A period building on Piccadilly in Hanley, converted into five flats and two shops. This case study shows the raw before state in full: thirty-four photographs of the building the day the keys came over.
Project · Snapshot
A period building on Piccadilly in Hanley, taken from commercial use to five self-contained flats and two shops. What this case study has that the others do not is the raw before: a substantial set of thirty-four photographs showing exactly what the building looked like the day the keys came over.
Project · The Story
The same three questions we ask every project: what they bought, what we did, what changed. Honest. Specific. No marketing fluff.
A period building on Piccadilly in Hanley, bought to be converted into five self-contained flats with two shops retained at street level.
The substantial before set you're seeing on this case study is the actual buying decision documented. It is what an investor is looking at when they're deciding whether a building of this age and condition can carry a conversion. Trying to underwrite one off the agent's marketing photos is how investors get caught out.
A mixed-use conversion: five self-contained flats formed out of the upper floors, two shop units kept at street level.
Every stage was photographed from the day the keys came over. The finished, dressed photography is not published on this page.
A period building in the middle of Hanley brought back into full use: five homes above, two shops below. Another empty building back in use in the Potteries.
Commercial to Residential · Piccadilly, Hanley
A period building on Piccadilly in Hanley, taken from commercial use to five self-contained flats and two shops. What this case study has that the others do not is the raw before: a substantial set of thirty-four photographs showing exactly what the building looked like the day the keys came over.
Thirty-four photographs of the building on Piccadilly the day the keys came over. Solid envelope, awkward last-trading-use cosmetics, internal layout shaped by whatever business sat in it last.
The extensive before set is deliberate. For anyone weighing up a similar building, the decision is made looking at exactly this kind of material: bones, layout, condition, light. The forensic before walk-through is the input that decides whether a build is feasible inside the budget.
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A note from John on privacy: we love sharing beautifully styled "after" shots with furniture and fittings: but sometimes clients prefer not to have those images published, often for security reasons or to protect their privacy. We always respect their wishes. On Piccadilly the dressed-state photography stays off the public site.
The single image below is the comparison shot we are able to publish.
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Every HYPE build is documented on camera. The videos from this project sit at the top. Below them: three of John’s most-watched videos from HypeTV.
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