Retail

Hartley Glo Boutique — Heritage High-Street Shopfront

Hartley Glo, a boutique homeware retailer, needed to replace their tired timber shopfront with a striking black aluminium installation that would do justice to their distinctive gold script branding. The property is a Grade II-style red-bri

ClientHartley Glo
LocationSurrey
SectorRetail & Shopfitting
ServiceAluminium Shopfronts
Duration3 days on site
Year2025
Hartley Glo Boutique — Heritage High-Street Shopfront

The brief

Replace the existing white timber shopfront with a contemporary black aluminium system. The new shopfront needed to act as a frame for the existing illuminated gold signage, give clear interior visibility for window displays, and provide enhanced overnight security via integrated roller shutters.

Our approach

We surveyed the existing shopfront and produced design drawings showing the new aluminium grid. Our specification used Smart Systems Alitherm Heritage in matte black RAL 9005, with toughened laminated glazing and a flush DDA-compliant threshold. The Hartley Glo signage was carefully removed, cleaned and rebonded to the new shopfront fascia. Installation was completed across a single weekend to minimise trading disruption — Saturday closing through Sunday handover.

Outcomes

Project walk-through

From start to finish

Image sequence showing the project progression — survey, install, completion.

Installation in progress

Installation in progress

Our installer fitting the new aluminium frame from a step ladder while the original timber elements are removed.

Day 2 — fascia complete

Day 2 — fascia complete

Black aluminium framework installed with the gold Hartley Glo signage rebonded to the new fascia.

Completed front elevation

Completed front elevation

The finished shopfront in full daylight, showing the contrast between the black aluminium and red-brick context.

Approach view

Approach view

From the approach along the high street — the shopfront draws the eye from 50+ metres away.

Streetview composition

Streetview composition

The completed installation in its full streetscape context.

After dark

After dark

Evening view showing the illuminated interior and the signage glowing from within.

Signage close-up

Signage close-up

Detail of the gold script signage rebonded to the new fascia using stainless-steel fixings.

Technical specifications

SystemSmart Systems Alitherm Heritage
FinishMatte black RAL 9005
GlassToughened laminated, 38mm overall
DoorCentre-pivot with locking gear and DDA threshold
Lead time5 weeks manufacture, 3 days install

"S&K worked over a weekend so we never lost a trading day. The new shopfront has transformed how the shop looks from the street — we have customers stopping to photograph it."

— Hartley Glo team
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