New cables on rebuild.  If the outer housing on the shifter is not same length for both cables, it would be good if it was the same length.  Meaning the outer housing lengths should match.  You might want a third inner cable cut to the same length as the other cables to carry as a spare.  Is the outer housing in good shape, or should that be replaced?

If that bike uses an internal shift cable instead of EX box, do you want that cable replaced too?  That could involve some costly labor.

A maybe on brake pads?  That could cost more in labor than the cost of pads.

If drop bars, any particular bar tape you would prefer?  Color?

How good are the tires?

I think my Sherpa has a clear coat over the black.  The clear coat is also over the decals so the decals do not get rubbed off.  But the clear coat over the yellow paint on my Nomad Mk II flakes off, not sure if it was poorly prepped or what?  Is that something you would like?

Do a good inspection of the frame after sandblasted to see if there is any rust damage on the insides of the tubes.  I have occasionally seen on this forum photos of rust perforations on frame tubes.

My Nomad Mk II came with a piece of tape inside the headtube that covered the holes in the headtube to the top tube and downtube.  That way any water that got inside the headtube did not run down into the downtube or top tube, instead ran out of the bottom of the head tube.  A piece of tape is a really good idea there.

Make sure the serial number is visible and readable after the work is done.

I put a small drop of paint on my seatpost about a cm above the top of frame so I can easily see if my seatpost is in the right place or not.  If you did that before the work, you could set it up proper when the bike is returned to you without trial and error.

If you are one of the people that makes sure that the inside of the frame is greased where the seatpost is installed, you might plan to do that yourself when the bike is returned.

Take a photo of the stack of spacers on the steerer tube above the headset so you can get it set up the same later, just in case they do not keep records of the stem height on the steerer tube before disassembly.

I like to use blue (removable) threadlocker on rack bolts and fender bolts.  Most people don't do that.  Do you have a preference?

Great job, and perhaps having no decals makes it less of a target to steal?
If you do fit decals will you have to spray lacquer over the top?

Ron S plays the Hollywood Dome! Marvelous photo.

That's a spectacular crane. We have cranes too*, descendants of a female I captured decades ago on a different part of the river where she was likely to starve if she didn't first feature as dinner for the fox family that lived in the lawyer's arboretum perhaps fifty paces away with his private bridge pointing straight from their cave to the crane's perch, hurriedly (it's a dangerous predator which ruined the winter-weight pigskin gloves I wore though the thick knitted wool lining saved my fingers) stuffed in a doctors's Gladstone that I repurposed as a rack bag, and released it at the salmon stairs where there is a bedrock island that would offer her relative safety from foxes and a rogue mink (Siberian, some idiot thought it could be a pet, and let it escape, and 20-some years later did it again; what a moron) which had already killed one of a pair of swan. That first crane's descendants have since colonized the river and all its tributaries. (Interestingly, the ever-more error-prone BBC put out a documentary on the "Return of the Cranes to Ireland after 300 years", I kid you nor. Nope, I didn't import our tourist attraction, I found it, already here, and a mate found her here, about a hundred paces from my front door, within the month.) But these cranes are Common Greys, not quite dull but certainly well camouflaged, not nearly as spectacular as your Hokkaido Red Crest. They likely share a common mainland Asian ancestry, as the Common Grey was introduced from Asia and has a red bald patch on its head, not a crest.

* Not to mention that my cross frame bike is a Kranich, which is German for crane.

My Raven could do with a face lift.
May I ask who you used for the work?

Many thanks

Matt

It was a local engineering firm in Bridport, they've done frames before and the chap seemed to be enthusiastic about bikes - Townsend Engineering

… and in British Racing Green too. Great looking bike; ready for spring.

Yeah, I noticed that. Cool cyclists have British Racing Green bikes.