Office Fitouts in the Inner West

Burwood and Ashfield have conventional office buildings. Balmain, Leichhardt and Marrickville have a lot of converted industrial. We build in both.

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We cover the Inner West end to end: Balmain, Leichhardt and Marrickville through to Burwood, Ashfield and Strathfield.

Two Kinds of Building in the Inner West

There are two kinds of commercial building in the Inner West. Office buildings around the stations at Burwood, Ashfield and Strathfield, and old warehouses converted into offices through Marrickville, Leichhardt and Balmain. They are different jobs and we take on both.

Warehouses turned into offices

A lot of the older stock is a warehouse somebody has turned into offices. Brick walls that are not straight, a timber or steel roof, and a slab that falls away toward an old drain. None of that is a problem, but the walls get packed out to plumb and the set-out gets done on site rather than off a plan.

Everything above your head is on show

Leaving the structure and services exposed is the look most tenants ask for in the converted buildings. It also means everything above your head is on show, so ductwork, cable tray and sprinkler drops have to be set out properly rather than tucked into a ceiling. Most of the work in that is coordination.

Heritage and character controls

Parts of Balmain, Leichhardt and Annandale sit in heritage conservation areas, and some individual buildings are listed. That can affect what you may do to a facade or a window. We build to whatever the approval says, and we coordinate with your heritage consultant on anything it does not cover.

Conventional office buildings

Burwood, Ashfield and Strathfield have ordinary office buildings: suspended ceilings, central air conditioning and a building manager. Those jobs run like a small CBD fitout, with an approval process and lift bookings, at a smaller scale.

Narrow streets and no dock

Most inner-west industrial buildings were built for a small truck and a roller door. A semi often cannot get in, and access is commonly off a shared driveway or a laneway, so we book deliveries in advance.

Acoustics between tenancies

Warehouses subdivided into several tenancies often have partitions that stop at the underside of a mezzanine rather than at the roof. If noise matters, that gap is where it travels, and it is much cheaper to close it during the fitout than afterwards.

New steel stud framing standing against an exposed brick wall inside a converted warehouse, with the old steel roof left open above.

Building New Walls Against Old Ones

A hundred-year-old brick wall is rarely plumb, rarely straight and never square to the next one. New partitions still have to be all three.

So the set-out gets done on site, off the actual building rather than the drawing. Walls are packed out where they meet the brick, junctions are scribed rather than butted, and the discrepancy is taken up somewhere it will not be seen instead of somewhere it will.

It is the main difference between a converted warehouse and a modern office building, and the reason we want to stand in one of these before we price it.

What We Build in the Inner West

A converted building often needs everything at once: walls, ceilings, services coordination and finishes. A conventional office at Burwood might only need one of them. We take on the lot or just the one part.

Businesses We’ve Worked With

Twenty years of fitouts in buildings of every vintage, from old brick and timber to base build with nothing in it yet.

Who We Build For in the Inner West

Creative and professional businesses in the converted buildings, conventional offices around the stations, childcare and clinics through the residential streets. Plenty of it fits no category at all, and we build for that too.

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What Clients Say

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Complete Office Fitouts is an excellent company that went the 'extra mile' to get the job done. The team were always willing to help me problem-solve as we worked our way through the logistical issues that arose during the fit out. The team were always easy to contact and willing to attend site visits with me as required. They provided sound advice and set high standards, and the quality of the finished product was excellent. Highly recommended.
Simon Fox
Dimitry and his team are fantastic. He is very professional with great communication skills. I was recommended to Dimitry from a friend after he did their fit-out. Excellent work, and Dimitry is very approachable and friendly to discuss any issue that may arise and quickly fix them. Very happy with the work his team have performed and I would highly recommend them.
Daniel De Jesus
It was a pleasure working with Complete Office Fitouts. As I was unfamiliar with the compliance aspects of building work, Dimitry guided me throughout the entire process—from start to completion. I truly appreciate the support and professionalism, and I look forward to collaborating on future projects. Thank you for your hard work and dedication
Subash Thapa

Planning a Fitout in the Inner West?

Tell us the address. In these buildings the site visit tells us more than the drawings do, so we would rather come and look before we put a number on it.

01Tell us where the building isWe usually respond within the hour, during business hours.
02We visit the siteWe can usually attend site within one business day.
03You receive a clear written scopeThe works, the inclusions and the exclusions, priced against the building as we find it.

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