Payte has been appointed on the conversion and fit-out of a new retail unit in Clipper Street, East London. TheA property developer came to us with a flat in Sussex Place, Paddington, that they planned to rent out. They wanted it to feel luxurious and modern, but it was an investment, so the budget was…
Payte has been appointed on the conversion and fit-out of a new retail unit in Clipper Street, East London. The development includes a registered higher-risk residential building, but early investigation showed the shop did not need to go through the Building Safety Regulator. The challenge The ground-floor unit sits within a development that contains a…
Payte Architects London has secured Building Safety Regulator (BSR) approval for fire-safety works to a luxury apartment at Cinnabar Wharf on the Wapping waterfront, allowing the owner to move ahead with a sale that had been on hold. The challenge The client came to us unable to sell their flat because it was not fire…
Payte Architects London has completed an urgent boiler replacement within a higher-risk residential building at Rosebery Court, Charles Street, Mayfair. By identifying the right regulatory route at the outset, we turned the project around within five working days, without the delay of a full Building Safety Regulator application. The challenge Our domestic client was unable…
A fire left a flat at Centenary Plaza, Southampton, empty and uninhabitable. Before anyone assumed a full Building Safety Regulator application, Sedgwick asked Payte a sharper question: does this repair actually need one? The challenge Sedgwick, the international claims and risk services provider, first appointed Payte on a project in London. Its second instruction is…
A substantial refurbishment of a listed embassy in central London has gone out to competitive tender. Payte led the design, statutory and technical work, and now stays on as the client’s independent Contract Administrator. The commission The client is an overseas government, and the building sits in one of London’s diplomatic quarters. It is a…
Payte Architects London’s role on a substantial penthouse refurbishment at 21 Davies Street, Mayfair, continues to grow as the project moves from regulatory strategy towards construction. The challenge We were first approached in July 2026 on behalf of an overseas private client planning a major refurbishment of their penthouse. As the building is a higher-risk…
Over the past eighteen months, Payte Architects London has seen a significant increase in enquiries from leaseholders looking to undertake internal alterations within Higher-Risk Buildings. In many cases, the projects themselves appear relatively straightforward. Clients contact us wanting to remove a wall between a kitchen and living room, relocate a bathroom, create a more open-plan…
A major international insurance and claims organisation has retained Payte for specialist architectural and higher-risk building advice at The Landmark in London’s Docklands, following fire damage to an apartment. The challenge The Landmark is a registered higher-risk residential building. In a building like this, putting a fire-damaged flat back together is not just a repair…
Payte has been appointed to provide architectural, regulatory and Principal Designer services for the fit-out of a new premium wellness and beauty destination at Loxton Walk in Marylebone. The setting Loxton Walk is a new open-air retail and restaurant courtyard, developed by Derwent London and The Portman Estate. New avenues from Baker Street, Gloucester Place,…
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