Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · North East

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Sunderland

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

We take on planned maintenance works in Sunderland for housing associations (which own most social homes here) and supported housing providers, managing every trade ourselves and working to the timescales in your order. Most social homes in Sunderland belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.

Sunderland at a glance

Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Council homes: Transferred to housing associations
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 277,846 (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 Sunderland?

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

What do we cover in Sunderland?

Validation surveys of homes in the programme
Multi-trade packages: kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors, roofs, electrics
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 start by checking the programme data against what our surveyors find, because ordering components for the wrong homes is the most expensive mistake in planned works.

Which rules apply in Sunderland?

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 Sunderland?

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

Does Sunderland City Council still own council homes?

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

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

Do you also work near Sunderland?

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