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Property maintenance in detailHarbour town on the North Sea
Property care in Dunbar
Dunbar takes the North Sea full-face: a harbour town of stone terraces and fishermen's housing forty miles from most Edinburgh trades. Marine exposure and distance shape everything — annual checks, batched jobs and trades who will travel.
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What Dunbar property is like
- Stone terraces and cottages around the harbour and High Street.
- Victorian villas toward Belhaven.
- Large modern estates at Hallhill with their first maintenance cycle arriving.
Access, permits and permissions
- Distance from Edinburgh means minimum callout charges — batching jobs into one visit pays.
- Salt-laden wind makes annual roof, chimney, render and window checks the sensible default.
- The harbour and old town are tight for vans and skips; newer estates are easy.
What we arrange most in Dunbar
Landlord care
Keeping a let property safe, legal and tenanted
Landlord maintenance in detailVoid clearance
Emptying and resetting a property between occupants
Void clearance in detailPre-sale preparation
Work that pays for itself before the Home Report
Pre-sale preparation in detailTypical jobs and guide prices
Bands are guides drawn from comparable local work. The real figure comes back as a written quote from a named business before anything is booked.
Roof leak and slate repair
£280–£950
A leak traced and made watertight — slipped or broken slates replaced, flashing and ridge checked while access is up.
Gutter clearance and downpipe check
£90–£260
Gutters cleared, joints and downpipes flushed, and any splits or loose brackets reported before they soak the stonework.
Sash and case window overhaul
£320–£780
Cords renewed, beads eased, weights rebalanced and draught-proofing fitted so the window opens properly and stops rattling.
Landlord gas safety record (CP12)
£75–£140
The annual gas safety check every Scottish landlord must hold, with the certificate filed against the property.
Electrical installation condition report (EICR)
£140–£320
The five-yearly EICR plus a portable appliance check, as required for a Scottish private tenancy.
Interlinked smoke and heat alarm installation
£220–£480
Alarms brought up to the Scottish standard: interlinked smoke alarms, a heat alarm in the kitchen and a CO alarm where needed.
Full house clearance
£450–£1,800
A property emptied completely — furniture, white goods and personal effects — with everything removed by a licensed waste carrier.
Part clearance and item removal
£180–£600
A single room, garage or garden cleared — useful when the family is keeping most of the contents.
Executry clearance with item sorting
£550–£2,200
A sensitive clearance after a bereavement: documents, jewellery and photographs set aside for the family before anything leaves.
Pre-sale condition walk-through
No charge
A walk round your property before the surveyor sees it, listing what would likely be flagged Category 2 or 3 and what it costs to fix.
Category 2 and 3 repair works
£350–£3,500
The specific defects a surveyor would mark down — leaks, rot, missing slates, unsafe wiring — fixed and evidenced before the Home Report.
Pre-sale decoration
£550–£2,400
Neutral redecoration of the rooms buyers judge hardest: hall, living room and main bedroom.
Talk to us about Dunbar
The fastest route is the enquiry form below — we call you back within 24 hours. You can also email hello@lothianproperty.co.uk with a description of the property and the problem; photographs help us match the right local trade first time.
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Dunbar property care — questions
- Is it worth getting an annual inspection in Dunbar?
- More than almost anywhere we cover. Salt air shortens the life of every exterior material, and catching a slipped slate or cracked render in autumn saves a winter's worth of damage.
- Do you cover East Linton and West Barns?
- Yes — all of EH42, including East Linton, West Barns and Belhaven.