Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · East Midlands

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Leicester

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

Social landlords in Leicester can appoint us for planned maintenance works, from a single home to a programme. Leicester City Council still owns council homes here, alongside housing association stock. We work to the Decent Homes Standard and to your own specification.

Leicester at a glance

Council: Leicester City Council
Region: East Midlands
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: 354,036 (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 Leicester?

Leicester City Council still owns council homes in Leicester 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 Leicester?

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
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 Leicester?

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 planned maintenance works

What do planned maintenance works cost in Leicester?

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

Does Leicester City Council still own council homes?

Which housing standard applies in Leicester?

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

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