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Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Tower Hamlets

Keeping homes in Tower Hamlets at the standard that applies to them depends on renewing components before they fail. We programme and deliver that work.

Social landlords in Tower Hamlets can appoint us for planned maintenance works, from a single home to a programme. The London Borough of Tower Hamlets still owns about 11,477 council homes here, alongside housing association stock. We work to the Decent Homes Standard and to your own specification.

Tower Hamlets at a glance

Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Region: London
Council homes: Council-owned, managed by the council
Approx. council homes: 11,477 (2020)
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 331,969 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 1.22 (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 Tower Hamlets?

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets still owns council homes in Tower Hamlets and manages them directly, funded through its Housing Revenue Account. The latest published figure we found is about 11,477 council homes (2020). Housing associations also own and manage social homes in the area, and we can work for both.

What do we cover in Tower Hamlets?

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
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 Tower Hamlets?

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 Tower Hamlets?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Tower Hamlets is £6,100–£12,200 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 1.22 (VOA Rating Cost Guide 2026: inner London 1.17–1.32, outer London 1.08–1.26); 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 Tower Hamlets

Does the London Borough of Tower Hamlets still own council homes?

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

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

Which housing standard applies in Tower Hamlets?

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.