Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · South East

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Adur

Keeping homes in Adur at the standard that applies to them depends on renewing components before they fail. We programme and deliver that work.

Planned maintenance works in Adur are carried out by our site teams and specialist subcontractors under our management, with photographs, notes and certificates on every job. Adur District Council still owns council homes here, alongside housing association stock.

Adur at a glance

Council: Adur District Council
Region: South East
County: West Sussex
Council homes: Council-owned, managed by the council
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 64,187 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 1.10 (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 Adur?

Adur District Council still owns council homes in Adur and manages them directly, funded through its Housing Revenue Account. Housing associations also own and manage social homes in the area, and we can work for both.

What do we cover in Adur?

Validation surveys of homes in the programme
Multi-trade packages: kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors, roofs, electrics
Resident liaison and choice management
Programme reporting: starts, completions, variations and spend
Updated component data returned for your asset system

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 Adur?

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.

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

What do planned maintenance works cost in Adur?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Adur is £5,500–£11,000 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 1.10 (VOA Rating Cost Guide 2026: 1.05–1.15); 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 Adur

Does Adur District Council still own council homes?

Which housing standard applies in Adur?

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

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