Local authorities
Council housing, schools and the corporate estate all carry duties, deadlines and public scrutiny. Ovrsite gives local authorities independent, defensible condition evidence across the whole estate, from stock condition to Awaab's Law.
01 The problem
Many duties, one question: what condition is the stock in?
A local authority holds a large, mixed estate under intense scrutiny. Decent Homes, Awaab's Law, the schools estate and the corporate portfolio each ask the same underlying question, and the honest answer is often out-of-date survey data that will not survive a challenge.
When a resident, an auditor or a cabinet member asks what you knew and when, a stack of inconsistent, ageing reports is a weak position. A current, comparable, independent record is a strong one.
02 Plain answers
The duties behind the condition data.
How does this support the Decent Homes Standard?
Decent Homes turns on the condition of key building components, and the roof and envelope are among the most consequential. External-condition findings can contribute to a wider assessment, with coverage limitations and cost assumptions recorded. They do not independently determine compliance.
Where does Awaab's Law fit?
As a social landlord, a council must investigate reported damp and mould hazards within strict timescales. Thermal and visual capture can surface the envelope defects behind damp, and Ovrsite Enterprise keeps the dated, located evidence of what was found and when.
03 How Ovrsite helps
One record across housing, schools and the corporate estate.
Inspect the estate on a cycle and Ovrsite Enterprise holds one consistent, comparable record across every building type. Stock condition, Awaab's Law evidence and the capital programme all draw on the same graded, located, dated findings, while responsibility-specific checks and specialist assessments remain separate.
- Independent stock condition evidence for council housing
- Roof and envelope condition for schools and the corporate estate
- Costed, prioritised backlog for the capital programme
- Dated, located evidence to support Awaab's Law responses
- One consistent record across a large, mixed estate
Local authority estates, answered
Can you assess council housing stock condition at scale?
Yes. Multi-site capture is planned as a programme, with consistent grading across every block, so a large housing estate reads as one comparable stock condition record rather than a stack of separate surveys.
Does the evidence support Awaab's Law investigations?
It can help. Visual findings and thermal patterns can help target further building-fabric investigation; they do not establish a damp-and-mould cause on their own, and every finding is dated and located in Ovrsite Enterprise so the record of what was found and when is defensible.
Can you cover schools and the wider corporate estate too?
Yes. The same capture works across housing, schools, depots and the corporate estate, so a single provider gives you one consistent condition record across the whole authority.
Is the evidence independent of the works contractor?
Yes. We do not carry out the repairs we identify. That independence keeps the condition evidence defensible in front of auditors, cabinet members and residents.
Support your decisions from one source of truth.
Tell us about your estate and the duties you answer to. We will fly one building, return graded findings and a costed plan, and show you how it reads across the authority.