Hair Salon Design & Build

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Owner/Occupier – Hair Ott

Whiteley PO15

1,550 sq ft

Brief:

Active Service Solutions Ltd were appointed to design and deliver a new 1550 sq ft salon for the Hair OTT group. With the successful smaller 1098 sq ft salon currently in operation on the same site our client was looking to double their workstation capacity whilst still providing the same environment and feel. Knowing our clients company moto “it’s not just a haircut” and their desire to make their clients feel good about themselves whilst having their fantastic haircut in a relaxing environment, we set about designing a new salon that would deliver that true Hair Ott experience. As with all of our projects we know how important it is for our clients to make sure we understand what they are trying to achieve, we start by undertaking a full face to face client meeting to understand their requirements, obviously input from ourselves, drawing on previous fitout experiences is always welcomed by our clients but we know the most important thing is for us to listen to truly get an understanding of what they need from us. We then felt a visit to their current salon would be very beneficial to take in the experience and environment being provided before undertaking a full site visit to the new unit where measurements are taken so enable us to provide design drawings and proposals. To remove all unwanted partition walls, before building a new dispensary and separate staff area, the main salon is to have sixteen cutting stations, six drying station and six wash stations, new LED lighting, full decorations, and the installation a salon master hot water system.

Delivery:

Knowing that the clients brief is to double their cutting station capacity whilst providing the same relaxing environment one of the main challenges was how best to use the additional 500 sq ft. We set about providing a full set of design drawings and visuals for our client to review which included full measurements so they could see the working space around each designer’s station. Once the final design was agreed we were ready to get to work. One of our client’s request was that they wanted to use as much of their existing salon furniture as possible whilst minimising the down time of their current functioning salon, so we put together full schedule of works document detailing all works and proposed timescales, this provided the reassurance our client needed that the project could be delivered on time and the confidence that they were safe to book in appointments for their new salon knowing Active Service Solutions Ltd had everything in control to deliver the project to the agreed completion date. Working within an open shopping centre which is also located in close proximity to a large housing site also provided many challenges, such as permitted working hours, scheduled delivery times, removal and storage of waste and a detailed permit to work scheme, however due Active Service Solutions vast experience in delivering projects like this we were best place to manage both our clients time scale expectations whilst keeping a great working relationship with the site management team.

It was a pleasure working with Active Service Solutions for the delivery of our new salon. From start to finish, they were professional, helpful, and polite. They consistently kept us informed and went above and beyond to ensure the project was completed on time while meeting all our specific requirements. We are absolutely thrilled with the final product! I would not hesitate to use their services again and highly recommend them to others.

Patrick Dunford – Company owner/director