Kitchen replacement programmes · South East
Kitchen replacement programmes in Swale
If kitchens in Swale are due for renewal under your housing quality standard, we can survey, price and install them home by home.
Kitchen replacement in Swale is carried out by our site teams and specialist subcontractors under our management, with photographs, notes and certificates on every job. Most social homes in Swale belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.
Swale at a glance
- Council
- Swale Borough Council
- Region
- South East
- County
- Kent
- Council homes
- Transferred to housing associations
- Housing standard
- Decent Homes Standard (England)
- Damp and mould timescales
- Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
- Population
- 151,015 (2020 estimate)
- Regional price factor
- 1.10 (VOA 2026)
Council housing status from Housing Revenue Account records (MHCLG and the 2012 HRA list, updated for later transfers) and council publications, checked October 2026. Population: ONS 2020 mid-year estimate.
Who owns the social homes in Swale?
Most social homes in Swale are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Swale Borough Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.
What do we cover in Swale?
- Survey, layout drawing and resident choice of finishes within your range
- Strip-out, asbestos checks and waste removal
- Electrical work to current regulations, with certification
- Plumbing, waste and gas connections (gas work by Gas Safe registered engineers, confirmed in writing before appointment)
- Units, worktops, sink, tiling, extract and lighting
How do we deliver it?
A resident liaison officer visits before the survey, explains the programme and stays in touch until handover. Most complaints on kitchen programmes come from poor communication, not poor workmanship.
Which rules apply in Swale?
Social homes in England must meet the Decent Homes Standard, enforced through the Regulator of Social Housing's Safety and Quality Standard. A reformed standard, confirmed in January 2026, must be met by 2035 at the latest.
Decent Homes Standard (England) · More about kitchen replacement
What does kitchen replacement cost in Swale?
Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Swale is £5,500–£11,000 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 1.10 (VOA Rating Cost Guide 2026: 1.05–1.15); 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 Swale
Does Swale Borough Council still own council homes?
Most social homes in Swale are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Swale Borough Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.
Do you also work near Swale?
Yes. We take on kitchen replacement across the South East, including Medway, Maidstone, Canterbury and Southend-on-Sea, and in every other UK nation.
Can you take on kitchen replacement in Swale as a subcontractor?
Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Swale 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 Swale
- Supported and sheltered housing refurbishment
- Heating upgrades and heat pumps
- Acquisition and temporary accommodation refurbishment
- Void property works
- External wall insulation
- Brickwork, pointing and render repairs
- Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works
- Whole-house retrofit
- Responsive repairs
- Electrical remedial works and rewires
- Roofing and rainwater goods
- Window and door replacement