The property
A Grade II listed heritage asset in a designated London conservation area: an early twentieth century building comprising commercial units, upper parts and common fabric.
The brief
The freeholder needed to understand the true condition of a complex listed building, plan the spend across a decade, and structure the works so that each part of the building, its principal architectural elements, the individual commercial unit and the common fabric, could be tendered, consulted on and recovered correctly. The heritage significance of the building meant that consent requirements had to be identified before any works were programmed.
What we did
The building was inspected in two stages, including drone photography of the roofscape and upper elements where safe physical access did not exist. Findings were assessed part by part and graded, then translated into a ten year projection with each item costed and placed in the year it is needed. Because the building is listed, the works to its principal elements were flagged as requiring Listed Building Consent before commencement, and the heritage significance of those elements was tabulated so that future applications start from an agreed base. The recommendations were then reorganised into a suggested schedule of works split into tenderable parts, so the client can procure each part of the building separately, with its own consultation and recovery route mapped for budgeting.
The outcome
The freeholder moved from an unquantified listed building liability to a graded, costed and phased plan: around £390,000 over ten years, front loaded where the priorities and the access economics demanded it, consent requirements identified in advance, and a schedule of works ready to go to tender part by part.
Services demonstrated
PPM Reports; Building Surveys, including comprehensive condition and drone survey; Costing; Heritage, including conservation area and consent planning; pre-construction structuring for tender.
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