Kitchen replacement programmes · Scotland
Kitchen replacement programmes in Fife
If kitchens in Fife are due for renewal under your housing quality standard, we can survey, price and install them home by home.
We take on kitchen replacement in Fife for Fife Council, housing associations and supported housing providers, managing every trade ourselves and working to the timescales in your order. Fife Council still owns council homes here, alongside housing association stock.
Fife at a glance
- Council
- Fife Council
- Nation
- Scotland
- Council homes
- Council-owned, managed by the council
- Housing standard
- SHQS (Scotland)
- Damp and mould timescales
- Scottish 2026 regulations (since 6 Oct 2026)
- Population
- 374,130 (2020 estimate)
- Regional price factor
- 0.97 (our estimate)
Council housing status from published stock transfer histories (6 transfer and 26 stock-holding councils), not yet checked against Scottish Government tables. Population: ONS 2020 mid-year estimate.
Who owns the social homes in Fife?
Fife Council is one of the 26 Scottish councils that still own their homes. Housing associations (registered social landlords) also own social homes in Fife, and we can work for both.
What do we cover in Fife?
- Survey, layout drawing and resident choice of finishes within your range
- Strip-out, asbestos checks and waste removal
- Plumbing, waste and gas connections (gas work by Gas Safe registered engineers, confirmed in writing before appointment)
- Flooring, making good and decoration
- Resident liaison and temporary cooking facilities where needed
How do we deliver it?
Every kitchen closes with a resident walk-round, certificates and photos, which gives you clean data for your asset records.
Which rules apply in Fife?
Under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, the presence of asbestos must be assessed (or presumed) before work that could disturb it, and a refurbishment and demolition survey is needed before intrusive work in buildings built or refurbished before 2000. Licensed asbestos work is carried out only by licensed contractors.
SHQS (Scotland) · More about kitchen replacement
What does kitchen replacement cost in Fife?
Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Fife is £4,850–£9,700 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 0.97 (our own estimate); figures are before VAT where the source states it. Every job is priced after survey; specification, access and the condition of the homes will move the figure.
Questions about kitchen replacement in Fife
Does Fife Council still own council homes?
Fife Council is one of the 26 Scottish councils that still own their homes. Housing associations (registered social landlords) also own social homes in Fife, and we can work for both.
Which housing standard applies in Fife?
Social landlords in Scotland must meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard, with energy efficiency rules (EESSH2) under review ahead of a new Social Housing Net Zero Standard.
Can you take on kitchen replacement in Fife as a subcontractor?
Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Fife can engage us as a tier-2 subcontractor for kitchen replacement, working under their systems and their client's specification.
Other works we carry out in Fife
- Void property works
- Supported and sheltered housing refurbishment
- Roofing and rainwater goods
- External wall insulation
- Fire door installation and remediation
- Estate and external works
- Heating upgrades and heat pumps
- Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works
- Communal area refurbishment
- Cyclical and external decoration
- Responsive repairs
- Acquisition and temporary accommodation refurbishment