Planned maintenance and WHQS works · Wales

Planned maintenance and WHQS works in Powys

Asset teams with homes in Powys can use us to validate, price and deliver planned works, and to return clean data at the end.

We take on planned maintenance works in Powys for Powys County Council, housing associations and supported housing providers, managing every trade ourselves and working to the timescales in your order. Powys County Council still owns council homes here, alongside housing association stock.

Powys at a glance

Council: Powys 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: 133,030 (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 Powys?

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

What do we cover in Powys?

Validation surveys of homes in the programme
Single-component programmes where you prefer separate streams
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 Powys?

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 Powys?

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

Does Powys County Council still own council homes?

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

Do you also work near Powys?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across Wales, including Ceredigion, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil and Carmarthenshire, and in every other UK nation.

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

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