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CENTRAL LONDON APARTMENT
Having worked previously with this family on another large apartment in the same luxury apartment complex , it was only natural that they would want to work with top London interior designers , René Dekker Design again on this prestigious project .
The owners live mainly in the Middle East and this residence was to become their second London trophy home . Living so far away it was important that they could trust the day to day interior design and management of the project to a studio with the right expertise and understanding of work carried out at this level of the market . With the clients also having business interests in the property industry , René Dekker Design knew the level of expectation required .
The award winning apartment is on the 15th floor of a brand new high rise just off Edgeware road in London . The clients bought it off plan as three individual apartments and it was reimagined into one large family dwelling . René Dekker Design received the plans in mid-2013 with an expected programme of two years . This would allow time to design the layout to suit the brief , design and develop the concept , implement the scheme and semi supervise site operations ( in conjunction with the developer ) as well as liaising with the main contractor . Further René Dekker would to develop the FF & E whilst building works were going on so that the installation would happen simultaneously with the completion of the fit out .
It was an unusual project due to the amount of third party contractors and consultants involved . The high end interior design studio would work with the Developer ’ s architect to provide the ‘ design intent ’ drawings as well as the Finishes schedule for the initial fit out . Under this aspect of the project , the main contractor was in charge of the shell and core and