Gloucester City Homes has celebrated the completion of the final home in its Decent Homes programme.

Lovell has just completed work on the home, which belongs to Mr Robert Butler of 7a Bathurst Road, Tredworth. The home has had a new kitchen, bathroom and central heating system. The property has also been rewired.

Gloucester City Homes was awarded funding to carry out its Decent Homes improvement programme in 2007. A total of £40.1million has now been invested in the properties GCH manages on behalf of the Council, bringing 100% of its homes in line with the Decent Homes Standard. This includes 3,016 new kitchens, 2,470 new bathrooms, 1,997central heating systems, 868 medical adaptation, 3,448 homes rewired and new doors and windows installed in 1689 homes resulting in a complete modernisation of the housing stock. Over 13,000 property improvements have been completed.


This has all been achieved with tenant satisfaction averaging 98% which is a fantastic customer endorsement of this programme.

David Gough, regional director of Lovell in the Midlands, said: "We have enjoyed working with Gloucester City Homes on this large and very worthwhile project over several years. It leaves tenants in cleaner, warmer, safer homes and I know from talking to my service delivery team in Gloucester that tenants have really welcomed these improvements. I congratulate GCH on their achievement in getting so many homes up to standard and we look forward to working with them again soon."

(CD/GK)