A kitchen cut off from daily life
Relocate or open up the kitchen so cooking, dining and family space work together.
Edinburgh houses, flats & tenements
Internal alterations that make your whole home work better.
Reconfigure awkward rooms, connect kitchen and living spaces, add an en-suite or recover a forgotten box room—with the structure, services and original character considered from the start.
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Tell us about your property
A short outline, address and your main goal are enough to begin.
Quick answer
Yes, many Edinburgh homes can be dramatically improved without extending. The right internal alteration starts by understanding load-bearing walls, drainage, fire safety, shared structure and any listed features before fixing the new layout.
Design around the real problem
What could this project unlock?
Each option starts with the life you want the home to support, then tests structure, consent and budget against that goal.
A box room with no clear purpose
Test whether it can improve a kitchen, add storage, become a study or support an en-suite.
Rooms that are large but inefficient
Rebalance circulation, doors, storage and furniture so the existing floor area earns its keep.
Period detail at risk
Keep the cornices, fireplaces, principal rooms and character that matter while changing what does not.
Edinburgh-specific thinking
Tenement alterations need more than an open-plan sketch.
Traditional Edinburgh flats can involve shared structure, long service routes, principal rooms, box rooms, communal access and sensitive original fabric. A measured survey and early structural thinking help distinguish a bold idea from a buildable one.
Check Edinburgh Council’s home-alteration consent guidanceA straightforward service
Choose the level of help the project needs.
Feasibility & survey
Define the brief, understand the property and test whether the main idea stacks up.
Concept design
Compare layouts, priorities and trade-offs before committing to one direction.
Permissions & warrant
Prepare and coordinate the information needed for the project’s consent route.
Construction support
Develop clearer information for pricing and help respond to questions as the build progresses, where included.
Common questions
Answers before the first drawing.
These are general starting points. Your address, property status and precise work determine the actual route.
Many structural changes and other building works require a building warrant. The answer depends on the precise scope, and work that does not need a warrant must still meet applicable building standards. We establish the likely consent route before design progresses.
Potentially, but the wall must first be assessed. A structural engineer may be needed for load-bearing work, and the design should consider structure, fire safety, services, neighbouring property and any original features.
Often it can, subject to drainage routes, ventilation, structure, fire-safety considerations and the property’s status. A measured survey and feasibility review are the sensible first steps.
Listed building consent may be needed if internal work affects the character of a listed building. Conservation-area status and the building’s individual listing should be checked early; requirements are property-specific.
A clearer next step
Make sense of your project.
Talk through what you want to change, the constraints worth checking and the most useful route forward for your home.
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