Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · South West
Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Torridge
Keeping homes in Torridge at the standard that applies to them depends on renewing components before they fail. We programme and deliver that work.
We take on planned maintenance works in Torridge for housing associations (which own most social homes here) and supported housing providers, managing every trade ourselves and working to the timescales in your order. Most social homes in Torridge belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.
Torridge at a glance
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Region
- South West
- County
- Devon
- Council homes
- Transferred to housing associations
- Housing standard
- Decent Homes Standard (England)
- Damp and mould timescales
- Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
- Population
- 68,719 (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 Torridge?
Most social homes in Torridge are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Torridge District Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.
What do we cover in Torridge?
- 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
- Coordination with your compliance contractors

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 Torridge?
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 Torridge?
Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Torridge 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 Torridge
Does Torridge District Council still own council homes?
Most social homes in Torridge are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Torridge District Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.
Which housing standard applies in Torridge?
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 Torridge?
Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the South West, including West Devon, North Devon, Mid Devon and Teignbridge, and in every other UK nation.
Other works we carry out in Torridge
- Communal area refurbishment
- Void property works
- Damp and mould remediation
- Aids and adaptations
- Responsive repairs
- Brickwork, pointing and render repairs
- Roofing and rainwater goods
- Bathroom replacement programmes
- Loft and cavity wall insulation
- Window and door replacement
- Electrical remedial works and rewires
- Whole-house retrofit