Retail shopfitting across East Sussex
Our retail shopfitting team works across East Sussex and the wider South East, taking projects from first survey to final clean in towns including Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes.
Retail shopfitting is the design, manufacture and installation of everything inside a shop that lets it trade: walls, ceilings, lighting, flooring, display fixtures, counters, fitting rooms and the services behind them.
What is shopfitting like in East Sussex?
Typical East Sussex jobs for this service involve shopping centre units and retail park stores, as well as high street units and corner shops. We check the lease, access and service capacity before pricing.
Across the South East, market towns with conservation areas sit next to large retail parks, so shopfront design often needs to satisfy planners on the high street while retail park units follow the landlord's specification.
What does the work include?
- Display walls, gondolas and counters
- Flooring, decorating and final clean
- Measured survey and floor plan
- Strip-out and making good
Planning and building control in East Sussex
In England, fit-out work that affects fire escape, structure, drainage or accessibility falls under the Building Regulations and is signed off by local authority or approved inspector building control. Shopfronts, extraction flues and illuminated signs are dealt with separately by the local planning authority.
- Landlord consent and the lease's fit-out guide usually need sign-off before work starts.
- Shopfitting inside a trading centre often has to run out of hours, so ask for a night-work price early.
Questions about retail shopfitting in East Sussex
Can you work around our existing shop while it trades?
Yes. We phase the work, screen off live areas and do the noisy and dusty trades out of hours so the shop can keep taking money.
Do you provide the design as well as the build?
We produce a layout and elevations with you, then build from them. If you already have a designer or brand guidelines, we work to those instead.
Do you cover Eastbourne and the rest of East Sussex?
Yes. We carry out retail shopfitting in Eastbourne, Hastings and across East Sussex. The survey is free wherever the unit is.
Which building rules apply to fit-outs in East Sussex?
In England, fit-out work that affects fire escape, structure, drainage or accessibility falls under the Building Regulations and is signed off by local authority or approved inspector building control. Shopfronts, extraction flues and illuminated signs are dealt with separately by the local planning authority.
Towns we cover in East Sussex
Other services in East Sussex
- Shop refurbishment and refit
- Bespoke shop joinery and counters
- Shelving and display systems
- Suspended ceilings and partitions
- Commercial shop flooring
- Fashion and boutique fit-out
Nearby areas
Ready to plan your fit-out in East Sussex?
Book a free site survey and get a fixed-price, itemised quote.