Lovell has been chosen by Westward Housing Group for a five-year contract to provide responsive repairs and compliance works for its 4,400 homes in the South West of England.

Worth £12 million in turnover, the contract starts in November 2012 and has the potential to be extended for a further period of two years at the end of the original five-year contract term.

National maintenance specialist Lovell will provide a 24-hour a day reactive repairs service for Westcountry Housing's stock (part of Westward Housing Group) which is mainly in Devon and Cornwall plus a number of homes also in Dorset and Wiltshire.


Tony Sharland, head of asset management at Westward's subsidiary, Westcountry Housing, says: "Responsive repairs and maintenance is one of the vital services that we deliver to our customers, so our main priority was to ensure that the contractor we selected would provide a high standard of service and achieve value for money.

"Lovell have demonstrated that they are dedicated to providing a high-quality, customer-focused service, and we look forward to continually meeting the needs and aspirations of our customers in partnership with them."

The contract was competitively tendered with Lovell chosen ahead of seven other contractors. Lovell is already working with the housing group through a separate contract providing gas repairs and servicing for Westcountry Housing which began in November last year.

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