East Suffolk Council
Council property repairs
We spend in the region of £7 million pounds per annum maintaining and improving homes for our tenants.
As well as the minor and routine maintenance programmes in place to cover unexpected minor repairs such as taps, electrical faults, and small areas of plastering, there is also a large capital improvement programme in place for tenants.
We are currently updating the information we hold for our major improvement programmes. We are carrying out a condition survey to every one of our homes to make sure we have the most up to date information. This is a significant task and is due to be completed during 2024.
Whilst this work is being completed we are unable to provide specific dates to tenants on when their kitchen or bathroom is due to be replaced.
Our new programme will be rolled out in 2025 and we will contact tenants directly to arrange the works.
| Replacement programme frequency | |
|---|---|
| Component | Estimated number of years before replacement |
| Kitchen | 30 |
| Bathroom | 40 |
| External doors | 30 |
| Windows | 30 |
| Roof covering | 50 |
| Electrical systems | 30 |
| Central heating boiler | 15 |
| Heating distribution | 40 |
In the meantime if you have a problem with you kitchen or bathroom we will continue to repair it until the new programme is underway.
The council's expenditure falls into two areas: a revenue element to maintain existing items, servicing and repairs to void properties and a capital element that allows for improvements to be undertaken.