Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · North West

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Rochdale

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

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

Rochdale at a glance

Council: Rochdale 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: 223,659 (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 Rochdale?

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

What do we cover in Rochdale?

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 finish with your asset data updated: what was renewed, when, and the expected life of each new component.

Which rules apply in Rochdale?

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 Rochdale?

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

Does Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council still own council homes?

Do you also work near Rochdale?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the North West, including Oldham, Bury, Rossendale and Tameside, and in every other UK nation.

Which housing standard applies in Rochdale?

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.