Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · East Midlands

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Amber Valley

We deliver planned maintenance programmes in Amber Valley from social landlords' stock condition data, as multi-trade packages or single-component streams.

Planned maintenance works in Amber Valley are carried out by our site teams and specialist subcontractors under our management, with photographs, notes and certificates on every job. Most social homes in Amber Valley belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.

Amber Valley at a glance

Council: Amber Valley Borough Council
Region: East Midlands
County: Derbyshire
Council homes: Transferred to housing associations
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 128,829 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 1.02 (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 Amber Valley?

Most social homes in Amber Valley are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Amber Valley Borough Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.

What do we cover in Amber Valley?

Validation surveys of homes in the programme
Multi-trade packages: kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors, roofs, electrics
Resident liaison and choice management
Programme reporting: starts, completions, variations and spend
Updated component data returned for your asset system

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in a social home

How do we deliver it?

We start by checking the programme data against what our surveyors find, because ordering components for the wrong homes is the most expensive mistake in planned works.

Which rules apply in Amber Valley?

Since April 2024 the Regulator of Social Housing has inspected landlords with more than 1,000 homes against its consumer standards, on at least a four-year cycle. The Safety and Quality Standard expects an accurate, up-to-date and evidenced understanding of the condition of every home, based on physical assessment.

Decent Homes Standard (England) · More about planned maintenance works

What do planned maintenance works cost in Amber Valley?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Amber Valley is £5,100–£10,200 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 1.02 (VOA Rating Cost Guide 2026: 1.01–1.07); 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 planned maintenance works in Amber Valley

Does Amber Valley Borough Council still own council homes?

Do you also work near Amber Valley?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the East Midlands, including Derby, Erewash, Broxtowe and Ashfield, and in every other UK nation.

Can you take on planned maintenance works in Amber Valley as a subcontractor?

Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Amber Valley can engage us as a tier-2 subcontractor for planned maintenance works, working under their systems and their client's specification.