Repairs and maintenance between tenancies
Day-to-day repairs, planned upkeep and end-of-tenancy resets — arranged around your tenants, with photographs of the finished work for your records.
For Edinburgh landlords
Landlord services in Edinburgh
One place to keep a rental property safe, compliant and lettable. We arrange the repairs, safety certificates, HMO compliance work and void turnarounds your Edinburgh rental needs — with named, insured local trades and a written quote you approve before anything is booked.
Who this is for
- Private landlords with one flat or a small Edinburgh portfolio
- HMO owners who must keep certificates and safety checks current
- Landlords living away from Edinburgh who need eyes on the ground
- Executors and families holding a property between let and sale
How it works
- 1.
Tell us about the property
A short form — what needs doing, where it is and how to reach you. Two minutes, no obligation.
- 2.
We call you within 24 hours
A real person rings to understand the job properly and answer your questions.
- 3.
Named local trades quote
Up to three approved, insured local businesses are introduced. You know exactly who will contact you before they do.
- 4.
You approve the price
Written quotes come back to you first. Nothing is booked and nothing is charged until you say yes.
What we arrange for landlords
Safety certificates and compliance checks
Gas safety, electrical installation condition reports, PAT testing, smoke and heat alarms and carbon monoxide detectors — scoped with the Scottish Repairing Standard in mind, so nothing lapses quietly.
HMO compliance work
For houses in multiple occupation: the physical work a licence inspection looks at — fire doors, alarms, emergency lighting and general condition — carried out by trades who know what Edinburgh's licensing team expects.
Void turnarounds
Clearance, deep clean, decoration and repairs between tenants, coordinated as one job so the property is back on the market in days rather than weeks.
Eyes on the ground for absent landlords
If you live away from Edinburgh, we inspect, photograph and report — and only spend money you have approved in writing.
Across Edinburgh, street by street
Edinburgh's rental stock is not one thing — a New Town flat, a Leith conversion and a Marchmont HMO each need different handling. Our network works across every Edinburgh postcode district.
Edinburgh city centre & Old Town
Tenement flats, listed buildings and factor coordination
Leith & the Shore
Conversions, colony housing and busy rental streets
Stockbridge & the New Town
Conservation-area rules and traditional sash-and-case stock
Marchmont, Bruntsfield & Morningside
HMO flats popular with students and young professionals
Portobello & the coast
Holiday-let changeovers and salt-air exterior upkeep
Corstorphine, Gorgie & the west
Family rentals and post-war housing
Typical landlord jobs and guide prices
Bands are guides drawn from comparable local work. The real figure always comes back as a written quote from a named business before anything is booked.
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.
Repairing Standard inspection
£150–£350
A room-by-room check against the Repairing Standard, with a prioritised list of what must be fixed and what can wait.
Mid-tenancy repair visit
£160–£420
A batch of small tenant-reported repairs handled in one visit, with the tenant contacted directly to arrange access.
HMO compliance works
£650–£3,200
Fire doors, emergency lighting and signage brought to the standard City of Edinburgh Council licensing expects.
Check-out inventory and condition report
£95–£220
A photographed check-out that stands up at the deposit scheme if there is a dispute.
EPC assessment
£75–£150
A new Energy Performance Certificate with practical notes on lifting the rating.
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.
Landlord services in Edinburgh — questions
- What landlord services do you cover in Edinburgh?
- Repairs and maintenance, safety certificates, HMO compliance work, void clearances and turnarounds, and pre-inspection tidy-ups. If it keeps a rental property safe, compliant and lettable, we can arrange it.
- Do you manage tenancies or collect rent?
- No. Lothian Property Care is not a letting agent and does not handle rent, deposits or tenant finding. We look after the building itself — the repairs, certificates and condition work — alongside your existing letting arrangements.
- How do I stay compliant with the Repairing Standard?
- Jobs are scoped with the Scottish Repairing Standard in mind — smoke and heat alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, electrical and gas safety. Anything that looks like a compliance gap is flagged to you with photographs.
- What does it cost?
- The introduction is free. You approve a written quote from the named local business before anything is booked, and you pay that business directly at the agreed price.
- Which parts of Edinburgh do you cover?
- All Edinburgh postcode districts — the city centre, Leith, Stockbridge, Marchmont, Morningside, Portobello, Corstorphine and beyond — plus the wider Lothians for portfolio landlords.