Wheatley Group has revealed details of a new £33 million repairs service for its communities across the west of Scotland.

The new venture will provide repairs, maintenance and investment work to social landlords GHA, Cube and Loretto Housing - as well as the Group's mid-market commercial subsidiary, Lowther Homes, and its property management company, YourPlace.

The news follows Wheatley becoming the joint owner with Glasgow City Council of City Building (Glasgow) earlier this year.

The new venture, which employs 2000 staff, is responsible for Wheatley's annual housing repairs budget of £33m and an annual investment budget of £27m, as well as £30m of repairs annually for Glasgow City Council. It has been shaped via tenant feedback with pathfinder pilots being carried out across Glasgow and neighbouring areas to find out what tenants wanted.


Gordon Sloan, the new chair of City Building (Glasgow), said: "Tenants are telling us what they want - a responsive, efficient and more locally-based repairs service - and that’s just what we are providing."

Mr Sloan, the former Chair of GHA, Scotland’s largest social landlord, added: "The new venture enables Wheatley to be even better equipped to match and exceed customers’ needs and expectations.

"It is exciting watching the new service being rolled out and hearing the positive early feedback we are receiving from tenants and factored homeowners."

Cllr Greg Hepburn said: "This new venture with Wheatley Group will only serve to strengthen our economic and social contributions, as we work in partnership with its management team to grow and deliver improved services for the people of Glasgow."

Image: Gordon Sloan and Lorraine Starrs, Head of Asset Management for City Building (Glasgow); Gordon Dillon, Head of Operations for City Building (Glasgow); Alan Burns, Deputy Exec Director of City Building; painter and decorator Macauley Wood; and joiners Naveed Mohammed and Christopher Murray.

(LM)