Edinburgh maintenance
Repairs and upkeep on a home you live in
Property maintenance in detailCity-wide property care
Property care in Edinburgh
From New Town flats and Marchmont tenements to Corstorphine semis and Fountainbridge new-builds, Edinburgh property needs looking after by people who know what they are walking into. Lothian Property Care arranges the trades — you approve the price before anything is booked.
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What Edinburgh property is like
- Pre-1919 tenements with shared roofs, stone stairs and common close repairs that need every owner on side.
- Georgian and Victorian sash-and-case windows where repair almost always beats replacement, and listed consent often applies.
- Traditional stone and lime that hates cement — the wrong repair traps damp and costs more to undo than to do properly.
- Post-war and modern stock across the west and south where the work is roofs, boilers, guttering and decoration.
Access, permits and permissions
- Much of the centre sits in conservation areas or the World Heritage Site, so external work can need planning or listed building consent.
- Scaffolding on a public pavement needs a City of Edinburgh Council permit; that lead time is built into the quote.
- Controlled parking zones affect van access and are priced honestly rather than added later as an extra.
- Shared repairs follow the Tenements (Scotland) Act — we help you set out the cost split before the work starts.
What we arrange most in Edinburgh
Pre-sale preparation
Work that pays for itself before the Home Report
Pre-sale preparation in detailLandlord care
Keeping a let property safe, legal and tenanted
Landlord maintenance in detailVoid clearance
Emptying and resetting a property between occupants
Void clearance in detailWhat we do in Edinburgh
Repairs and ongoing maintenance
The everyday work that keeps an Edinburgh property sound: slipped slates and leaking gutters, sash cords and draught-proofing, re-pointing in lime where the building needs it, boiler and plumbing repairs, damp investigation and the redecoration that follows. You describe the problem, we arrange a named local trade to look at it, and you approve a written quote before anything is booked.
Pre-sale preparation
Getting a flat or house ready for the Edinburgh market usually means clearing the list a Home Report surveyor would mark: the dripping overflow, the cracked pane, the tired close, the garden. We arrange the work in the right order so the property photographs well and the survey comes back clean, with one written quote for the whole list.
Landlord maintenance
For Edinburgh landlords we handle the repair side of letting: tenant-reported faults, safety-certificate work arranged with qualified engineers, and the evidence — photographs and a written record — that a landlord file needs. Visits are arranged around the tenant and reported back to you.
Between-tenancy turnarounds
When a tenancy ends we arrange the clear-out, clean, touch-up decoration and small repairs that get the property back on the market quickly. You get the schedule and the price in writing before the keys are handed over to any trade.
Talk to us about Edinburgh
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.
Edinburgh guides
Written for Edinburgh properties, with the Scottish rules and the local practicalities that decide how a job runs.
- Who pays for a tenement repair in Edinburgh — and how to get it agreed
The roof leaks, the close needs painting, the stair light keeps failing. Here is how the cost is split between owners in an Edinburgh tenement, and how to get a written figure everyone will actually sign up to.
- Sash and case windows in Edinburgh: repair, draught-proof or replace?
Rattling, sticking, rotten at the bottom rail. What is worth repairing on an Edinburgh sash window, what draught-proofing actually does, and when replacement is the only route.
Lothian Property is a property information and professional-introduction service operated by Maybury Scotland Limited. Lothian Property is not an estate agency. Where requested, we may connect homeowners with independent estate agents and other property professionals. How we work.
Edinburgh property care — questions
- Do you cover the whole of Edinburgh?
- Yes — every EH postcode in the city, from EH1 in the Old Town out to EH17 and the edges. Trades are matched by where they actually work, so you get a local business rather than someone travelling across the city.
- My flat is in a conservation area. Does that slow things down?
- It changes what is allowed rather than stopping the work. Repairs in matching materials are usually fine; replacement windows, external alterations and some roof work can need consent. We tell you which camp your job falls into before you commit.
- Who pays for a shared tenement repair?
- Usually every owner in the building, split by the title deeds or equally under the Tenements (Scotland) Act if the deeds are silent. We can quote the whole job so the owners have one written figure to agree on.
- How do I get a price for the work?
- Tell us about the property through the enquiry form or by email. We call you back within 24 hours, arrange for a named local trade to assess the job where needed, and you receive a written quote to approve or decline. The introduction costs you nothing and there is no obligation to go ahead.
- Who actually does the work?
- Independent local trades and contractors from our approved network — named businesses whose insurance and identity we have checked. Lothian Property Care introduces and coordinates; the business that quotes is the business that does the work, and you always know who they are before you approve anything.