Sectors | Social Housing - Refurbishment

Today’s housing estates are undergoing significant change and social landlords are often finding themselves with properties that are below the decent homes standard, structurally defective and suffering from poor thermal and aesthetic issues.

Refurbishment

Local Authorities and Housing Associations have used Structherm’s external refurbishment system extensively on defective ‘hard to heat’ houses for many years. We provide individual solutions to all types of defective houses – in some cases saving the lives of properties that would have otherwise been demolished and saving established communities from being torn apart.

The decision to renovate rather than demolish can be key to promoting sustainability and community regeneration. Construction and demolition waste comprises 25% of UK waste. Structherm’s cladding solutions are designed to create minimal waster, therefore helping to sustain the environment.

We have transformed thousands of houses into warm, modern looking homes, resulting in a reduction of around 20% in heating bills for tenants.

Our schemes have received a number of awards, including the NHIC (National Home Improvement Council) award for the ‘Best Housing Association Modernisation in the UK’.

To ensure the ‘best value’ solution for each project is chosen we work closely with housing associations, local authorities, engineering consultants and building contractors.

Our technical department has an in-depth knowledge to the problems of particular house types and we have a library of standard details for the majority of non-traditional type houses.

Mortgagability
Structherm offer a scheme to provide a minimum 10 year insurance guarantee against structural defects arising from repairs to the property, thus giving an option to obtain a mortgage to purchase. Refurbishment in itself simply provides the owner with an upgraded property, however once mortgagable, its full market value can be realised.

Properties that have been refurbished with the Structherm system benefit from structural stability, a dramatically improved appearance and enhanced desirability. The overall result being enhanced stock value and increased value of transferable assets supported by a 10-year warranty through Norwich Union.

Please call 0800 0407 460 to discuss your requirements with a member of our team or link to contact us page.