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How to talk to a builder in Sweden
This list mixes carpenters (snickare), bathroom and kitchen refits, floors and small extensions. The umbrella on the Swedish site is bygg. A bathroom is a badrum. A kitchen is a kök. A building permit is a bygglov, decided by the municipality, not by this catalogue.
Get permission before demolition
In a hyresrätt you generally cannot renovate the landlord’s flat. Ask in writing and wait. In a bostadsrätt the board usually has to approve a bathroom or anything that touches waterproofing, drains or the exterior. A house you own still needs the kommun when the work is large enough for bygglov or a notification (anmälan). Ask the municipality, not the builder, whether your drawing needs a permit.
Words
- renovering — renovation
- rivning — demolition
- våtrum — wet room
- tätskikt — waterproofing
- offert — quote
- totalentreprenad — one firm coordinates the lot
Message you can send
Hej, jag vill ha en offert på badrumsrenovering på [adress] i [ort]. Rummet är cirka [m²]. Jag bor i [hyresrätt / bostadsrätt / villa]. Kan ni skriva arbete, material och tätskikt var för sig? Mvh [namn] [telefon]
Checks this list does not replace
Organisation number and F-skatt (checked 18 September 2026) are what the catalogue shows. Säker Vatten and BBV for the wet room are not checked. Ask who is responsible if the waterproofing fails, and read Säker Vatten. For 2026, the Swedish pages on this site — checked against Skatteverket in September 2026 — state that ROT is 30% of the labour cost and RUT is 50% of the labour cost. The two share a cap of 75,000 kronor per person per year, and ROT can be at most 50,000 kronor of that cap. Materials and travel are not included. Confirm the current figures at Skatteverket before you rely on them.
On the phone
Say villa, bostadsrätt or hyresrätt in the first sentence. Builders price access, drying time and whether you keep living there. If Swedish gets too fast, ask kan ni mejla offerten? and use the message above.