Loft conversions in Edinburgh
Room upstairs, made for everyday life.
Picture a corner upstairs where you could settle down with a book. Sweet Homes handles loft conversions 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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Think about the rooms below, too
An extra room upstairs changes the way you move through your home. Where the stairs arrive, the headroom available and the rooms below all belong in the conversation with your appointed designer.
If you are comparing ways to gain a room, see this garage conversion example.
The rooms below may still be where you sleep, work and put children to bed. Tell us about those routines, and any original doors or old floorboards you want to keep. They belong in the brief alongside the new room upstairs.
It helps to understand the order of renovation work before agreeing a programme for a new room.
Loft conversions · Edinburgh
A new use for the space above you, planned around headroom, stairs and the way you want to live. We build from your architect’s design and the engineer’s structural details.
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Texture and detail
Work underway beneath the roof
Put the roof slope to use
Small moments, thoughtfully considered
The construction, organised
A clear plan, shared with you.
We bring the construction trades and included materials into one programme, with stair access, services and the rooms below considered together. You have updates as work moves through the roof, structure and finishes.
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
Indicative loft conversions budget
£30,000 to £108,000+
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.
Read the cost guideLoft conversion scope, timing and planning
What is included?
The measured design determines the stairs, structural work, roof alterations, insulation, services and finishes included in the quotation. Roof changes and any planning, listed-building or warrant requirements are established by your appointed professionals. 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.
Where do we start?
Stair position and usable headroom shape what can work upstairs. Your architect and engineer establish the design and structure, and the appointed approval professional confirms the route. We then price the construction described by that information.
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.
Can we stay at home during the work?
Work to the stair and services can affect the rooms below as well as the loft. We discuss access, the rooms and facilities that will remain usable, and any temporary living arrangements before work starts.
Planning a loft conversion
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.
Why is the usable room smaller than the roof footprint?
Roof shape, the arrival of the stair and landing, escape arrangements, insulation depth and space for services all affect the usable room. Your architect and engineer need to resolve those together before a layout is treated as buildable.
What if the stair or design information is unresolved?
Identify the missing stair, structural or service information before relying on a construction price. Any allowance or exclusion in a quotation needs to be explicit, with the relevant appointed professional resolving the design before that work proceeds.
Can the loft work be separated from occupied rooms?
That depends on the layout and stage. Opening the stair and overlapping rewiring, plumbing or heating can affect the rooms below. Agree the separation, usable services and access for each stage; a temporary stay elsewhere may be sensible for the disruptive part. The contract records the arrangements for your scope.
Loft conversion costs in Edinburgh: stairs, headroom and scope
Before pricing a loft conversion, we’d look at where the stair could go. A loft room needs somewhere to arrive, enough finished headroom and a route from the floor below. The stair may take part of a room you already use. We’d want you to see that trade-off on a drawing before asking you to choose finishes.
Put the room below on the same drawing
Imagine you want a quiet room upstairs for working from home. The proposed stair would run through the corner of a spare room beside the existing landing. The loft might suit a desk, but the spare room would become smaller. Would it still take the bed you need when someone stays?
Ask for the proposed stair to be shown on both levels, with the existing room layout underneath. Put furniture on the drawing too, including the bed you intend to keep downstairs and its bedside cupboards, if any.
Keep the unanswered questions beside that drawing:
| Part of the plan | What is assumed or unresolved |
|---|---|
| Stair beside the landing | Assumed position only. Route, opening and landings need a design. |
| Spare room retained | Whether the bed, door and route through the room still work is unresolved. |
| Loft used as a workroom | Furniture position and usable space beneath the slopes are unresolved. |
| Finished headroom | Needs measured information and the proposed floor and roof build-up. |
If the arrangement leaves you with a workroom you like and a spare room you can’t use, ask the designer to revisit it. Moving the stair may change the loft layout as well.
Measure the space you would actually stand in
We’d ask for a section through the proposed stair arrival, with the floor structure, insulation and roof lining shown. These affect the space left inside. The existing height at the ridge is useful information, but the finished height at the landing still needs checking.
The Scottish Government’s domestic technical handbook treats stair headroom as a check above the flight and landing. It isn’t a single roof-height test. Your designer needs to apply the relevant guidance to the measured layout.
Low eaves might suit cupboards, but that does not make them standing space. Show the desk where you expect to sit and the route you’d take to reach it. We’d leave finished headroom marked as unresolved wherever the floor or roof construction is undecided.
What belongs in the cost discussion
The published budget can’t tell you what this proposal would cost. We’d need the property assessed and the design developed before setting out the construction scope. Sweet Homes builds to your architect’s design and your structural engineer’s details.
Follow the proposed stair down to the floor below when reading the quote. The scope would need to address the opening and any work to the affected spare room. Ask what is allowed for making good, and whether heating or electrical work is included. These are questions for the actual design, not additions we can price from a sketch.
The loft scope may include structural floor and roof work, openings and weathering, insulation, internal services, plastering, joinery and finishes. Which of those apply, and to what specification, needs to be clear in writing. If structural information is missing, we’ll identify it in the quote.
We provide supply and fit, with the quoted materials and finishes included in our scope. The quote records the chosen materials and finishes; where a choice is still open, we’ll need to identify that too.
A top-floor tenement flat needs an ownership check too
If you’re in a top-floor tenement flat, don’t assume the attic or roof is yours to alter because it is above your flat. Ask your solicitor to check the title deeds and any rights relevant to the proposal. The Scottish Parliament’s guide to flats explains why ownership, rights and maintenance responsibilities need to be read together. Responsibility for repairs does not, by itself, answer an ownership question.
For the building work, bring the access route into the discussion: how would materials reach the loft, and what would the proposed work mean for the stair and close? We’d raise those questions on the call. Roof alterations may also raise planning or listed-building questions, which need advice for the particular property.
Warrant advice, then a realistic start
We can advise on whether the proposal needs a building warrant and recommend architects or structural engineers. We don’t arrange the application. Our building warrant guide explains that role and the order of work.
Work requiring a warrant must wait until it is granted, as Edinburgh Council confirms. An initial budget discussion is not a fixed offer for warrantable work. We price from the approved drawings.
Start with a phone call about your home, whether it’s a top-floor flat, villa or terraced house, and the room you’d like upstairs. We can discuss any drawings, then arrange a site visit where useful.
Please allow at least four weeks from your first enquiry before construction can start. A loft may need longer while the design and permissions are settled. That’s a minimum lead time, not a promised start date.
Send us a few details and tell us when suits for a call; we’ll ring you then.
Include the staircase in the room plan
A useful loft room needs a workable route from the floor below. The staircase can affect an existing room or landing as well as the loft itself. Look at both floors together rather than counting the roof space first and trying to fit access afterwards.
Before committing to a loft layout, check the guide to planning constraints.
Show the usable headroom, sloping areas and proposed furniture on the same plan. Storage can make good use of a low edge, but it does not turn that edge into comfortable standing space. Consider the room as it would be used, rather than relying on the floor area alone.
Understand the roof before specifying the finishes
The existing roof and floor construction need to be understood before the interior is treated as a settled design. Structural work, insulation and service routes can all affect the space left inside. A finished-room sketch cannot answer those questions on its own.
When planning a comfortable room under the roof, read about heating and insulation in older homes.
Where the roof or attic is shared or its ownership is uncertain, establish the relevant position before proceeding with a design. Keeping ownership questions separate from physical feasibility prevents a promising layout from being mistaken for permission to carry it out.
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.
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- 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.
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