Project

Major voids - Doncaster St Leger

Sector

Empty Homes & Voids – Social Housing

Duration

2 years

Contract value

£600k

Project overview

St Leger Housing Doncaster are an award-winning company that provides housing services across Doncaster. They manage more than 20,500 council dwellings along with several gypsy and traveller sites, residential sites, garages, shops and communal buildings on behalf of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.

St Ledger typically do 100 voids per year (2 per week) of which 40% are capital and 60% response. Value of standard responsive voids will typically be valued at £2000 – £5000 and major capital voids works will typically be valued at £5,000 – £15,000k

Certus Construction Services have been appointed through the Efficiency North Installers framework to support St Leger’s internal capacity carrying out void refurbishment works.

Scope of works

  • Full kitchen
  • Full bathroom
  • Re-wire
  • Heating system upgrade
  • Window & door renewal
  • Roof covering replacement

Words from the client

“Certus are working hard to turn around these empty properties ready for re-let. The jobs can vary from minor repairs or ones that have to be ripped out entirely. A lot of my time is spent managing our internal trades, but I can trust Certus and the site team to deliver.”

GaryVoid Manager