Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · South West
Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Plymouth
If your investment programme in Plymouth needs extra delivery capacity, we can take a street, an estate or a component stream.
Social landlords in Plymouth can appoint us for planned maintenance works, from a single home to a programme. Most social homes in Plymouth belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock. We work to the Decent Homes Standard and to your own specification.
Plymouth at a glance
- Council
- Plymouth City Council
- Region
- South West
- Council homes
- Transferred to housing associations
- Housing standard
- Decent Homes Standard (England)
- Damp and mould timescales
- Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
- Population
- 262,839 (2020 estimate)
- Regional price factor
- 1.02 (our estimate)
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 Plymouth?
Most social homes in Plymouth are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Plymouth City Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.
What do we cover in Plymouth?
- Validation surveys of homes in the programme
- Multi-trade packages: kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors, roofs, electrics
- Programme reporting: starts, completions, variations and spend
- Updated component data returned for your asset system
- Coordination with your compliance contractors

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 Plymouth?
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 Plymouth?
Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Plymouth is £5,100–£10,200 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 1.02 (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 Plymouth
Does Plymouth City Council still own council homes?
Most social homes in Plymouth are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Plymouth City Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.
Which housing standard applies in Plymouth?
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.
Can you take on planned maintenance works in Plymouth as a subcontractor?
Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Plymouth can engage us as a tier-2 subcontractor for planned maintenance works, working under their systems and their client's specification.
Other works we carry out in Plymouth
- Kitchen replacement programmes
- External wall insulation
- Void property works
- Supported and sheltered housing refurbishment
- Smoke, heat and CO alarm installation
- Estate and external works
- Loft and cavity wall insulation
- Roofing and rainwater goods
- Heating upgrades and heat pumps
- Electrical remedial works and rewires
- Aids and adaptations
- Bathroom replacement programmes