Adaptations

We focus on one-off low-value "sub-threshold” projects such as disability adaptations and reversions, which, whilst often life-changing for the occupiers/recipients, can be a challenge for landlords, for a variety of reasons:

On a budget level

• they don't fit into planned maintenance programmes because timing is based on tenant need, not property schedules; and

• they don't fit into unplanned repair budgets because they're more complex and costly than a typical repair

On a resource level

• they're too small and uneconomic for larger retained contractors; but

• they're too complex for the DLO handyman, as they require input from multiple specialist trades

Services

Acting both directly and in an advisory capacity, we can assist with the

• planning and design;

• project and site management; and

• supply and installation

We work both directly and alongside local contractors who may not have experience of delivering publicly-funded projects, but would like to do so.

Benefits

We help the local contractor:

• understand (and deliver) the compliance and quality standards to which they must adhere on public projects;

• understand what certification may be needed, together with the associated internal changes that may be required to become certified; and

• acquire (through successful delivery of the project) a case study to prove their experience and help them bid for future works

We help the local contracting authority:-

• clear an awkward project off their to-do list; and

• gain an additional qualified local contractor to whom they can entrust future projects