Structural alterations in Edinburgh
Rooms that work better together.
Imagine chatting across the kitchen and living space while supper cooks. Sweet Homes changes home layouts in Edinburgh.
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Sweet Homes buys and fits the agreed products and materials for every job. We do not fit items bought or supplied by customers. Please allow at least four weeks from your first enquiry before construction can start. We agree your dates and costs with you before work starts.
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Brunon and his team were on time every day. The site was always left tidy overnight and Brunon was always happy to chat and explain what they were doing.
He turned up on time, was courteous and completed the work to a high standard on the day stated, at the price stated. Very happy customer, will hire him again.
After you enquire
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A 20-minute call about your plans
A site visit if it helps, with any fee agreed first
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Picture daily life on both sides of the opening
Before changing a wall, think about how you use the rooms it separates. A new opening affects where you walk and how the adjoining spaces feel, as well as the construction in your engineer’s design.
Before treating a layout change as a straightforward removal, read our guide to removing a wall in a tenement safely.
Existing ceilings, floors and decoration need identifying alongside any services crossing the work. Be clear about the details you want to keep, and check that the quotation sets out the agreed making good.
For work involving several trades, understand the sequence that helps prevent rework.
Structural alterations · Edinburgh
A doorway in a better place, an opening between rooms, a layout that suits you. We carry out the agreed structural construction from your engineer’s design.
What customers say
We discovered Brunon through Edinburgh Trusted Trader and couldn’t be happier with the results. They removed an internal living room wall and a chimney stack in our kitchen, and then installed a new kitchen. The space was tricky, with lots of awkward angles, but Brunon and his team were fantastic problem-solvers. They even managed to fit our fridge-freezer with custom carpentry. The attention to detail was outstanding, from the kitchen units to the plastering. Brunon has a great team, and we’re especially grateful to Alex, Marek, and Richard.
Renovation in living room to remove ‘decorative’ brickwork and wood paneling. Tiling kitchen and making good wall after boiler removal. Instating cupboard around water cylinder. Brunon was very helpful and gave some useful suggestions. I am very pleased with the results - good quality work and the place was left clean and tidy afterwards. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Sweet Homes and will certainly ask them to quote for my next project.
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Texture and detail
Room to bring people together
An opening framed by a beam
This drawing shows the idea; the design comes from a structural engineer.
Small moments, thoughtfully considered
The construction, organised
A clear plan, shared with you.
We plan the construction sequence around access, services and making good, with the engineer’s information available to the team. You know what is being opened up and which decisions are needed before the next stage.
At the planning stage, review permission constraints for flats and houses.
Design, engineering and permissions
You appoint the architect, structural engineer and approval professionals your project needs. They own the design, structural information and relevant applications. Sweet Homes is the construction contractor. A building warrant must be granted before work starts. Electrical and gas work within our scope is carried out and certified by the competent trades we appoint.
Planning the budget
A quotation for your home
There is no useful generic range for every opening. The engineer’s design, access, temporary support, services and making good determine the quotation. Provisional work and exclusions are identified in the written scope.
Read the cost guideStructural alteration scope, timing and planning
What is included?
The quotation follows your engineer’s structural and temporary-support design. It records access, protection, alterations, steel or other specified structure, affected services and making good where included. Concealed conditions are recorded and referred to the engineer. We supply and fit the agreed work. We do not offer labour-only or fit-only work. Chosen product codes can be included in our supply quotation.
How is the programme agreed?
The programme follows the agreed drawings, approvals, scope and ordering. For all work, allow at least four weeks from your first enquiry for the call, survey, quotation, decision and preparation; this is not a promised start date. We agree the construction sequence for your property.
Who designs the support?
You appoint the structural engineer to design the load path and temporary support. Your engineer decides any structural revision. Sweet Homes carries out the defined construction and does not sell a separate building-warrant coordination service.
What happens if the work changes?
We record the proposed work, cost and programme effect and obtain agreement before carrying out changed work. Concealed findings that affect the design are referred to your appointed professional. The contract sets out the process for your scope.
How do we start?
Send your enquiry by form or email. We arrange a follow-up call to talk through the project, then a site visit where useful. Any visit fee is agreed beforehand.
What happens at handover?
The project contract identifies the handover checks, snagging route, workmanship terms and aftercare for the agreed scope. Any trade certificates come from the subcontractors who carry out that work.
Before changing the structure
What if we need work urgently?
We do not start construction within four weeks of the first enquiry. The call, property assessment where needed, quotation, your decision and preparation come first. The actual start and programme are agreed for your project. If you need urgent help, contact an emergency tradesperson.
Which practical details belong in the structural scope?
The size and weight of specified beams, posts or supporting details affect delivery and the route through the building. Crossing services, retained cornice, ceilings, floors and decoration also need identifying. The engineer owns the structural design; the quotation should make clear which diversions, installation work and making good are included.
Project responsibility
Who manages the work
Brunon oversees project programmes across Edinburgh and is typically available by phone or email. The staff assigned to your job handle the day-to-day site work independently within the agreed scope, with the responsible contact confirmed before work starts.
Fully insured: £2 million public and products liability and £10 million employers' liability.
Our Christmas offer
Dinner is on us.
Book your renovation with us by 15 December 2026 and, while the work is under way, your first £50 of dinner is on us.
A Christmas present that arrives when you need it most. Picture it. The kitchen is down to bare walls, the hall smells of fresh plaster, and nobody wants to cook. So don't. Get a table somewhere warm, order something you would never make at home, and let someone else do the washing up.
Book by 15 December 2026. Your works can start later.
About your dinner voucher
- You book by accepting your written quotation by 15 December 2026.
- Your works can start after that date. We plan every project at least four weeks ahead.
- We give you the voucher once your works have started.
- It is a £50 voucher you can use at any of a group of independent Edinburgh restaurants and bars, so you choose where.
- One voucher per project. It does not change your price.
- Not exchangeable for cash. Full terms below.
Offer terms
- The promoter is Brunon Rogowski Ltd, trading as Sweet Homes, company number SC700883, registered office 15 Calton Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8DL.
- The offer is for customers who book a renovation project with us. You book when you accept our written quotation in writing by 11.59pm on 15 December 2026. The offer closes then and will not be extended.
- Your works can start after 15 December 2026. We agree the start date with you, and never start works within four weeks of your first enquiry. Where a building warrant is needed, works start only once it is granted.
- We give you one £50 dinner voucher per project, in person or by post, once your works have started on site.
- The voucher is an Edinburgh's Flavour gift voucher, which you can use at any of its partner restaurants and bars in Edinburgh. Its own terms apply, including its expiry date (currently 12 months from issue), which we will tell you when we give it to you. If we cannot provide that voucher, we will give you another dinner voucher worth at least £50.
- There is no cash alternative and no discount in its place. Your right to the voucher cannot be passed to anyone else or moved to another project.
- If the project is cancelled before works start, for any reason, including within your 14-day cancellation period, no voucher is given. Once we have given you the voucher, we will not ask for it back.
- The voucher is a gift on top of your contract. It does not change your contract price, scope or timing, and the price is not raised to pay for it.
Let’s talk about your home
What would you like to change?
Tell us what you’d like to change. Drawings and a few photographs help us understand the space before we arrange a call.
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