Advice · Monifieth & Angus
Advice & guides.
Practical guidance on planning, designing and living with a renovation — written from three decades of design-and-build work across Tayside and north Fife.
Practical guidance on planning, designing and living with a renovation — written from three decades of design-and-build work across Tayside and north Fife.
A garage conversion is one of the few home improvements in Dundee that can add genuine living space without the cost or disruption of a full extension...
25 October 2026Dundee's tenements and period flats are full of character, but that character comes with sandstone walls, shared stairs and a planning system that doe...
19 October 2026A garage that only holds bikes and paint tins is often the cheapest extra room you will ever get. Before you start, it helps to know what a conversion...
8 October 2026Plenty of garages around Dundee are too narrow for a modern car and end up storing bikes, paint tins and a freezer. Converting one into a proper room ...
25 September 2026Swapping a tired bathroom for a walk-in shower is one of the most common jobs we get asked about around Dundee. Before you decide between a shower roo...
13 September 2026Most bathrooms in Monifieth are between 1.8 and 2.5 metres wide, with the oldest houses around the High Street and the seafront often narrower still. ...
5 September 2026Most people start a bathroom project by wandering round a showroom and falling for a freestanding bath that would never fit their actual room. A bette...
29 August 2026Monifieth is one of the more sought-after spots in Angus for a self-build or a knock-down-and-rebuild, and that popularity is exactly why plots are sc...
15 August 2026Most bedrooms in and around Dundee were not designed around modern storage. Between chimney breasts, coombed attic ceilings, bay windows and floors th...
6 August 2026Wet rooms have become one of the most requested bathroom projects we see across Dundee, Broughty Ferry and Monifieth, and for good reason. They suit s...
31 July 2026Building a new house in Broughty Ferry is a rare opportunity, because plots along this stretch of the Tay do not come up often. Whether you have found...
19 July 2026Refurbishing a house in Angus is a different job to refurbishing one in a new-build estate down south. Between stone-built cottages in Monifieth, Vict...
7 July 2026If you are planning an extension, loft conversion or renovation in Monifieth, one of the first questions is whether you need an architect at all. The ...
30 June 2026Most homeowners want one honest answer before they commit: when will I have a working kitchen again? The truthful version is that the fitting itself i...
24 June 2026A new kitchen is one of the biggest jobs most Scottish homeowners will ever take on, and the price can swing wildly depending on choices you might not...
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A consultation at our Monifieth showroom, or a visit to yours. We will take the brief, walk the space, and come back with honest options and a written scope.