Casinys writes this blog for the people who actually sign off on office work: property managers, operations leads and business owners across Melbourne and the rest of Australia. We cover fit-outs, refurbishments, budgets and the awkward bits nobody warns you about.
Two posts live
Both written after jobs we ran ourselves, not pulled from a template.
About this journal
Most of what gets published about commercial interiors is written to sell something. We try to do the opposite. When we write up a project, we include the numbers that went sideways, the trades that ran late and the decisions that saved the client money. You can take that and use it on your own tender, whether or not you ever call us.
18 yrs
Building commercial interiors in Victoria
Floor plates, head height, services runs and how much of the old base build you can realistically keep.
What square metre rates look like right now, where allowances get eaten, and how to hold a contingency without freezing the job.
Phasing, after-hours shifts, dust control and keeping a trading floor open while demolition happens two rooms away.
Latest posts
Two long reads, both based on jobs delivered in and around Melbourne. More are being written as projects wrap up.
How to split a refit into stages so people stay at their desks, which trades can run in the evening, and the parts of a live site that no checklist covers. We walk through a Richmond office we refitted over eleven weeks without a single closed day.
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The five reasons quotes turn into final invoices that nobody recognises. We break down where the money actually goes, what a realistic contingency looks like in 2025, and the contract clauses worth arguing about before you sign anything.
Read the articleServices behind the writing
The blog is a side project. The day job is delivering commercial interiors, and these two services cover most of what clients bring to us.
Strip-out, partitions, joinery, power and data, flooring and paint, managed by one team from day one to handover.
Test fits, layout options, acoustic planning and documentation that your builder can actually price.
If you are planning a refit, tell us the size of the space, the suburb and roughly when you want to start. We will give you an honest read on cost and timing, and if it turns into a good story we will ask before publishing anything.
All posts are written from our Cremorne base, a few minutes from the CBD and the inner-east office market.
