Building a better future: Improving the comfort, safety, and efficiency in your home
Investing in your homes remains a key priority to ensure they are comfortable, safe, and energy efficient.
This year will continue to be a busy year for the Assets Team as we make our homes safer, greener, and more efficient.
Over the coming months, we are spending £16 million on home improvements, with significant investments planned up to March 2026. These will include:
Over the coming months, we are spending £16 million on home improvements, with significant investments planned up to March 2026. These will include:
£5,865,942 on kitchens and bathrooms in 818 homes
£1,316,116 on replacing front, rear and internal communal doors
£1,345,218 on external and roof improvements
£731,506 on new windows for 203 homes
£1,354,465 in electric heating improvements
£2,436,324 on painting and fencing projects
Work is also continuing with our energy improvements programme which aims to meet environmental commitments by improving the energy efficiency in 3,015 of our homes, with a commitment to upgrade all homes by 2030. The plans include improving 450 homes over the next three years in Sheffield and a further 700 homes in the Greater Manchester area. Works are due to complete in 2028.
Work also continues to improve the efficiency of our communal heat networks. Our £3.3m project to upgrade the Richmond Park Heat Network in Sheffield is complete, and we are now looking to start work on making improvements to our heat network at Hutton Lodge in Manchester. This includes installing individual meters in customers' homes, allowing them to monitor their usage and be billed accurately for what they use. These improvements are set to begin in the next few months.
Great Places is committed to making improvements to your home when they are due. To ensure these upgrades are completed when needed, it's crucial that we have access to your home. If you have any concerns about granting us access for the planned improvement work, please reach out to us as soon as possible. We're here to help and can support where needed.
We look forward to updating you on our progress in future editions of My Great Place.