Tenement conversion into a boutique hotel
- Location
- Kraków · Kazimierz
- Size
- about 28 rooms and a restaurant
- Client
- Hotel investor or operator
- Indicative programme
- 18 to 24 months, including approvals
UCG Poland is opening in Poland. These are concept studies, not completed projects in Poland, and every image is an illustrative visual. They show how we would plan and deliver each type of building. Completed work will be added here as it is handed over.
Concept study · Boutique hotel
Kraków · Kazimierz
Kraków’s hotels now outperform Warsaw’s on occupancy, and guests increasingly look for character over size. This study converts a Kazimierz tenement into a boutique hotel of about 28 rooms with a street-level restaurant.
What we would deliver
- Full refurbishment behind the retained facade
- New lift, stairs and fire compartmentation
- Bathrooms in every room and new building services
- Restaurant with kitchen and extraction
- Interiors and FF&E coordinated with the operator
Polish approvals
- Heritage conservator’s permit (Kazimierz lies within Kraków’s historic centre)
- Building permit including the change of use to a hotel
- Fire safety agreement with a ppoż. expert
- Sanepid approval for the restaurant
- Hotel category assessment under the Polish tourism services rules
Concept brief
- Size
- about 28 rooms and a restaurant
- Client
- Hotel investor or operator
- Indicative programme
- 18 to 24 months, including approvals
Illustrative visuals.
Design-build
How we would deliver it
- 01
Feasibility
Site, zoning plan and budget reviewed, with a clear answer on whether the scheme works and what it will take.
- 02
Design
Architecture, structure and services designed together, with the build cost tracked from the first sketch.
- 03
Approvals
Heritage, building permit, Sanepid and fire-safety approvals prepared and followed through to a decision.
- 04
Construction
One project manager, a written programme and a report with site photos at every milestone.
- 05
Handover
Commissioning, inspections, as-built documents and the occupancy permit, so you can open on time.
