Hcond - condition survey software

4 Analysis

Hcond allows analysis at a number of levels. This may be required to satisfy funding bodies, regulators and senior managers. It may also be required to investigate apparent errors or disparities.

	This chart has been produced from the Valuation report. It shows the total costs over a 30 year period of an individual scheme comprising approximately 48 flats. The right hand column shows the total costs over 30 years (at present values). As one might expect heating, kitchen units, windows and wiring are the largest items. These reports are easy to produce and can quickly allow comparisons of the long-term costs of estates/schemes etc.
	This chart is based on the projected costs of three associations all with similar stock. It was carried out as part of a validation exercise. The same sort of exercise can be carried out where associations are split into regions or where estates are to be compared. In many cases these exercises show the homogenous nature of the stock. For example, in these three associations (left) the proportion of costs required to cover the renewal of the top four elements is very similar. When it is very different further analysis may be required. Items which barely feature in this sort of exercise could well be left out of a condition survey. Some organisations are only collecting data on a few key elements - everything else is being carried out on a-day-to-day basis.
	This chart shows details of Decent Homes problems. If you enlarge the chart you will see that all the Decent Homes elements are listed down the left. The screen grab shows the number of properties failing Decent Homes and the reasons for non-compliance. This particular association has 188 out of a total of 586records which meet the attribute - Decent Homes [N]. This represents 203 dwellings. The most common reason for non compliance appears to be windows in poor condition (and over 40 years old). Note; this association has added some Category E items to Decent Homes - these are unofficial. In addition note that the Cat A elements (Fitness) have recently been replaced by part of the HHSRS.

Click on more examples to see two other typical bits of analysis.