Managed tenement renovations in Edinburgh
Keep the character. Make it your home.
Enjoy Sunday mornings in the tenement flat you love. Sweet Homes renovates tenement flats 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
We reply by email
A 20-minute call about your plans
A site visit if it helps, with any fee agreed first
Your written quotation
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We supply and fit agreed renovation work in Edinburgh tenement flats, bringing together the trades and materials in your quotation. Existing fabric, shared access and the details you want to retain help shape the work.
Tenement renovations · Edinburgh
A bay window, the height of a room, the old timber you would like to keep. A renovation can work around the character you value while making the flat more useful for everyday life.
For the sequence from preparation to handover, read our guide to the stages of a tenement renovation.
To check what the figures allow for, read tenement renovation costs and allowances.
When agreeing the details to check at handover, read our guide to what good work looks like in a tenement.
Before you compare quotes, read what a renovation quotation should include.
What customers say
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.
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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What our customers say
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You’re part of the conversation.
We plan and carry out the agreed construction, coordinating the trades and quoted materials around the flat and its building. We keep you informed and talk through the decisions as the work develops.
Design, engineering and permissions
You appoint any architect, structural engineer and approval professional the proposal needs. Sweet Homes remains the contractor. If an unexpected condition changes the known scope, the affected work pauses while the finding and its effect are recorded, following the contract’s change process.
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.
Planning the budget
Indicative tenement renovation budget
£36,000 to £120,000+
Including VAT
The condition of the building, what is kept or replaced, access, scope and selected specification affect the written quotation. This is a broad guide, not a price for a particular flat or design.
Read the cost guideTenement renovation scope, timing and planning
What can the renovation include?
The agreed renovation can bring together kitchen and bathroom work, electrical and plumbing upgrades, joinery, plaster repairs, flooring and decoration. The written quotation identifies the work and materials included.
What to keep, what to repair and what to replace are part of the brief. We discuss the existing fabric and the information needed before defining the construction work.
What stays
Tell us which details you value. The existing walls and timber inform the preparation and the finishes; opening-up can reveal conditions that were not visible at survey.
Work around the close
The shared stair is part of everyday life for the building. Access and deliveries need practical arrangements before work starts.
How is the work planned?
Flooring can affect the doors and fitted joinery. Service routes can affect existing fabric and adjoining rooms. We work through the sequence with the team and explain the decisions you need to make.
How we workIs an older flat always a listed building?
No. Listed status is a separate question and should be checked for the property. Your appointed professionals establish the permissions and advice the proposal needs.
How is work around the close planned?
We discuss access, working arrangements, deliveries and waste before work begins. The building’s requirements and the agreed scope inform the programme.
We discuss stair protection, where deliveries can be set down, keeping shared access clear and any notice arrangements before the affected work starts.
What happens if old fabric needs more work?
If opening-up reveals a condition outside the known scope, the affected work pauses while the finding and its effect are recorded. Changes follow the project contract’s approval process.
What should we send with an enquiry?
The general area, type of property, rooms you want to change and any prepared drawings are a useful start. We reply and arrange a call to work through the brief, with a site visit where useful.
Where can we read about handover?
See how the agreed work is checked, the records brought together and any remaining items recorded at handover.
Your project information pack How we workPlanning work in a tenement
Do you offer labour-only work?
We supply and fit the agreed work. We do not offer labour-only or fit-only work. We do not install client-supplied materials or products.
Where should we start with recurring damp?
Before choosing finishes or opening-up work, read our guide to recurring damp in a tenement. The cause needs to inform the proposed work.
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.
What should be checked before disturbing original fabric?
Assess the existing lath and plaster and the wall construction before chasing service routes or fixing heavy items. Opening up may affect more of the retained finish than the visible work suggests. A damp-meter reading alone does not establish the cause; use the recurring-damp guide and the appropriate independent assessment before choosing work.
Structural work, listed-building consent, warrants or specialist lead times can extend the programme.
Structural work, listed features, title conditions, factors and shared pipework may require information or approval. The homeowner’s appointed architect or warrant professional establishes the approval route; a solicitor or factor advises on title and common-property questions. Sweet Homes prices the resulting construction information.
If your renovation includes bedroom storage, see our alcove and press wardrobes for the measured design and installation scope.
Look at the existing fabric before choosing the finish
An older wall or ceiling can contain different materials and repairs beneath the visible finish. The right preparation depends on what is there and its condition. Establish that before assuming a modern lining or a decorative coating is the whole job.
When work reveals an old service route or an earlier alteration, record the discovery and decide what it means for the scope. Concealing it again without a clear decision can leave the next stage depending on the same uncertainty.
Account for the neighbours and the common parts
A flat renovation affects the route through the building as well as the rooms inside. Deliveries, carrying materials and waste removal need to fit around a shared stair. Protection and storage arrangements should be explicit, with access kept clear.
Keep internal improvements separate from any concern about the shared building. A roof leak or another common repair may affect when an internal finish can sensibly be completed. The project plan needs to acknowledge that dependency rather than treating the flat as a detached building.
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 love 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.
Tell us about your project