Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · North East

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in South Tyneside

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

Planned maintenance works in South Tyneside are carried out by our site teams and specialist subcontractors under our management, with photographs, notes and certificates on every job. South Tyneside Council still owns about 18,000 council homes here, alongside housing association stock.

South Tyneside at a glance

Council: South Tyneside Council
Region: North East
Council homes: Council-owned, managed by the council
Approx. council homes: 18,000 (2024)
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 151,133 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 0.90 (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 South Tyneside?

South Tyneside Council still owns council homes in South Tyneside and manages them directly, funded through its Housing Revenue Account. The latest published figure we found is about 18,000 council homes (2024). Housing associations also own and manage social homes in the area, and we can work for both.

What do we cover in South Tyneside?

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 South Tyneside?

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 South Tyneside?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in South Tyneside is £4,500–£9,000 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 0.90 (VOA Rating Cost Guide 2026: 0.89–0.93); 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 South Tyneside

Does South Tyneside Council still own council homes?

Do you also work near South Tyneside?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the North East, including North Tyneside, Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, and in every other UK nation.

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

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