Chapter 6 - Land Holdings and Buildings
                           
Table 6.5 Surveyed condition of Service Family Accommodation in the United Kingdom1 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 Performance 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 2009, 94% of properties were at either Standard 1 for Condition or Standard 2 for Condition, with the remainder at Standard 3 or 4. However, this figure does not take into account the Standard for Condition data for SFA in Northern Ireland.

Standard for Condition categories:

All SFA 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 stock2
Total stock3
  2000     2003 2004 2005 2006 2007   2008   2009 4
Total (United Kingdom) 57.4 5 || 41.7 41.7 42.9 43.0 44.4 || 48.8 || 49.9  
                           
Standard 1 for Condition 12.8   || 20.9 22.8 24.0 25.1 26.6 || 28.4 || 15.8  
                           
Standard 2 for Condition 28.4   || 18.3 16.4 17.9 15.8 15.7 || 17.4 || 25.6  
                           
Standard 3 for Condition 15.7   || 2.4 2.4 0.9 2.0 2.0 || 2.0 || 2.4  
                           
Standard 4 for Condition 0.6   || 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.3  
                           
Not Recorded *   || * * * * * || 0.8 || 5.8 6
Source: Housing Directorate of Defence Estates
1. Northern Ireland data is included for the first time this year, due to Defence Estates assuming responsibility for Northern Ireland. Years prior to 2009 cover
    Great Britain only.
2. Core stock are those properties that are expected to be required in the long term.
3. 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.
4. Figures based on stock survey started in 2008.
5. Over 90% of permanent holdings had been surveyed by 2002.
6. Includes SFA in Northern Ireland, as well as further holdings in England and Wales that are still to be surveyed.