Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · North West
Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Oldham
We deliver planned maintenance programmes in Oldham from social landlords' stock condition data, as multi-trade packages or single-component streams.
Planned maintenance works in Oldham 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 Oldham belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.
Oldham at a glance
- Council
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Region
- North West
- Council homes
- Mostly transferred to housing associations
- Housing standard
- Decent Homes Standard (England)
- Damp and mould timescales
- Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
- Population
- 237,628 (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 Oldham?
Most social homes in Oldham are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need. The council may still hold a small number of homes of its own.
What do we cover in Oldham?
- Validation surveys of homes in the programme
- Multi-trade packages: kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors, roofs, electrics
- Single-component programmes where you prefer separate streams
- Resident liaison and choice management
- Coordination with your compliance contractors

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 Oldham?
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 Oldham?
Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Oldham 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 Oldham
Does Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council still own council homes?
Most social homes in Oldham are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need. The council may still hold a small number of homes of its own.
Do you also work near Oldham?
Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the North West, including Tameside, Rochdale, Manchester and Bury, and in every other UK nation.
Can you take on planned maintenance works in Oldham as a subcontractor?
Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Oldham can engage us as a tier-2 subcontractor for planned maintenance works, working under their systems and their client's specification.
Other works we carry out in Oldham
- External wall insulation
- Whole-house retrofit
- Electrical remedial works and rewires
- Responsive repairs
- Brickwork, pointing and render repairs
- Window and door replacement
- Bathroom replacement programmes
- Heating upgrades and heat pumps
- Fire door installation and remediation
- Aids and adaptations
- Smoke, heat and CO alarm installation
- Roofing and rainwater goods