Stock Condition Surveys – West Midlands
Measured across our retrofit programmes
- 2,493homes with a post-works EPC
- +11average SAP points gained
- D → Caverage band movement
- 99.6%finish at band C or better
Crawford & Co assessed and coordinated these homes. Figures cover every programme where works are complete and a post-works EPC has been lodged, September 2026, and are not specific to this project.
Overview
Crawford & Co Surveyors delivered a stock condition survey programme for a social landlord — element-by-element condition assessment, energy performance, and remaining life and maintenance need, gathered to inform long-term asset management and investment planning.
Stock condition work is where asset intelligence comes from. A landlord planning thirty years of investment needs to know not what the stock was like when it was built, but what it is like now, element by element, in a form that aggregates.
Megan
Project Manager
Strategy
Fabric
Surveys record the condition and remaining life of each major building element — roof coverings, rainwater goods, walls and render, windows and doors, and structure — with defects noted and prioritised.
Damp, condensation and mould, cavity wall tie failure, roof spread, timber decay and lintel failure are the recurring findings on this kind of stock. Recording them consistently is what lets a landlord see the pattern rather than the individual case.
Service
Heating, hot water, electrical installations and ventilation provision are recorded with their condition and age, since these drive both the compliance calendar and a large share of planned spend.
Renewables
Existing renewable installations are recorded with their condition and remaining life, so that the asset record covers what has already been installed as well as what is planned.
Vital Statistics
Properties in scope: 461 properties.
Crawford & Co scope: Stock condition survey.
Each survey produces element condition and remaining life, priority repair need, and an energy performance position for the property.
Aggregated across the stock, that supports 30-year investment planning, decarbonisation targeting and regulatory reporting.
Detailing
The value is in consistency. Surveys are carried out by directly employed surveyors to a standard schedule and quality-checked before issue, so that the resulting dataset can be aggregated with confidence.
Data is returned in a form the client’s asset management system can take, rather than as a set of individual reports.
Further Data
Standards
RICS stock condition survey
Comfort
A stock condition survey is what turns a resident’s complaint about a cold or damp home into a funded item on an investment programme.
Monitoring
Survey data is returned with defects prioritised, so that the landlord can see both the immediate repair liability and the longer-term renewal profile.
Social Value
KatieSocial value leadDuring this project Katie was on a university placement, funded directly from this contract.