Traders Tea and Coffee
Traders Tea and Coffee, Surbiton, Surrey:
improvements to retail and work shop with living accommodation over
Key Facts
Retail shop and workshop
Office accommodation
Self contained residential accommodation
This two storey Victorian building has been converted to provide large retail and workshop facilities for an established coffee trader with a self contained and separately accessed flat above.
Traders were already well established in the Surbiton area and had a growing business supplying and servicing coffee machines to the London restaurant and coffee bar trade. The building, previously a bakery, offered substantial accommodation but much of it was poorly constructed and of a temporary nature.
The flat above could only be entered from the back of the shop, was in a poor state and unoccupied.
The new shopfront provides large windows for product display and allows clear views into the lively shop interior. At the rear of the shop improved accommodation has been provided for office and workshop staff.
The residential unit has been remodelled to provide a two bedroom flat with living room, benefiting from a good sized south facing balcony. The party floor between the shop and flat required substantial upgrading
to meet with the new sound regulation requirements.