Your tenement flat, made for the way you live now.
Keep the cornicing, timber floors and proportions you love, and make the rooms work for the way you live now. We plan the agreed improvements around traditional walls and floors, shared access and the services behind the finishes, supplying and fitting the materials in your written quote.
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Tell us your general area and the changes you want and anything you know about shared access. Plans, measurements and a settled budget can follow. Send your enquiry by form or email. We will reply and arrange a follow-up call to talk through the project.
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Cornicing, skirting and timber floors may be part of what drew you to the flat. The scope records what is protected, repaired or replaced, alongside the room improvements and service upgrades you have chosen.
Kitchen, bathroom and floor work from our tenement-renovation portfolio.
A tenement project can combine room renovations, service upgrades, traditional-fabric repairs, joinery and decoration under one measured quotation. Where the property has an unused cellar or lower-ground room, basement and cellar conversions are scoped alongside it.
Three constraints shape the plan:
Where the brief includes work across several rooms, our Edinburgh home renovation service sets out the construction scope and how the trades fit together.
Character kept. Rooms made yours.
We talk through what drew you to the flat and what needs to change. Your written quote records what is protected, repaired or replaced alongside the improvements you have chosen.
Tell us which rooms need to change and which details you want to keep. Photographs and the property information help us work through the brief with you.
After a phone call to work through your brief, we look at the traditional walls and floors, the services behind the finishes and the close, with a site visit where useful.
Your written quote sets out the layout and storage changes room by room, what is protected, repaired or replaced, and the materials and finishes included. Opening up between rooms needs an engineer and a building warrant before work starts.
Before agreeing the timing of the work, we settle close protection, deliveries, noisy stages and any factor, neighbour or approval steps.
Materials and trades are sequenced around access rather than stored in the shared stair. If opening up reveals something outside the agreed work, the affected part pauses and we record what we found.
The project contract identifies the handover checks and snagging route for your work. Any certificates for the work come from the subcontractors who carry it out.
Lath and plaster, old pipework and uneven floors are normal in a tenement. Where they change the agreed work, we show you what we found and price the change for your written approval.
Before work starts, the plan covers the retained period features, close protection, deliveries, noisy stages and any factor, neighbour or approval steps relevant to the scope. Materials and trades are sequenced around access rather than stored in the shared stair.
The project contract identifies the variation approval, handover checks and snagging route for that scope. Any certificates for the work come from the subcontractors who carry it out.
A tenement job is usually named by its rooms. Where the whole flat is being taken on at once, the flat renovation page sets out how a full refurbishment is sequenced; where it is one room, the kitchen renovation and bathroom renovation pages carry the scope and cost shape for each. Opening up between rooms is structural alterations, and needs the engineer and warrant route described above.
Traditional tenement walls may retain lath and plaster. Chasing can disturb a wider area than the cut itself, so the work and repair method need to suit the wall we find. Where damaged plaster or a ceiling needs more extensive repair, that work is identified and priced through the agreed scope or variation process.
Read the budget alongside what is kept, repaired or replaced, the materials and finishes, and the work around the close. A well-described quote makes those choices clear, so you can compare what each price includes.
Our usual range for a managed Edinburgh tenement renovation is £36,000–£120,000+ including VAT.
Shared services, retained fabric and any required approvals are assessed against the proposed work. Property age alone does not settle them.
Our usual range for a managed Edinburgh tenement renovation is £36,000–£120,000+ including VAT.
The service can coordinate kitchens, bathrooms, rewiring, plumbing and heating, plaster repairs, joinery, flooring and decoration. The written scope identifies what is retained and what is replaced.
Structural alterations, listed features, shared services, title conditions, factor requirements and concealed fabric can change the programme and approvals. These are checked against the proposed scope rather than assumed from the property age alone.
Edinburgh is our regular service area. Ask about a project outside the city before arranging a visit.
Indicative budgets are £36,000–£120,000+ including VAT.
This is a broad guide, not a quotation or a price promise for any particular feature or design. The final price depends on the measured property, existing conditions, agreed scope and selected specification. A written quotation follows assessment of those details.
The tenement renovation cost guide explains the factors that affect a measured scope.
