Commercial space renovation on Hoholivska
Commercial space on Hoholivska
A space on Hoholivska Street in Kyiv: a full-scale renovation from demolition to handover, carried out between February 2016 and December 2017. The basement floor and walls were stripped out, a trench was dug for utilities, pipes were replaced, and new plumbing, ventilation and electrics were installed. The finishing stage included plasterboard and suspended ceilings with downlights, painted walls, large-format porcelain stoneware on floors and stairs, and a tiled bathroom with fixtures; some rooms received polished concrete floors and a panoramic window.
Commercial fit-out in Kyiv- Start
- February 2016
- Completed
- December 2017
- Photo record
- 22 months
- Stages
- 5
- Photos
- 26
Client
- Project address
- ••••••••• St, ••
- Type
- Commercial
- Rooms
- 6
- Duration
- 22 months
- Stages
- 5
- Photo report
- 26
- Documents
- 2
The client's name, photo and exact address are withheld. In their own account they see all of it.
Responsible for the project
Viacheslav MelnykFounder of Archideal · general contractorRuns the project himself: signs off stages, signs the certificates, answers the phone.
+380 67 679 59 79- Stages
- 5
- Photos
- 26
- Approvals
- 13
- Documents
- 2
Stage schedule
5 stages · 26 photos
February 2016 — December 2017
The bars are built from the dates the photographs were taken, not drawn by hand — which is why stages overlap. On a real site something is always being finished while the next trade has already started.
Estimate
In a working account this shows amounts per stage, payments made and the balance. In the demo they are hidden.
| Stage | Status | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Demolition | Completed | 4 ******₴ |
| Utilities and services | Completed | 9 ******₴ |
| First fix | Completed | 4 ******₴ |
| Finishing | Completed | 6 ******₴ |
| Completed | Completed | 3 ******₴ |
| Total | 7 *******₴ |
The amounts are hidden because this is someone else's project. You will see your own in your estimate, not on a website.
Approvals
Every decision that affects the money or the look is logged as its own item. Until the client marks it approved, work on that item does not start.
12 approved · 1 returned
| Item | Approved by | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survey and floor planDemolition | Engineer | February 3, 2016 | Returned for revision |
| Partition build-upFirst fix | Designer | February 3, 2016 | Approved |
| Floor and ceiling levelsFirst fix | Client | February 3, 2016 | Approved |
| Survey and floor planDemolition · after revision | Engineer | February 9, 2016 | Approved |
| Demolition plan and setting outDemolition | Client | February 15, 2016 | Approved |
| Water and drainage pointsUtilities and services | Designer | March 17, 2016 | Approved |
| Electrical layout and outletsUtilities and services | Client | March 22, 2016 | Approved |
| Heating layoutUtilities and services | Client | March 28, 2016 | Approved |
| Tile layoutFinishing | Designer | August 17, 2016 | Approved |
| Wall colourFinishing | Client | August 17, 2016 | Approved |
| Floor finishFinishing | Designer | August 17, 2016 | Approved |
| Doors and hardwareFinishing | Client | August 17, 2016 | Approved |
| Handover checklistCompleted | Designer | December 1, 2016 | Approved |
The approvals shown here are an example of how the mechanism works: the photographs do not record what was actually signed off on this project. Your account will carry your own history.
On site
- Site managerdaily supervision and photo reports
- Project managerestimate, schedule, contact with the client
- Engineerdrawings and details
Rooms
How many frames each part of the project accounts for.
- living room7
- bathroom6
- outdoors1
- grounds1
- corridor1
- hallway1
Site log
Every day the site was photographed. The dates are real — read from the files, not typed in.
7 days photographed
CompletedDecember 28, 20171 photo
Bright room with red shelving units and wide window sills
CompletedNovember 21, 20172 photos
Finished salon reception area with a wooden reception desk · Lounge area with a polished concrete floor and a panoramic window
Utilities and servicesAugust 17, 20169 photos
Corridor with cable trunking installed and black doors fitted · Combined bathroom after tiling and installation of the fixtures
Utilities and servicesApril 27, 20162 photos
Installing the ventilation duct under the bathroom ceiling · Service floor with ceiling utilities and electrical wiring
DemolitionMarch 17, 20163 photos
The basement after the floor and wall structures were removed · Trench in the yard for laying the new utility lines
Utilities and servicesMarch 3, 20161 photo
Bathroom with utility connections and wiring brought out
DemolitionFebruary 3, 20164 photos
Facade of the residential building marked up for demolition before work began · Pipe routing marked out on the floor of the future bathroom
Documents
The contract, the estimate and the certificates live in the account, not in somebody's messenger. This project's archive holds 2 scanned documents — the documents themselves are closed in the demo.
- Contract and annexesHidden
- EstimateHidden
- Certificates of completionHidden
- Material specificationsHidden
- As-built documentationHidden
Work in progress
Each stage is dates and frames from the site. These were shot for the job, not for a website, which is why some of them look exactly like a building site looks.
Demolition
February 2016 — March 20163 photosWork completed
Facade of the residential building marked up for demolition before work began
outdoors · February 3, 2016
The basement after the floor and wall structures were removed
March 17, 2016
Trench in the yard for laying the new utility lines
grounds · March 17, 2016
Utilities and services
February 2016 — August 20167 photosWork completed
Pipe routing marked out on the floor of the future bathroom
bathroom · February 3, 2016
Water supply pipes run beneath the bathroom ceiling
bathroom · February 3, 2016
Bathroom with utility connections and wiring brought out
bathroom · March 3, 2016
Brick wall with openings prepared for pipework
bathroom · March 17, 2016
Installing the ventilation duct under the bathroom ceiling
bathroom · April 27, 2016
Service floor with ceiling utilities and electrical wiring
April 27, 2016
Corridor with cable trunking installed and black doors fitted
corridor · August 17, 2016
First fix
February 20161 photoWork completed
Office space after demolition, with a window and temporary lighting
February 3, 2016
Finishing
August 201610 photosWork completed
Combined bathroom after tiling and installation of the fixtures
bathroom · August 17, 2016
Room with a suspended ceiling, downlights and uPVC windows
August 17, 2016
Multi-level plasterboard ceiling and porcelain stoneware in the large room
living room · August 17, 2016
Painted walls, porcelain stoneware with skirting and the distribution board installed
living room · August 17, 2016
Finishing wraps up: cleaning equipment and a section of electrics still exposed
living room · August 17, 2016
Commercial space with two shopfront windows and glass doors
August 17, 2016
Interfloor staircase with treads and risers clad in porcelain stoneware
hallway · August 17, 2016
Hall with three windows, sills and glossy porcelain stoneware
Empty room with a niche and a boxed-in duct after final finishing
Finished ceiling with cove lighting, window reveals and dark entrance doors
living room
Completed
August 2016 — December 20175 photosCompleted and handed over — Final photographs, after cleaning and handover.
Completed space with marble-effect porcelain stoneware and beige accents
living room · August 17, 2016
Finished salon reception area with a wooden reception desk
November 21, 2017
Lounge area with a polished concrete floor and a panoramic window
living room · November 21, 2017
Bright room with red shelving units and wide window sills
living room · December 28, 2017
Small room after renovation with neat reveals and window sills
Want the same account for your project?
We open the account on day one: the client sees stages, dates and photographs without waiting for a call from the site manager.
- Access from the first day of work
- Photo reports from site, not «all good»
- Estimate, payments and balance in one place