Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · West Midlands

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Dudley

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

Social landlords in Dudley can appoint us for planned maintenance works, from a single home to a programme. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council still owns council homes here, alongside housing association stock. We work to the Decent Homes Standard and to your own specification.

Dudley at a glance

Council: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Region: West Midlands
Council homes: Council-owned, managed by the council
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 322,363 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 0.97 (VOA 2026)

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 Dudley?

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council still owns council homes in Dudley and manages them directly, funded through its Housing Revenue Account. Housing associations also own and manage social homes in the area, and we can work for both.

What do we cover in Dudley?

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

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 Dudley?

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 Dudley?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Dudley is £4,850–£9,700 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 0.97 (VOA Rating Cost Guide 2026: 0.95–1.00); 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 Dudley

Does Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council still own council homes?

Which housing standard applies in Dudley?

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 Dudley?

Yes. We take on planned maintenance works across the West Midlands, including Sandwell, Wolverhampton, Bromsgrove and Birmingham, and in every other UK nation.