Social Housing
How can a partnership with Wolseley benefit a social housing organisation?
We currently support over 600,000 houses and 1000 van stocks throughout the UK. Our superior product range of building, plumbing heating and electrical materials supplied through our unique distribution network including over 1800 branches is enabling housing stock owners and contractors to achieve efficiency gains.
These major efficiency gains in the building materials supply chain are suitable for all social housing – new build developments, decent homes, voids and response maintenance programmes.
A growing number of owners of and management organisation’s associated with social housing are already able to demonstrate around 18% efficiency savings through a working partnership with Wolseley. Some of the organizations Wolseley work with include;
Procurement Solutions
Wolseley can tailor the package of solutions to meet the efficiency needs of your organisation, some of the service we can provide;
- Full supply chain solutions
- Single client within each location
- Provision of all materials including gas components
- Full tool hire management provision if necessary
- Fully integrated IT systems – live links and verification processes
- Fully developed review structures
- Delivery capabilities dependant on need
- Imprest van stock management systems
- Covers all responsive, voids and planned maintenance/Decent Homes work
- Full Health and Safety, racking and equipment responsibilities
- Dedicated account management team focused only on social housing
- Measurable KPI’s for performance management.
- Tenant involvement
- Tenant purchase card schemes available on request
Our Businesses
With a number of leading trade businesses in the UK, Wolseley is uniquely positioned to offer you a range of products for your social housing needs.
Plumb Center is the UK’s leading plumber’s merchant specialising in supplying a full range of plumbing and heating products to the trade with a network of 530 branches located nationwide. Stocking over 200,000 product lines means that stock availability should never be an issue, keeping your operatives working. The ranges include heating and bathroom kits for Decent Homes and Planned Maintenance Programmes, showers, fixtures and fittings and drainage components.
Drain Center has over 100 branches nationwide selling a range of drainage products for above and below ground use.
Climate Center, with over 50 UK branches, prides itself on excellent customer service. The business supplies a comprehensive range of both refrigeration and air conditioning units & spare parts into the commercial and industrial arena, including the NHS and healthcare industry. Backed up by a 24 hour service helpdesk & custom build facilities.
Electric Center has over 100 branches across the UK, each branch has a massive stock availability suitable, including lamps and lighting, fire and security products, heating and ventilation and a full range of electrical consumables so you are sure to find what you want, when you need it. A free lamp recycling service is also available to ensure WEEE compliance.
For over 40 years PFC Corofil has led the way in passive fire protection and has invented most of the fire stopping products you see on the market today. With changing regulations in passive fire protection PFC Corofil has embraced all aspects of providing safety and security in buildings.
Parts Center is Europe’s largest distributor of spare parts. With 200+ branches offering over 35,000 ex-stock lines for all forms of residential heating and white goods. Working with major manufacturers to provide water treatment and protection, domestic heating spares and controls and CO monitoring, they provide specialist expertise for social housing needs. Van stock management and bespoke service solutions are available for the maintenance needs of property stock.
Brandon Hire is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of tool hire, access and site equipment to the construction industry. With over 300 branches nationwide Brandon Hire is actively involved in equipment and plant hire from groundwork stage through to subsequent facilities management hire needs.
Build Center has an extensive range of products and services to meet the needs of the Social Housing sector available from 260 branches nationwide. The product range includes bricks and blocks, aggregates and cement, insulation and plasterboard, timber, tools, landscaping, drainage and ironmongery. Specialist products such as Rapid Fit Kitchens are ideal for social housing, and tenants can benefit from Build Center’s A1 Insulation Scheme.
Case Studies
Understand more about how we meet the needs of individual orgainsations through our dedicated operations team who are experts in the field of social housing building and maintenance.
Phil Ingle – Finance Director, South Staffordshire Housing Association, said:
“Outsourcing our stores and materials supply to Wolseley has enabled us to focus on our responsibilities to our customers, while generating significant efficiencies throughout the supply chain. We continue to receive excellent service and are currently working with Wolseley on the key area of sourcing products with sustainable characteristics.”
