Areas we cover · Craiglockhart
High-quality extensions, attic conversions and whole-home renovations for homeowners in Craiglockhart and across Edinburgh.
Craiglockhart combines handsome period terraces and villas with gardens that often fall away steeply from the house. That makes it a rewarding but technically demanding place to build. A lower-level extension on Craiglockhart Terrace, demolishing an existing rear extension and digging down to garden level to create two bedrooms and an en-suite.
Craiglockhart is made up largely of Victorian and Edwardian terraces, substantial semi-detached villas and interwar family homes. Many sit on rising ground with rear gardens that fall away steeply from the house, which opens up the option of building down to garden level. Original stonework, timber sash windows and period joinery are common and worth keeping where possible.
Sloping gardens bring excavation, retaining walls, drainage and waterproofing into play. Access for plant and spoil removal on terraced streets needs planning before work begins, and neighbours on shared boundaries should be kept informed.
Where a garden drops away, building down to garden level can add a whole new floor of accommodation without losing the character of the main house. On Craiglockhart Terrace we removed a small existing extension, excavated to the lower garden level and built a new lower-floor extension with two bedrooms and an en-suite, finished in black timber cladding with bespoke oak joinery inside.
Extensions in older Craiglockhart homes are often best combined with work to the existing house, so services, layouts and finishes are planned once. One team manages the whole programme.
Larger extensions here usually need planning permission and a building warrant from the City of Edinburgh Council, and parts of the area fall within a conservation area. We work alongside your architect on materials and detailing; the decision on consent rests with the council.
Questions
Yes. We recently completed a lower-level extension on Craiglockhart Terrace with two bedrooms and an en-suite, built after demolishing an existing rear extension and digging down to garden level.
Usually, yes. It affects excavation, retaining walls, drainage and waterproofing, so a structural engineer designs the solution and we build it.
Our Craiglockhart Terrace project took around seven months. Every project differs, and we provide a programme once the scope is agreed.
Whether you're considering a major extension, attic conversion or complete renovation, we'd be interested to hear what you're planning.