Planned maintenance and WHQS works · Wales

Planned maintenance and WHQS works in Carmarthenshire

We deliver planned maintenance programmes in Carmarthenshire from social landlords' stock condition data, as multi-trade packages or single-component streams.

Social landlords in Carmarthenshire can appoint us for planned maintenance works, from a single home to a programme. Carmarthenshire County Council still owns council homes here, alongside housing association stock. We work to the Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023 and to your own specification.

Carmarthenshire at a glance

Council: Carmarthenshire County 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: 190,073 (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 Carmarthenshire?

Carmarthenshire County Council is one of the 11 Welsh councils that kept their homes rather than transferring them. Housing associations also own social homes in Carmarthenshire, and we can work for both.

What do we cover in Carmarthenshire?

Validation surveys of homes in the programme
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?

Programmes are planned street by street, so each resident sees one coordinated set of works rather than several contractors on different dates.

Which rules apply in Carmarthenshire?

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 Carmarthenshire?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Carmarthenshire 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 Carmarthenshire

Does Carmarthenshire County Council still own council homes?

Which housing standard applies in Carmarthenshire?

Social landlords in Wales work to the Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023, which has applied since 1 April 2024, with all homes to comply by 31 March 2034.

Can you take on planned maintenance works in Carmarthenshire as a subcontractor?

Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Carmarthenshire can engage us as a tier-2 subcontractor for planned maintenance works, working under their systems and their client's specification.