Insulation, heating, fire safety and amenity standards brought up to the required level, evidenced with the certificates and records that licensing and insurance ask for.
Improving an energy rating is a sequence, not a single measure. We start from the assessor's recommendation report, price the measures that actually move the band, and leave the ones that do not.
In Edinburgh's stone-built stock that usually means heating controls, hot water and pipework insulation, loft and floor insulation where accessible, draught-proofing and lighting, with internal wall insulation considered carefully because of moisture risk in solid walls.
HMO licensing turns on fire safety, amenity provision and room standards. We deliver against the local authority schedule: interlinked detection, fire doors with correct intumescent and smoke seals, protected escape routes, emergency lighting where required, and kitchen and bathroom provision proportionate to occupancy.
Because the same team does the works and the making good, you do not end up with a compliant flat that looks like a building site.
Compliance is only worth what you can prove. Every job completes with the electrical installation condition report, detection commissioning records, fire door installation records, gas safety certification where applicable, and photographic evidence of concealed work before it was closed up.
That pack goes to you as a single file at handover, ready to submit with a licence application or renewal.
C-01 / Renovation DivisionA pre-1919 tenement stripped, re-planned and re-serviced to HMO standard for an Edinburgh letting agent, delivered to a fixed programme.
Scottish private rented property must currently meet the standards in force at the point of let, and the policy direction is toward a minimum band C at change of tenancy over the coming years. The practical advice is to price the recommendation report now and phase the measures, because the cheap measures get more expensive when everyone needs them at once.
An HMO requires interlinked smoke and heat detection to the current standard, fire doors with correct seals and self-closers on rooms opening onto the escape route, a protected escape route, and emergency lighting in some layouts. The exact schedule is set by the licensing authority for your property, and we work to that document rather than a generic list.
Most compliance packages complete in one to two weeks on an unoccupied flat. Detection and fire door works are typically two to four days, insulation and heating measures add a few more, and the certification is issued at completion rather than weeks later.
Send the property details and any assessor or licensing schedule. We will price the works and the documentation together.
