project is run by a named project manager reporting weekly with photographs and programme RAG. Out-of-hours loading, estate permit-to-work and managing-agent liaison are included in the prelims — not charged as variations.
The Holborn market is dominated by top-tier law firms (magic-circle, silver-circle and mid-tier), media and publishing (guardian, warner bros), higher education (lse, soas proximity), each with distinct commercial maintenance requirements — programme compression, landlord co-ordination, out-of-hours delivery, and full compliance ownership. Our commercial team has delivered commercial maintenance in trophy buildings including Sea Containers House, One New Oxford Street, Holborn Viaduct House, Warwick Court.
Midtown spans the Inns of Court (legal), Gray's Inn Road (media — Guardian, Warner Bros Discovery), Kingsway and Holborn itself. Modern Grade A around Chancery Lane sits alongside period stock in Bloomsbury and around the Inns.
Camden and Westminster both restrict noisy works to 08:00–18:00 Mon–Fri, 08:00–13:00 Sat. Inns of Court buildings have additional sitting-term restrictions during legal terms. Kingsway is a red route — loading is permitted only in booked bays outside peak hours. Gray's Inn Road and High Holborn bays fill early; we book through Camden/Westminster parking services 48 hours ahead.
Joint asset-register survey with managing agent
PPM plan aligned to service-charge budget cycle
Monthly report in managing agent's template
Quarterly compliance review and RAG dashboard
Year-end capex forecast for service-charge reconciliation
| Tier | Range | What's covered |
|---|---|---|
| Reactive + core compliance | £4–£8 per sqft pa | Statutory PPM plus reactive under SLA |
| Core PPM + reactive | £8–£15 per sqft pa | Full PPM calendar, compliance cover, 4hr SLA |
| Full building FM | £15–£28 per sqft pa | All trades plus cleaning, waste, fabric, 1hr SLA |
This area sits outside the core trophy-tower premium zone — programme and pricing typically sit at the mid-range of the bands below. Figures are guide ranges — we provide a fixed quote after survey.
Landlord plant PPM — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Common parts — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Lobby maintenance — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
WC maintenance — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
L8 water hygiene — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
EICR — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Fire safety testing — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Emergency lighting — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Camden (north of High Holborn) and Westminster (south) split the area, with Bloomsbury Conservation Area, Gray's Inn Conservation Area and Kingsway Conservation Area all engaging. Listed buildings in the Inns of Court require LBC; Kingsway's Grade II*-listed facades restrict any external alteration.
Reference list available on request under NDA.
Measured condition survey within 5 working days, including M&E, fabric and compliance review.
Scope capture workshop with stakeholders — occupier, landlord, managing agent, FM team.
Stage 3 design package with space plan, M&E schedules, specification and CAT A/B split.
Lump-sum price against the design package. All prelims transparent.
CDM notification, RAMS, permit-to-work, landlord licence-to-alter, estate approvals.
Weekly client reports with photos, programme RAG, variation log, compliance status.
O&M manuals, as-built drawings, building-regs sign-off, 12-month defects period.
Commercial Maintenance in modern grade a (kingsway, holborn) — 10,000–25,000 sqft plates is typically specified to reactive + core compliance level — statutory ppm plus reactive under sla. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Commercial Maintenance in period refurbished stock (gray's inn road, bloomsbury) is typically specified to core ppm + reactive level — full ppm calendar, compliance cover, 4hr sla. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Commercial Maintenance in inns of court chambers buildings is typically specified to full building fm level — all trades plus cleaning, waste, fabric, 1hr sla. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Commercial Maintenance in listed victorian and georgian terraces is typically specified to full building fm level — all trades plus cleaning, waste, fabric, 1hr sla. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Commercial maintenance operates 24/7 under a critical-response SLA. Landlord plant works are scheduled during out-of-hours where they serve trading occupiers; cleaning and minor fabric works proceed during standard business hours or after close.
Camden and Westminster both restrict noisy works to 08:00–18:00 Mon–Fri, 08:00–13:00 Sat. Inns of Court buildings have additional sitting-term restrictions during legal terms. Kingsway is a red route — loading is permitted only in booked bays outside peak hours. Gray's Inn Road and High Holborn bays fill early; we book through Camden/Westminster parking services 48 hours ahead.
All Holborn occupiers benefit from a PPM framework covering L8 water hygiene, EICR, emergency lighting, F-Gas registers and fabric maintenance. For a scoped PPM package in Holborn see Office Maintenance in Holborn or Commercial Maintenance in Holborn.
Anonymised project outlines from our Holborn and adjacent-area portfolio — full reference list with contact introductions available on request under NDA.
Scope · 220,000 sqft
Budget band · £1.2M/yr
Programme · 5-year contract
Whole-building FM including plant, common parts, reactive
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Scope · 85,000 sqft
Budget band · £520k/yr
Programme · 3-year contract
Office + retail, compliance-led, MRI reporting
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Scope · 6 buildings
Budget band · £780k/yr
Programme · Annual rolling
Portfolio FM across 6 London assets, shared engineer pool
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Yes. We mirror MRI, Yardi, Qube and custom managing-agent templates so service-charge reporting is seamless.
Yes — we maintain multi-tenanted assets with office, retail, F&B and residential components, co-ordinating trade responses to avoid tenant cross-impact.
We provide cost-loaded PPM calendars aligned to the service-charge budget, with variance reporting monthly. Any over-budget reactive work is flagged and quoted before issue.
Yes — we have delivered refurbishment works in chambers buildings across Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn, operating within the Inn's own permit and fabric-protection regimes and around sitting terms.
Interior fit-out is generally unaffected, but any external alteration, signage or shopfront change engages conservation area consent. Our architects handle the applications.
8,000 sqft: 10–12 weeks. 15,000 sqft law-firm full CAT B with library and mediation rooms: 14–18 weeks.
Yes — our heritage team handles LBC applications for internal reversible fit-out, with conservation officer pre-application consultation built into the mobilisation programme.
Yes — Savills, Knight Frank, CBRE, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, Colliers all hold our compliance pack on file.
Reactive and planned maintenance (PPM) for commercial offices — single trade or full FM cover.
Fabric, flooring, ceiling, joinery, paint and minor M&E repairs — attended and completed under one PM.
LED upgrades, emergency lighting, small power, containment. NICEIC certified.
Full washroom refurbishment — cubicles, vanities, sanitaryware, finishes.
Full commercial refurbishment for occupied and vacant offices — CAT B fit-out, finishes, M&E upgrades.
In-depth articles on commercial fit-out, compliance and market strategy.
Measured condition survey within 5 working days. Fixed-price quote within 10. Estate approvals on file.