Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · South East
Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Thanet
If your investment programme in Thanet needs extra delivery capacity, we can take a street, an estate or a component stream.
Planned maintenance works in Thanet are carried out by our site teams and specialist subcontractors under our management, with photographs, notes and certificates on every job. Thanet District Council still owns council homes here, alongside housing association stock.
Thanet at a glance
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Region
- South East
- County
- Kent
- 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
- 141,458 (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 Thanet?
Thanet District Council still owns council homes in Thanet 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 Thanet?
- 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
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 Thanet?
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 Thanet?
Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Thanet 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 Thanet
Does Thanet District Council still own council homes?
Thanet District Council still owns council homes in Thanet 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.
Which housing standard applies in Thanet?
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.
Do you also work near Thanet?
Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the South East, including Dover, Canterbury, Swale and Folkestone and Hythe, and in every other UK nation.