Contract planning in South Hampstead
Documented building context
Camden’s February 2011 South Hampstead appraisal describes decorated front gables, Dutch gables, steep hipped and mansard forms, and some original dormers in paragraph 5.2. It identifies turrets and ogee-shaped domes along Fairhazel Gardens. Paragraph 5.3 further records corner compositions there with cupolas and canted bays, distinguishing these eastern street corners from the central area’s arrangement.
Existing-building records for the tender
An invoice for painting, masonry treatment or renewed joinery should retain its stated extent. Keep it distinguishable from any investigation of the underlying support or concealed connection. If there is a reported stain or crack, identify the affected room and surface in the brief; the appraisal’s description of a prominent corner composition is not evidence of the cause or resolution of that particular observation.
South Hampstead tender and contract decisions
For a South Hampstead roof package, identify each instructed gable, dormer, turret and principal covering on a component drawing. The Fairhazel Gardens examples make it particularly useful to distinguish a corner composition from the central portion of a terrace. A price for the main slope should not be assumed to include a cupola or the junction behind a canted bay. Ask bidders to state quantities, access and temporary weather protection at those positions.
Where the intended work retains decorative fabric, give the contractor a repair detail and identify any sample or trial stage. If the actual construction is concealed, specify the investigation before deciding the permanent treatment. Record the question for the designer, the location and the agreed extent of opening-up, including temporary enclosure and making good. The appraisal's description of a dome or gable does not establish its present condition or the support behind the visible surface.
For an occupied converted building, put private units and common access on the tender plan. Identify the person authorised to arrange entry and record any restrictions before contractors rely on a programme. Access to a top-floor room should not be treated as permission to use every roof terrace or neighbouring elevation. Price the route actually agreed and distinguish any outstanding arrangement from an approved one.
What should the South Hampstead tender and completion file make clear?
Discuss the proposed JCT form with the complete design information and any defined specialist design responsibility. Reconcile tender qualifications about the ornate corner features and shared areas before award. Carry the accepted alternative, price and drawing revision into the final documents. Later instructions, inspection photographs and valuations should use the same component identifiers. At handover, record remaining obligations at the dormer, dome or bay individually so the contract's decorative complexity does not become one undifferentiated completion item.
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Local Sources Checked
- Camden: South Hampstead Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, February 2011 — PDF / printed page 15, paragraphs 5.2–5.3: gables, hipped/mansard forms, dormers and Fairhazel Gardens turrets, ogee-shaped domes, cupolas and canted bays. Cover gives February 2011. No roof condition or present alteration-permission conclusion.
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