Retrofit projects in domestic properties can have a slow uptake. Residents can be unsure about what to expect and this can mean that when they are approached with the prospect of work being carried out in and around their home, they turn down the opportunity. We have recognised that the retrofit experience is new to...Read More

Social housing Landlords understand that their empty homes need to be turned around as quickly and efficiently as possible. This process is essential in ensuring that their empty homes are brought back up to standard so that they can be let to people who have been waiting for social housing.Read More

Osborne Property Services Limited (OPSL) has become a Cardo Group company, an enterprise which is delivering its vision of a family of social housing building maintenance businesses, with in-house retrofit expertise and with a national footprint.Read More

The fact that local authorities and housing associations are under financial pressure is hardly news. Cost pressures include staffing, energy and the labour and materials needed to deliver property services and build new homes.Read More

Zero carbon retrofit looks complex when you consider the entire picture of better insulation, renewable energy and low carbon heating. Some aspects – such as heat pump installations – don’t yet have the supply chain or skilled installer base needed to make a significant impact on the millions of social homes still using gas boilers.Read More