4.9/5 from 130+ combined reviews across Google and Edinburgh Trusted TraderEdinburgh Trusted TraderWritten quote before work starts12-month workmanship warrantyOne project lead throughoutWhat the available reports mean for your renovation
The paid review is separate from construction. Regional scope, travel and fee are agreed before booking or payment.
Property context and service details
- Edinburgh Trusted Trader4.9 stars, 115 reviews
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A Home Report normally includes survey, valuation, questionnaire and energy information, subject to exemptions. Read it alongside plans and records relevant to your renovation.
Identify rooms, services and shared fabric affected. Separate visible construction questions from title, investigation and design matters needing professional input.
Tenement flats and larger older houses can present different access, shared-fabric and service constraints. Define the scope from the actual building and proposal.
Check window elevation, existing and proposed design, building status and current controls. Establish planning, prior approval and listed-building consent requirements separately.
Intended HMO use needs property-specific planning and licensing checks. Confirm the current position with the council before relying on that use in a purchase decision.
Local questions to resolve before renovation
Tenement common-repair liability
Ask your solicitor to establish ownership, responsibilities and the agreement process for shared roofs, walls, closes or other common elements. Related guidance: basements.
Check the window replacement route
Check building status, window elevation, replacement design and current controls. Ask the council or your adviser which approval route applies.
Planning and licensing for shared letting
Intended HMO use needs property-specific planning and licensing checks. Confirm the current position with the council before relying on that use in a purchase decision.
Listed townhouses at Park Circus
Confirm listing and identify partitions, joinery or fireplaces affected. Obtain heritage and structural advice where the proposed alterations need it.
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 needed some urgent repairs to the ageing front door of our tenement stair. Brunon’s response time was brilliantly swift. When replacement parts arrived he returned and did a very thorough job, communicating helpfully and working solidly.
F Priest, 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.
Verified Google review
Meticulous in respecting our property. He knows exactly what he is doing.
Verified Trusted Trader review
Illustrative renovation questions
A new doorway from a tenement flat
Ask your solicitor to confirm rights affecting the shared wall or backcourt. Establish approvals and construction access before defining the doorway and making good.
He knows exactly what he is doing.
Verified Trusted Trader review
Opening up rooms in a listed townhouse
Identify original fabric and ask an engineer to assess the load path and support design. Obtain consent advice before assuming the proposed opening.
A clear and thorough written quotation before the work, so you know exactly what is expected.
Verified Google review
An attic proposed as additional living space
Confirm attic ownership and access rights with your solicitor. Have your designer assess stairs, headroom, structure, fire precautions and approvals before defining construction work.
Meticulous in respecting our property.
Verified Trusted Trader review
Renovation of a property intended for shared letting
A hidden liability that Confirm property-specific shared-letting planning and licensing requirements with the council and your advisers. Use those requirements to define room, service and fire-precaution changes.
They owned it from start to finish.
Verified Google review
Ask about a feasibility walkthrough in Glasgow West End
If you are considering a property in Glasgow West End 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 needed some urgent repairs to the ageing front door of our tenement stair. Brunon’s response time was brilliantly swift. When replacement parts arrived he returned and did a very thorough job, communicating helpfully and working…”
F Priest, 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 Glasgow West End
Sweet Homes operates from its Edinburgh base at 15 Calton Road, approximately 60 minutes from the Glasgow West End by road via the M8. Site visits across G11 and G12 are a regular part of the week. We also carry out renovation work in Glasgow. See our Glasgow renovations page to start an enquiry.
Not sure if we cover your area? Call or email with the property address and we will confirm.
Glasgow West End feasibility check: things worth knowing
Record openings, profiles, materials and the proposed replacement. Confirm the approval route with your designer or the council before ordering windows.
Opening up a townhouse can affect original fabric, load paths and services. Have an engineer establish investigation and support-design needs alongside consent advice.
Before planning an attic conversion, ask your solicitor to confirm ownership and rights. Have the appropriate designer or engineer assess feasibility and approval requirements. Sweet Homes can then consider the construction scope.
Ask your solicitor to confirm rights and agreement requirements for a shared wall or backcourt. Establish approvals before defining a new doorway.
Chimney-breast removal can affect support, original fabric and shared interests. Obtain engineering design and the relevant consent and title advice before specifying work.
Intended HMO use needs property-specific planning and licensing checks. Confirm the current position with the council before relying on that use in a purchase decision.
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.
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.