Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works · Yorkshire and the Humber

Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works in Bradford

If your investment programme in Bradford needs extra delivery capacity, we can take a street, an estate or a component stream.

We take on planned maintenance works in Bradford 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 Bradford belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.

Bradford at a glance

Council: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Council homes: Mostly transferred to housing associations; small new council stock since 2023
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 542,128 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 0.92 (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 Bradford?

Most social homes in Bradford are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need. The council has also owned a small number of new council homes through a Housing Revenue Account reopened in April 2023.

What do we cover in Bradford?

Multi-trade packages: kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors, roofs, electrics
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?

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 Bradford?

Since April 2024 the Regulator of Social Housing has inspected landlords with more than 1,000 homes against its consumer standards, on at least a four-year cycle. The Safety and Quality Standard expects an accurate, up-to-date and evidenced understanding of the condition of every home, based on physical assessment.

Decent Homes Standard (England) · More about planned maintenance works

What do planned maintenance works cost in Bradford?

Our guide range for a kitchen in a replacement programme in Bradford is £4,600–£9,200 per kitchen. That is the UK range of £5,000–£10,000 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 0.92 (VOA Rating Cost Guide 2026: 0.90–0.96); 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 Bradford

Does City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council still own council homes?

Which housing standard applies in Bradford?

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.

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

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