Domestic Repairs, Maintenance and Improvement

Scope

The CLC Domestic RMI workstream works collaboratively to create simple, achievable journeys for stakeholders to engage with and work together to deliver. It builds upon and supports the direction laid out by government and new industry regulators so that home improvement remains in step with broader construction.

The workstream engages with all sector specialists to build a sustainable professional future where domestic repair, maintenance, and home improvement businesses can thrive.

Domestic RMI representation is for those who supply, serve, and support domestic RMI professionals to understand their needs, identify and tackle issues that affect outputs and collaborate on critical matters that improve the safety, energy performance, health, and overall quality of homes throughout the country.

Mission

To improve homes and the health and well-being of those who reside within by driving positive change across the repair, maintenance, and home improvement sector.

To:

Deliver healthy indoor environments, improving resident’s health and well-being.
Reduce energy consumption and end fuel poverty.
Build confidence and trust amongst residents when undertaking home improvement work.
Improve the culture of competent delivery in homes.
Increase asset value.
Improve our housing stock.

Current Activities

Increasing the capacity and capability of those working in the repair, maintenance, and home improvement sector.
Delivering positive outcomes in response to changes in the regulatory framework, resulting in improved confidence and standards.
Developing resources to enable homeowners and landlords to make better-informed decisions about investing in their property.
Delivering and reporting positive action which decarbonises existing homes and reduces energy consumption and fuel costs.
Gathering evidence about the RMI sector from trusted sources to forecast trends and facilitate decision-making.
Supporting the ongoing delivery of the National Retrofit Hub.
Helping to ensure an overall quality delivery for work undertaken in homes.

Useful Resources

Doorstep Digests

Free Consumer Guides for Improving Our Homes

Each of our consumer guides contains independent expert advice and information that is easy to understand and apply. The Consumer Guides are valuable resources for tradespeople and homeowners looking to improve homes confidently.

These consumer guides were produced by Working Group 2 in partnership with the Construction Leadership Council.

Case Studies

The NHIC Working Group 3 Carbon & Energy Efficiency (CEE) is promoting progress within the RMI sector in a way that is aligned with the priorities and activity streams of Co2nstruct Zero and the pledges made in the NHIC Manifesto.

Pivotal to this body of work is the harvesting of Case Studies from members and the wider industry to exemplify the innovational and technological advancement of the sector, mapped against our objectives in explicit terms.