Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · Northern Ireland

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Belfast

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

We take on planned maintenance works in Belfast for the Housing Executive, housing associations and supported housing providers, managing every trade ourselves and working to the timescales in your order. Social homes in Belfast are owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and housing associations.

Belfast at a glance

Council: Belfast City Council
Nation: Northern Ireland
Council homes: Housing Executive and housing associations
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (NI)
Damp and mould timescales: No timescale law found
Population: 342,560 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 0.90 (our estimate)

In Northern Ireland the Housing Executive, not the council, is the public landlord. Population: ONS 2020 mid-year estimate.

Who owns the social homes in Belfast?

In Northern Ireland, councils are not housing authorities. Social homes in Belfast are owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and by registered housing associations, which are regulated by the Department for Communities.

What do we cover in Belfast?

Validation surveys of homes in the programme
Single-component programmes where you prefer separate streams
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 Belfast?

In Northern Ireland, the Housing Executive and registered housing associations work to the Northern Ireland Decent Homes Standard, which the Department for Communities consulted on revising in 2025–26.

Decent Homes Standard (NI) · More about planned maintenance works

What do planned maintenance works cost in Belfast?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Belfast 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 (our own estimate); 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 Belfast

Who is the social landlord in Belfast?

Which housing standard applies in Belfast?

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

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