Smoke, heat and CO alarm installation · South West
Smoke, heat and CO alarm installation in Cotswold
Social landlords in Cotswold can use us to install interlinked alarm systems and keep accurate alarm records for compliance.
We take on smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm installation in Cotswold 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 Cotswold belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.
Cotswold at a glance
- Council
- Cotswold District Council
- Region
- South West
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Council homes
- Transferred to housing associations
- Housing standard
- Decent Homes Standard (England)
- Damp and mould timescales
- Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
- Population
- 90,264 (2020 estimate)
- Regional price factor
- 1.02 (our estimate)
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 Cotswold?
Most social homes in Cotswold are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Cotswold District Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.
What do we cover in Cotswold?
- Sealed-battery and radio-interlinked options
- Carbon monoxide alarms near fixed combustion appliances
- Alarm upgrades during voids, rewires and planned works
- Replacement of alarms reaching end of life
- Testing and records for your compliance system

How do we deliver it?
Fitting alarms during a void or a rewire avoids a separate visit, so we flag homes in your other programmes where alarms are due.
Which rules apply in Cotswold?
The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022 require social landlords in England to fit a smoke alarm on every storey with living accommodation, a carbon monoxide alarm in any room with a fixed combustion appliance (excluding gas cookers), and to repair or replace faulty alarms once reported.
Decent Homes Standard (England) · More about smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm installation
What does smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm installation cost in Cotswold?
Our guide range for mains-wired interlinked smoke, heat and CO alarms in Cotswold is £460–£920 per home. That is the UK range of £450–£900 (our estimate) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 1.02 (our own estimate); 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 smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm installation in Cotswold
Does Cotswold District Council still own council homes?
Most social homes in Cotswold are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Cotswold District Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.
Do you also work near Cotswold?
Yes. We take on smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm installation across the South West, including Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Gloucester and West Oxfordshire, and in every other UK nation.
Can you take on smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm installation in Cotswold as a subcontractor?
Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Cotswold can engage us as a tier-2 subcontractor for smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm installation, working under their systems and their client's specification.
Other works we carry out in Cotswold
- Responsive repairs
- Fire stopping and compartmentation
- Electrical remedial works and rewires
- Acquisition and temporary accommodation refurbishment
- Fire door installation and remediation
- Roofing and rainwater goods
- Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works
- Heating upgrades and heat pumps
- Housing disrepair works
- Kitchen replacement programmes
- Estate and external works
- Cyclical and external decoration