Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · East Midlands

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Charnwood

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

Planned maintenance works in Charnwood are carried out by our site teams and specialist subcontractors under our management, with photographs, notes and certificates on every job. Charnwood Borough Council still owns council homes here, alongside housing association stock.

Charnwood at a glance

Council: Charnwood Borough Council
Region: East Midlands
County: Leicestershire
Council homes: Council-owned, managed by the council
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 188,416 (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 Charnwood?

Charnwood Borough Council still owns council homes in Charnwood and manages them directly, funded through its Housing Revenue Account. Housing associations also own and manage social homes in the area, and we can work for both.

What do we cover in Charnwood?

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

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in a social home

How do we deliver it?

We finish with your asset data updated: what was renewed, when, and the expected life of each new component.

Which rules apply in Charnwood?

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 Charnwood?

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

Does Charnwood Borough Council still own council homes?

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

Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Charnwood 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 Charnwood?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the East Midlands, including Leicester, Oadby and Wigston, North West Leicestershire and Blaby, and in every other UK nation.