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The paid review is separate from construction. Regional scope, travel and fee are agreed before booking or payment.
Property context and service details
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A Home Report normally includes a survey and valuation, a property questionnaire and an energy report, although some properties are exempt. The questionnaire can include listing and conservation information. Contractor-led advice helps you consider what the available information means for your proposed renovation, its sequence and cost drivers. Specialist survey and legal questions remain with the appropriate professional.
For an older flat, managed home or steading, establish the intended use, listing and title questions before relying on renovation potential. Related guidance: listed building renovation guide.
Use current council maps, policies and available character guidance. An absent appraisal does not establish the likely planning decision.
Obtain title and management documents before planning alterations in a managed development. Your solicitor should advise on restrictions and approvals.
Define the specification around intended use, existing materials, access and repair needs. These inform construction costs rather than market value.
Local questions to resolve before renovation
Listing and original fabric
Confirm listing and identify affected original fabric. Ask your adviser or the council which approvals the proposal needs.
Steading and outbuilding conversions
Establish the steading’s intended use and approval route with your designer. Check fabric, openings, access and services before developing the budget.
Current planning information
Use current council policies and available character guidance for the proposal. Refer gaps in the information to your adviser.
Gleneagles Village deed conditions
Management arrangements or title conditions may affect alterations. Your solicitor should establish the rights and approvals before the construction scope is defined.
What the Pre-Purchase Feasibility Check includes
The standard walkthrough reviews visible construction and the information available about the property, including homes you are considering buying. Concealed conditions remain unknown until investigated. Invasive investigation can be arranged and priced separately. This is contractor-led feasibility advice, not a structural survey, valuation or legal report.
A paid, structured assessment that gives you a written record before you commit.
The non-invasive walkthrough
Arranged around access availability. Before or after you make an offer, before is better. We review the visible renovation constraints and the information available about the property.
Planning questions and next checks
We review visible construction, available records, cost drivers and questions to resolve. Planning decisions, legal advice, valuation, structural assessment, specialist investigation and design remain with the relevant authority or appointed professional. Hidden conditions and a proposal’s acceptability are not established by the visit.
Realistic budget range
Based on current contractor and material costs. Where relevant, an assessment of the cost premium for heritage-standard materials and the additional requirements of working within a listed building or conservation area.
Written Feasibility Summary (PDF)
Delivery timing is agreed with you. The written summary includes a Red, Amber, Green list of unknowns, likely scope, cost drivers and questions for the appropriate professional.
Fee offset against project
If you proceed with Sweet Homes for the renovation work within 60 days, the £420 including VAT (£350 plus VAT) feasibility check fee is offset against the project cost.
How the feasibility check works
Straightforward. You share the listing, we walk the property, you get a written record.
Get in touch with the listing
Share the property listing link and any photographs you have. If you have specific concerns about listed building status, conservation area constraints, or planning rules, bring those questions to the conversation. Send your enquiry by form or email. We will reply and arrange a follow-up call to talk through the project.
We agree the visit and fee
The fee is £420 including VAT (£350 plus VAT), fixed before we arrange access. We confirm the visit date around seller availability.
The non-invasive walkthrough
We walk the property with you, or alone if you cannot attend. We check the points Check the Home Report and available records, then confirm the implications for your proposed work with the appropriate professional.
Written summary
Your written summary records visible observations, construction scope, cost drivers and unresolved questions. Delivery timing is agreed, and the record is yours to share.
What this actually costs you
An Edinburgh walkthrough and written summary cost £420 including VAT (£350 plus VAT). Fees further afield are agreed separately using this as the starting point. We confirm the scope and fee before you book or pay. You can take the written summary to any contractor. Sweet Homes may also quote for later work. If you agree renovation work with Sweet Homes within 60 days of the walkthrough, the consultancy fee is deducted from the project cost.
Trusted Trader verified 4.9 stars · 130+ combined reviews across Google and Edinburgh Trusted Trader 12-month workmanship warrantyWhat clients say about working with Sweet Homes
We had some general smaller works undertaken both internally and externally. Brunon talked me through what they could do, he comes up with good practical suggestions, he tries to simplify jobs, rather than complicate. His team turn up on time, they are polite and courteous, work undertaken to a very high standard.
Bob Melville, Verified Trusted Trader review
Brunon does a clear and thorough written quotation before the work, so you know exactly what is expected. He tries to simplify jobs, rather than complicate.
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Meticulous in respecting our property. He knows exactly what he is doing.
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Illustrative renovation questions
Alterations in a managed development
Obtain the title and management documents for your solicitor before planning alterations. Use any confirmed restrictions to define the construction scope.
He knows exactly what he is doing.
Verified Trusted Trader review
A steading considered for conversion
Establish the intended use and approval route with your designer and the council. Check the steading’s visible fabric, access and services before developing a construction budget.
A clear and thorough written quotation before the work, so you know exactly what is expected.
Verified Google review
Changes inside a potentially listed flat
Confirm listing and identify the original fabric affected by the layout change. Ask your designer which consent and structural checks are needed.
Meticulous in respecting our property.
Verified Trusted Trader review
A proposal near a conservation-area boundary
A hidden liability that Check the site and designation boundaries against current council information. The proposed work, materials and access requirements then give your designer a defined proposal to assess.
They owned it from start to finish.
Verified Google review
Ask about a feasibility walkthrough in Auchterarder
If you are considering a property in Auchterarder and want to understand what the renovation will realistically involve before you commit, we would be glad to hear from you. Share the property listing link and any photographs you have. The walkthrough is £420 including VAT (£350 plus VAT), fixed in writing before we arrange the visit.
★ 4.9/5 · 130+ combined reviews across Google and Edinburgh Trusted Trader
“We had some general smaller works undertaken both internally and externally. Brunon talked me through what they could do, he comes up with good practical suggestions, he tries to simplify jobs, rather than complicate. His team turn up on…”
Bob Melville, Verified Trusted Trader review
The short enquiry form covers the property, location and the work you are considering. Send your enquiry by form or email. We will reply and arrange a follow-up call to talk through the project.
Where we cover around Auchterarder
Sweet Homes operates from its Edinburgh base at 15 Calton Road, approximately 75 minutes from Auchterarder by road via the M9 and A9. Gleneagles station gives direct rail access to Perth and Stirling. The drive is well within comfortable operational range for a structured site visit. We also carry out renovation work in Stirling. See our Stirling renovations page to start an enquiry.
Not sure if we cover your area? Call or email with the property address and we will confirm.
Auchterarder feasibility check: things worth knowing
Listing can affect internal and external alterations. Confirm the building’s status and the proposed changes with your adviser before relying on a layout.
A home, annexe, workspace or letting use can require different checks. Establish the proposed use and approval route with your designer and the council.
Ask the council which policies and character guidance apply. Where an appraisal is unavailable, obtain advice from the other relevant information.
Have your solicitor review title and management documents. Check any separate listing or setting implications before defining alterations.
Agree intended use and finish before budgeting. Refer market comparisons, resale value and investment returns to your valuation adviser.
We agree the delivery timing with you. The PDF records visible findings, unknowns and likely cost drivers, and can be shared with your solicitor or another contractor.
You can take the written summary to any contractor. Sweet Homes may also quote for later work. If you agree renovation work with Sweet Homes within 60 days of the walkthrough, the consultancy fee is deducted from the project cost.
Guides before a local advice appointment
Read these general guides before asking about local renovation advice. The scope and appointment arrangements are agreed for your property.