Sweet Homes renovates homes in Bridge of Allan and Dunblane, just north of Stirling. We take on kitchens, bathrooms, loft conversions, extensions and whole-house renovations, and we supply and fit everything we install, so one company answers for both the materials and the workmanship.
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Small moments, thoughtfully considered
Every project starts with your enquiry and a follow-up phone call. A site visit follows where useful, then the written quotation. Please allow at least four weeks from your first enquiry before construction can start. Four weeks is the minimum lead time, not a promised start date. We agree the actual date and programme for your project. Tell us what you need and when.
If you need advice before choosing a contractor, see what our renovation consultancy covers.
Where we work around Stirling
We take on renovation work in Bridge of Allan and Dunblane. We do not currently take on renovation work in Stirling itself or elsewhere in the Stirling Council area.
Sweet Homes is an Edinburgh contractor, and a job here runs the same way as a job in Edinburgh: the same sequence, the same supply-and-fit rule and the same written quotation.
The homes we renovate here
Both towns have a large stock of stone-built Victorian villas and terraces, alongside interwar and later family houses. They are the same kinds of building we renovate across Edinburgh: original joinery and fireplaces to keep, older wiring and plumbing to replace, and layouts that often need rethinking for how a family lives now.
Each page below explains how we run that kind of project. They are written for Edinburgh homes, and the way we work is the same here.
From first message to written quotation
Send the property details and what you are planning, with any drawings and a few photographs. We reply by email, then arrange a follow-up call to work through the brief. A site visit is agreed afterwards where useful, and the written quotation sets out the agreed work.
Please allow at least four weeks from your first enquiry before construction can start. Four weeks is the minimum lead time, not a promised start date. We agree the actual date and programme for your project. That time covers the call, the site visit, the written quotation, your decision and the ordering that has to happen before trades arrive. If you need urgent help, contact an emergency tradesperson.
If you need advice before choosing a contractor, see what our renovation consultancy covers.
For the full sequence and each party’s responsibilities, see how Sweet Homes works.
Building warrants
Structural or layout changes, such as turning a loft or garage into a room or opening up a load-bearing wall, usually need a building warrant. We raise it at the start, and nothing is built until the warrant is in place. In Bridge of Allan and Dunblane it is issued by Stirling Council.
Your architect, structural engineer and warrant professional prepare the design and the application where the job needs them. We remain the contractor and price the work their drawings describe.
For the detail, read our plain guide to building warrants. The building regulations apply in the same way across Scotland.
One firm for the materials and the work
If you have already chosen products, send us their product codes. We buy those exact items for you, after checking availability and suitability, and price the job as supply and fit.
We are members of Edinburgh Trusted Trader and the Federation of Master Builders, and every job is covered by our workmanship warranty and aftercare.
Questions from homeowners around Stirling
The answers below are the same ones we give on the first call.
Do you cover Stirling and the surrounding villages?
Not at the moment. In the Stirling area we take on renovation work in Bridge of Allan and Dunblane only.
How soon can the work start?
Please allow at least four weeks from your first enquiry before construction can start. Four weeks is the minimum lead time, not a promised start date. We agree the actual date and programme for your project. That period covers the call, the site visit, the written quotation, your decision and the ordering that has to happen before trades arrive. If you need urgent help, contact an emergency tradesperson.
Do I need a building warrant?
Usually, if the job converts a loft or garage or opens up a load-bearing wall. We tell you at the start, and building waits until Stirling Council has issued the warrant.
Will you fit a kitchen or bathroom we have already bought?
No. We supply and fit every job and never fit client-supplied items. If you have already chosen products, send us their product codes. We buy those exact items for you, after checking availability and suitability, and price the job as supply and fit.
How much will it cost?
You get a written quotation after the call and the visit, priced on the measured house and the specification you choose. Our renovation cost guide gives indicative bands for planning, written for Edinburgh homes.
Is a listed or conservation-area home a problem?
No, but it adds steps. Parts of Bridge of Allan and Dunblane are conservation areas, and a listed building or a change in a conservation area can need consent from Stirling Council as well as a building warrant. We flag approval questions early. Your professional team confirms the requirements with the council, and work requiring consent waits until it is in place.
Buying a property in the area?
Our renovation consultancy can walk a property with you before you commit and set out what the work would involve. See the area page for Bridge of Allan, or Auchterarder further north.
Tell us about the house
Tell us the property type, the rooms you want to change and any drawings already prepared. Send your enquiry by form or email. We will reply and arrange a follow-up call to talk through the project.