Chapter 6 - Land Holdings and Buildings
                       
Table 6.5 Surveyed condition of Service Family Accommodation in Great Britain, at 31 March
                     each year in thousands of dwellings
Defence Estates Directorate of Operations Housing is committed to upgrading all of its core properties to Standard 1 for Condition, and this is reflected in the Defence Estates Corporate Plan. Core properties are those that are expected to be required in the long term. Not all of the existing stock will be upgraded as some will be handed back to Annington Homes Ltd or disposed of by Defence Estates.
At 31 March 2008, 94% of properties were at either Standard 1 for Condition or Standard 2 for Condition, with the remainder at Standard 3 or 4. Defence Estates Directorate Operations Housing assumed responsibility for properties in Northern Ireland from 1 April 2008. Standard for Condition data for SFA in Northern Ireland is not held.

Standard for Condition categories:
All SFA in Great Britain is rated by Standard for Condition on a scale of 1 to 4, with 1 being the highest. This rating is achieved by assessing a property against 102 different attributes organised under 8 categories; Building Fabric, Health and Safety, Electrical, Security, Sanitary, Kitchen, Bedroom, and Energy Efficiency.
All 8 categories must score at standard 1 for the overall Standard for Condition to be 1.
Examples of required improvements for a Standard 2 property are: a thermostatic shower, new kitchen, or an upgrade to loft insulation.
A Standard 3 property may require: a complete re-wire and consumer unit, new kitchen, bathroom, and an upgrade to insulation of lofts and plumbing.
Standard 4 properties will typically require a new bathroom, electrical system, kitchen, insulation upgrade, and health & safety review.
Surveyed holdings by standards for Condition
Total stock
Core stock1
Total stock2
 
2000
   2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007   2008
Total (Great Britain)
57.43
 || 37.0 41.7 41.7 42.9 43.0 44.4 || 48.8
Standard 1 for Condition
12.8
 || 19.0 20.9 22.8 24.0 25.1 26.6 || 28.4
Standard 2 for Condition
28.4
 || 14.8 18.3 16.4 17.9 15.8 15.7 || 17.4
Standard 3 for Condition
15.7
 || 2.9 2.4 2.4 0.9 2.0 2.0 || 2.0
Standard 4 for Condition
0.6
 || 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 || 0.1
Not Recorded
*
 || * * * * * * || 0.8
Source: Housing Directorate of Defence Estates
1. Core stock are those properties that are expected to be required in the long term.
2. For the period 2002-07 condition of holdings was reported against core stock. From 2008, for consistency with other reporting this was changed to report     against total stock.
3. Over 90% of permanent holdings had been surveyed by 2002.