Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · South East

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in the Vale of White Horse

If your investment programme in the Vale of White Horse needs extra delivery capacity, we can take a street, an estate or a component stream.

Planned maintenance works in the Vale of White Horse 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 Vale of White Horse belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.

Vale of White Horse at a glance

Council: Vale of White Horse District Council
Region: South East
County: Oxfordshire
Council homes: Transferred to housing associations
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 137,910 (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 the Vale of White Horse?

Most social homes in the Vale of White Horse are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Vale of White Horse District Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.

What do we cover in the Vale of White Horse?

Single-component programmes where you prefer separate streams
Resident liaison and choice management
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?

We finish with your asset data updated: what was renewed, when, and the expected life of each new component.

Which rules apply in the Vale of White Horse?

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 the Vale of White Horse?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in the Vale of White Horse 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 the Vale of White Horse

Does Vale of White Horse District Council still own council homes?

Do you also work near the Vale of White Horse?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the South East, including Oxford, Swindon, West Berkshire and West Oxfordshire, and in every other UK nation.

Which housing standard applies in the Vale of White Horse?

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.