Structure, services, compliance and finishes in Edinburgh's pre-1919 tenement stock, delivered by one accountable contractor and handed over fully documented.
A tenement flat is part of a shared structure, not a standalone property. Roof, close, gables and drainage are common, title deeds govern who pays for what, and in a conservation area or listed building the external fabric is controlled. Work rarely stops at your four walls.
Internally you are dealing with solid stone walls, lath and plaster, suspended timber floors and original sash and case windows. Those materials need to breathe, so specification matters as much as design. We survey the fabric before anyone specifies a finish.
The two rooms that decide whether a tenement renovation feels finished are the kitchen and the bathroom, and both are harder here than in a new build. Out-of-true walls, limited drainage runs and timber floors set the constraints.
We run both in house, so the joinery, plumbing, electrics and finishes are sequenced by one programme rather than negotiated between separate trades.
Building warrants are required for structural alteration, new drainage runs, and changes of use such as forming an HMO. We identify the route at survey stage and coordinate the warrant, inspections and completion certificate as part of the programme.
Where common fabric is involved, we work with your factor or the other proprietors so that shared elements are handled properly rather than quietly absorbed into your job.
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.
A full renovation of a two-bedroom Edinburgh tenement typically runs from the mid tens of thousands upward, with kitchens, bathrooms, rewiring and plastering the largest line items. The variables that move the number most are structural alteration, the state of the existing services, and the level of period reinstatement you want. A survey converts that range into a fixed written scope.
Internal like-for-like work usually needs no consent, but a building warrant is required for structural alterations, new or altered drainage and change of use, and listed building or conservation area consent applies to external fabric and sometimes to significant internal features. We establish which apply before work is priced.
Yes, and we do it frequently. Occupied work is programmed room by room with dust protection, isolated services and agreed working hours so the flat remains usable. It takes longer than a vacant programme, and we say so at quoting stage rather than discovering it mid-job.
Send the address, the condition and what you want the flat to become. We will survey and scope it properly.
