Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · East Midlands

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Blaby

Asset teams with homes in Blaby can use us to validate, price and deliver planned works, and to return clean data at the end.

Social landlords in Blaby can appoint us for planned maintenance works, from a single home to a programme. Most social homes in Blaby belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock. We work to the Decent Homes Standard and to your own specification.

Blaby at a glance

Council: Blaby District Council
Region: East Midlands
County: Leicestershire
Council homes: Transferred to housing associations
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 101,950 (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 Blaby?

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

What do we cover in Blaby?

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
Coordination with your compliance contractors

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in a social home

How do we deliver it?

Programmes are planned street by street, so each resident sees one coordinated set of works rather than several contractors on different dates.

Which rules apply in Blaby?

Social landlords are commercial clients under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, so the full client duties apply. Where there is more than one contractor, the client appoints a principal designer and a principal contractor.

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

What do planned maintenance works cost in Blaby?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Blaby 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 Blaby

Does Blaby District Council still own council homes?

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

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

Do you also work near Blaby?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the East Midlands, including Oadby and Wigston, Leicester, Hinckley and Bosworth and Harborough, and in every other UK nation.