Planned maintenance and WHQS works · Wales
Planned maintenance and WHQS works in Cardiff
Keeping homes in Cardiff at the standard that applies to them depends on renewing components before they fail. We programme and deliver that work.
Social landlords in Cardiff can appoint us for planned maintenance works, from a single home to a programme. City of Cardiff Council still owns council homes here, alongside housing association stock. We work to the Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023 and to your own specification.
Cardiff at a glance
- Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Nation
- Wales
- Council homes
- Council-owned, managed by the council
- Housing standard
- WHQS 2023 (Wales)
- Damp and mould timescales
- No timescale law found
- Population
- 369,202 (2020 estimate)
- Regional price factor
- 0.93 (VOA 2026)
Council housing status from published stock transfer histories (11 transfer and 11 stock-retaining councils), not yet checked against StatsWales tables. Population: ONS 2020 mid-year estimate.
Who owns the social homes in Cardiff?
City of Cardiff Council is one of the 11 Welsh councils that kept their homes rather than transferring them. Housing associations also own social homes in Cardiff, and we can work for both.
What do we cover in Cardiff?
- Validation surveys of homes in the programme
- Multi-trade packages: kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors, roofs, electrics
- Resident liaison and choice management
- 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 Cardiff?
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.
WHQS 2023 (Wales) · More about planned maintenance works
What do planned maintenance works cost in Cardiff?
Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Cardiff is £4,650–£9,300 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 0.93 (VOA Rating Cost Guide 2026: 0.88–0.98); 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 Cardiff
Does City of Cardiff Council still own council homes?
City of Cardiff Council is one of the 11 Welsh councils that kept their homes rather than transferring them. Housing associations also own social homes in Cardiff, and we can work for both.
Can you take on planned maintenance works in Cardiff as a subcontractor?
Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Cardiff can engage us as a tier-2 subcontractor for planned maintenance works, working under their systems and their client's specification.
Do you also work near Cardiff?
Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across Wales, including the Vale of Glamorgan, Caerphilly, Newport and Rhondda Cynon Taf, and in every other UK nation.
Other works we carry out in Cardiff
- Window and door replacement
- Whole-house retrofit
- Brickwork, pointing and render repairs
- Smoke, heat and CO alarm installation
- Estate and external works
- Acquisition and temporary accommodation refurbishment
- Housing disrepair works
- Heating upgrades and heat pumps
- Communal area refurbishment
- Cyclical and external decoration
- Roofing and rainwater goods
- External wall insulation