Planned maintenance and SHQS works · Scotland

Planned maintenance and SHQS works in Dumfries and Galloway

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

Planned maintenance works in Dumfries and Galloway 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 Dumfries and Galloway belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.

Dumfries and Galloway at a glance

Council: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Nation: Scotland
Council homes: Transferred to housing associations
Housing standard: SHQS (Scotland)
Damp and mould timescales: Scottish 2026 regulations (since 6 Oct 2026)
Population: 148,290 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 0.97 (our estimate)

Council housing status from published stock transfer histories (6 transfer and 26 stock-holding councils), not yet checked against Scottish Government tables. Population: ONS 2020 mid-year estimate.

Who owns the social homes in Dumfries and Galloway?

Most social homes in Dumfries and Galloway are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. It is one of six Scottish councils that transferred their housing. Dumfries and Galloway Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.

What do we cover in Dumfries and Galloway?

Validation surveys of homes in the programme
Multi-trade packages: kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors, roofs, electrics
Resident liaison and choice management
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 Dumfries and Galloway?

Landlords report to the Scottish Housing Regulator each year through the Annual Return on the Charter and an Annual Assurance Statement.

SHQS (Scotland) · More about planned maintenance works

What do planned maintenance works cost in Dumfries and Galloway?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Dumfries and Galloway is £4,850–£9,700 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 0.97 (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 Dumfries and Galloway

Does Dumfries and Galloway Council still own council homes?

Can you take on planned maintenance works in Dumfries and Galloway as a subcontractor?

Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Dumfries and Galloway 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 Dumfries and Galloway?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across Scotland, including East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and East Renfrewshire, and in every other UK nation.