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Council housing - planned maintenance

                                             

                                                   

 

 

We have an ongoing programme of work to improve and repair our housing stock.

The main influence in setting priorities for the planned programme of work is the need to meet the Government's target that all homes shall meet the Decent Homes Standard by the year 2010.

We must also carry out certain health and safety related inspections and work on an ongoing basis.

We have carried out an inspection of a percentage of our housing stock (this is called a stock condition survey) and more properties are being surveyed each year. This stock condition information is stored on a computer database which helps us to determine what work needs to be carried out at which properties each year.

The  Bridgnorth District Federation of Tenants' and Residents' Associations is consulted each year about the proposed programme of work and the programme is finally presented to the Council's Housing and Environment Committee for consideration and approval.

 

The programme of work for the 2008/09 financial year is summarised below

 

Scheme		Estimated Cost Including Fees
Aids and Adaptations	£100,000
Asbestos related works/management	£125,000
Appliances and  boilers	£13,000
Electrical - testing, re-wiring and remedial work	£223,000
Re-roofing and chimneys	£90,000
Kitchens and bathrooms	£350,000
Upgrading insulation	£100,000
External painting	£100,000
Flood Prevention work	£52,000
Communal bathroom - Greenfields Ct., Bridgnorth	£2,000
Fencing/parking - Severn Cliff, Bridgnorth	£18,000
Internal fees	£152,000
Contingencies/design	£50,000
Stock condition survey	£25,000
Total	£1,400,000

 

 

We believe that we have made good progress with our programme of planned maintenance work in recent years:

• We are on target to meet the Government's Decent Homes targets
• We have completed our programme to install PVCU double glazed windows
• Other than where a tenant has made a choice not to have central heating installed, all homes now benefit from a form of controllable central heating

 

For further information contact Property Management Services Department

By telephone

01746 713204

By email

By letter

Property Services
Bridgnorth District Council
Westgate
Bridgnorth
Shropshire
WV16 5AA