Planned maintenance and SHQS works · Scotland

Planned maintenance and SHQS works in the Scottish Borders

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

Planned maintenance works in the Scottish Borders 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 the Scottish Borders belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.

Scottish Borders at a glance

Council: Scottish Borders 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: 115,240 (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 the Scottish Borders?

Most social homes in the Scottish Borders 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. Scottish Borders Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.

What do we cover in the Scottish Borders?

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 the Scottish Borders?

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

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What do planned maintenance works cost in the Scottish Borders?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in the Scottish Borders 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 the Scottish Borders

Does Scottish Borders Council still own council homes?

Can you take on planned maintenance works in the Scottish Borders as a subcontractor?

Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in the Scottish Borders 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 the Scottish Borders?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across Scotland, including Midlothian, East Lothian, Edinburgh and West Lothian, and in every other UK nation.