Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · East Midlands

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in West Northamptonshire

If your investment programme in West Northamptonshire needs extra delivery capacity, we can take a street, an estate or a component stream.

Social landlords in West Northamptonshire can appoint us for planned maintenance works, from a single home to a programme. Council homes here are owned by West Northamptonshire Council and managed by Northamptonshire Partnership Homes. We work to the Decent Homes Standard and to your own specification.

West Northamptonshire at a glance

Council: West Northamptonshire Council
Region: East Midlands
Council homes: Council-owned, managed by Northamptonshire Partnership Homes
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 406,733 (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 West Northamptonshire?

West Northamptonshire Council owns its council homes, which are managed on its behalf by Northamptonshire Partnership Homes, an arm's-length management organisation (ALMO). Housing associations own further social homes in West Northamptonshire. The council has announced plans to bring the management of its homes back in-house by April 2027.

What do we cover in West Northamptonshire?

Validation surveys of homes in the programme
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 West Northamptonshire?

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 West Northamptonshire?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in West Northamptonshire 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 West Northamptonshire

Does West Northamptonshire Council still own council homes?

Do you also work near West Northamptonshire?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the East Midlands, including Milton Keynes, Rugby, Cherwell and Harborough, and in every other UK nation.

Which housing standard applies in West Northamptonshire?