Social housing repairs and maintenance provider, Wates Living Space, has grown its southern property portfolio with three projects on behalf of Brent Council, St Mungo’s and mhs homes.

The projects, which are collectively valued at circa £33 million, include the refurbishment of four high rise blocks on behalf of Brent Council, including external wall insulation, heating and lift refurbishments.

Work for Brent also includes retrofit installations to increase home efficiency following Wates’ successful retrofit pilot on behalf of Brent Council, which reached completion at the end of 2021.

The project saw the Wates Retrofit team install energy efficiency measures in void properties, taking them from an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of E to B, exceeding the Government’s 2030 target for social housing.

Also included in Wates Living Space’s new contacts is a six-month programme to install new kitchens and bathrooms for 36 properties across North London on behalf of St Mungo’s.

The team is also preparing to mobilise a two-year contract to install new kitchens and bathrooms for mhs homes properties in North Kent.

James Gregg, Managing Director of South Planned Maintenance at Wates Living Space, commented: “Our clients have to balance many different aspects to property management, and this balance is reliant on maintenance providers that have the capacity and expertise to deliver services efficiently and to a high quality. 

“Retrofitting homes is becoming an increasingly pressured priority for social landlords with many making great headway in improving the efficiency of their housing stock. Nevertheless, traditional planned maintenance programmes remain important, and their concurrent delivery alongside retrofit work is absolutely vital to our clients and their customers. We are very proud to be growing our portfolio in the south and look forward to working with our clients to provide safe, secure, comfortable and efficient homes.”

The new projects add to Wates Living Space’s current portfolio, which includes repairs and maintenance for 500,000 homes on behalf of 60 social landlords.