Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · East of England

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in East Cambridgeshire

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

Planned maintenance works in East Cambridgeshire 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 East Cambridgeshire belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.

East Cambridgeshire at a glance

Council: East Cambridgeshire District Council
Region: East of England
County: Cambridgeshire
Council homes: Transferred to housing associations
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 90,172 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 1.04 (our estimate)

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 East Cambridgeshire?

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

What do we cover in East Cambridgeshire?

Validation surveys of homes in the programme
Multi-trade packages: kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors, roofs, electrics
Single-component programmes where you prefer separate streams
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?

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 East Cambridgeshire?

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 East Cambridgeshire?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in East Cambridgeshire is £5,200–£10,400 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 1.04 (our own estimate); 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 East Cambridgeshire

Does East Cambridgeshire District Council still own council homes?

Do you also work near East Cambridgeshire?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the East of England, including Cambridge, West Suffolk, South Cambridgeshire and Fenland, and in every other UK nation.

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

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