Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · North West

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Bolton

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

Social landlords in Bolton can appoint us for planned maintenance works, from a single home to a programme. Most social homes in Bolton belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock. We work to the Decent Homes Standard and to your own specification.

Bolton at a glance

Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Region: North West
Council homes: Transferred to housing associations
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 288,248 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 1.01 (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 Bolton?

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

What do we cover in Bolton?

Multi-trade packages: kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors, roofs, electrics
Single-component programmes where you prefer separate streams
Resident liaison and choice management
Programme reporting: starts, completions, variations and spend
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 Bolton?

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 Bolton?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Bolton is £5,050–£10,100 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 1.01 (VOA Rating Cost Guide 2026: 1.01–1.02); 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 Bolton

Does Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council still own council homes?

Do you also work near Bolton?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the North West, including Wigan, Bury, Salford and Blackburn with Darwen, and in every other UK nation.

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

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