Project Records

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Every project below had one.

Project Records

MYX · 01 · SOUTH KENSINGTON IFC
CLIENT Private Client — Finance
TYPE Conversion · Studio to one-bedroom flat
SCOPE £120,000 ex VAT
LISTED BUILDING Yes — Grade II
GATES CLOSED 13 / 13
VARIATIONS 4 raised · All approved in writing before works proceeded
PROGRAMME
H1 issued: 24 weeks · External delay: heritage department issued new layout requirements post-H1 · Programme extended 12 weeks on heritage determination · Revised baseline issued to client same day · Completed within revised programme.
"The heritage team changed the layout four months in. I'd been through a renovation before where that kind of thing caused months of silence and then a surprise bill. I had a revised programme and a variation document the same day the determination came through. The delay wasn't their fault. How they handled it was entirely their doing."
MYX · 02 · CHELSEA IFC
CLIENT Private Client — Finance
TYPE One-bedroom flat renovation
SCOPE ~£120,000 ex VAT
GATES CLOSED 13 / 13
VARIATIONS 2 raised · Both approved in writing before works proceeded
PROGRAMME
H1 issued: 2 weeks · Discovery variation mid-project · Inadequate water pressure requiring pump installation · Solution and revised programme presented to client before works proceeded · Delivered within revised timeline: 4 weeks.
"I pushed for two weeks. They found a water pressure problem mid-way that needed a pump — something nobody could have known was there. They came to me with a solution and a revised timeline before touching anything. It ran four weeks in the end. I've had contractors finish late and tell me at the end."
MYX · 03 · CHELSEA IFC
CLIENT Private Client — Energy
TYPE One-bedroom flat renovation
SCOPE ~£60,000 ex VAT
GATES CLOSED 13 / 13
VARIATIONS 3 raised · All approved in writing before works proceeded
PROGRAMME
H1 issued: 12 weeks · Two discovery items: concealed floor defect identified at H3 strip-out · third-party window installation delay · Programme resequenced on both discoveries · Client informed same week as each identification · Delivered within revised programme: 14 weeks.
"They found the floors were in a terrible state once they opened up — nothing the survey could have caught. Instead of fixing it and adding it to the bill at the end, I had a call and a variation document within the same week. The job ran two weeks longer than planned. I knew about both weeks before they happened."
MYX · 04 · MAYFAIR IFC
CLIENT Private Client — Property
TYPE Commercial fit-out · Two projects completed
SCOPE ~£360,000 ex VAT across both projects
GATES CLOSED 13 / 13 · 13 / 13
VARIATIONS Project 1: 0 raised · Project 2: 3 raised · All approved in writing before works proceeded
PROGRAMME
Project 1: Delivered on programme. Project 2: Subcontractor QA failure identified at H9 internal QC · Remediation instructed before client walkthrough · Programme resequenced · Client informed at weekly pack same week as identification · Delivered within revised programme: 4 weeks extended.
"The first project ran exactly as described. The second hit a quality problem with one of their subcontractors midway through. I found out about it in the weekly pack the same week they found it — not at the end when it was too late to do anything. They resequenced the programme and told me what it would cost to the timeline before asking me to agree. I've commissioned enough projects to know that's not how this industry usually works."
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