Stage, timing and budget are optional for your first enquiry.
A small selection from the existing, published tenement renovation feedback.
After a few years putting up with deteriorating, poorly installed decking at the back of our flat we decided to have it replaced with sandstone paving. Brunon and Conrad did a great job. They’re communicative, professional, tidy and attentive and a genuine pleasure to have around. The work was completed to a very high standard, to the original quote and schedule, and went very smoothly considering how tricky it can be to access the back of an Edinburgh tenement for jobs like this. They even fixed a broken doorknob on the shared back door, something I hadn’t got around to doing myself. Cheers! We’d certainly use Brunon and his team for any future jobs, they’re great guys and are a credit to their profession.
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The team replaced a shower in what had been a cupboard in a tenement flat. The guys were excellent - very professional, polite, tidy, patient and they delivered great quality. It was a very tight space in a small flat so not easy to work in - as a result the project took longer than planned. The team kept us informed of progress and didn’t compromise quality in a bid to finish the work sooner. Overall, we are very happy with the outcome and I would certainly have Brunon and the team back in the future.
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Before choosing finishes, establish the building constraints and the work that needs to happen beneath them. These guides cover the budget, programme and shared stair.
We supply and fit every job. We do not offer labour-only work and we do not offer fit-only work, because one firm owning both the materials and the workmanship gives you one clear line of responsibility. The whole sequence, from first call to handover, is set out on how we work.
Do I need a building warrant for a tenement renovation?
It depends on the work and any applicable exceptions. The homeowner’s appointed architect or warrant professional checks the route; the local authority verifier decides the application. Sweet Homes prices the approved construction information.
Do I need listed building consent?
It may be needed where a listed building’s special architectural or historic character is affected. The homeowner’s appointed architect or conservation professional checks the proposal and the Council decides the application. Sweet Homes does not determine consent from a contractor survey.
How long does a full tenement renovation take?
A full one-bedroom renovation commonly takes eight to twelve weeks on site and a two-bedroom twelve to sixteen weeks. Structural work, listed-building consent, warrants or specialist lead times can extend the programme. Our Edinburgh tenement renovation build timeline walks through those weeks stage by stage, from site set-up and strip-out to second fix and handover.
What about neighbours and title conditions?
Work affecting shared structure, services or common property may engage title conditions or collective decisions. The homeowner should ask a solicitor or factor what authority, information or notices are required. Sweet Homes agrees construction access and protection within its contract.
How are deliveries and the shared stair handled?
Deliveries are staged to avoid blocking the close. The agreed plan covers stair protection, waste removal and reasonable hours for noisy work; any client or factor responsibilities are confirmed before site work begins.
What happens if opening-up reveals a problem?
The project contract identifies how concealed findings, specialist referrals, variation approval and any effect on price or programme are handled for that scope.
How soon can works start?
For major projects, allow at least four weeks from your first enquiry. If something needs attention sooner than that, say so on the call and we will point you to the right emergency trade for the immediate problem while the planned work is scheduled properly. Tell us what you need and when. Send your enquiry by form or email. We will reply and arrange a follow-up call to talk through the project. A site visit is arranged afterwards, where useful. The written quotation sets out the agreed work. The start date is agreed once you have accepted the quotation.
Who can renovate a tenement flat in Edinburgh?
Sweet Homes renovates tenement flats across Edinburgh as the contractor for the whole job. We can coordinate kitchens, bathrooms, rewiring, plumbing and heating, plaster repairs, joinery, flooring and decoration under one written scope, planned around the shared stair, deliveries and any factor or approval steps.
How much does a tenement renovation cost in Edinburgh?
Indicative budgets are £36,000–£120,000+ including VAT. This broad guide is not a price promise for a particular building or scope. The measured flat, existing conditions and agreed work determine the written quotation.
Why do you not offer labour-only work, or fit materials we buy ourselves?
No. We supply and fit every job, whatever its size. We do not offer labour-only work and we do not offer fit-only work. When one firm buys the materials and carries out the work, you have one clear line of responsibility if something goes wrong, rather than an argument between the product and the fitting. If you have already chosen products, send the product codes and we will buy those exact items and include them in the quotation.
Project responsibility
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.
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