The cost of deferred maintenance, calculated.

Propility prices the repairs and replacements your estate has deferred, compares the options over ten years, and shows finance what to fund first and why.

Deferral, managed as a capital decision.

  1. Every deferred item becomes a case.

    Each repair or replacement is recorded with its site, condition, evidence and the date by which a decision is needed.

    • Linked to its survey, record or quotation
    • Banded by urgency, from Act now to Monitor
    • A decide-by date on every case
    • Gaps in the evidence flagged, not hidden
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    Deferred cases

    0cases · £7.36m capital required

    19 Act now

    £2.96m to fund now

    • Act now 19 · £2.96m
    • Programme next 18 · £839k
    • Plan the money 0 · £0
    • Monitor 1 · £14k
    Sheffield LV switchboard LVP-01£219k
    Manchester LV switchboard LVP-02£171k
    Watford LV switchboard LVP-02£68k
  2. The cost of waiting, quantified.

    Propility prices what deferral costs: higher repair costs while the asset stays in service, and the expected cost if it fails.

    • Modelled at 12, 24 and 60 months
    • Repair cost and failure risk priced separately
    • Totalled by asset, site and portfolio
    • Every figure opens to show how it was built
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    Reactive maintenance expenditure

    £0k – TTM

    −23% YoY

    LV switchboard LVP-01 · Sheffield Meadow

    Reactive maintenance expenditure for Sheffield LV switchboard LVP-01: £235k TTM (-23% YoY). Oct this year £17,860, last year £10,520; Nov this year £19,820, last year £8,480; Dec this year £12,940, last year £8,760; Jan this year £24,900, last year £47,600; Feb this year £18,960, last year £29,100; Mar this year £7,460, last year £63,740; Apr this year £31,480, last year £28,520; May this year £17,050, last year £17,820; Jun this year £5,020, last year £39,660; Jul this year £20,760, last year £15,560; Aug this year £36,340, last year £23,960; Sep this year £22,660, last year £11,760.

    • Oct: this year £17,860, last year £10,520
    • Nov: this year £19,820, last year £8,480
    • Dec: this year £12,940, last year £8,760
    • Jan: this year £24,900, last year £47,600
    • Feb: this year £18,960, last year £29,100
    • Mar: this year £7,460, last year £63,740
    • Apr: this year £31,480, last year £28,520
    • May: this year £17,050, last year £17,820
    • Jun: this year £5,020, last year £39,660
    • Jul: this year £20,760, last year £15,560
    • Aug: this year £36,340, last year £23,960
    • Sep: this year £22,660, last year £11,760

    Trailing 12-month reactive expenditure down 23% year on year. August peak driven by an unplanned failure event.

  3. Options appraised on a common basis.

    Repair, make safe, replace and upgrade are compared on ten-year net present cost, with a recommendation and the assumptions behind it.

    • Every option compared like for like
    • Net present cost over ten years
    • A recommendation with its confidence
    • What would change the recommendation
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    10-year net present cost

    £0k – recommended

    −£321k vs make safe now

    LV switchboard LVP-01 · Sheffield Meadow

    Replacing now has the lowest 10-year net present cost: £321k below making safe and £198k below deferring 24 months.

  4. A record that stands up to scrutiny.

    Each decision is kept with its appraisal, evidence and reasoning, giving finance, committee and auditors a clear trail.

    • Decision dates and confidence on every case
    • Options and reasoning retained
    • A reason required to depart from the recommendation
    • Evidence linked back to its source
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    Capital decision record

    £0k – recommended option

    LV switchboard LVP-01 · Sheffield Meadow
    1. Appraised4 Oct 2026
    2. RecommendedReplace now
    3. Decision due22 Nov 2026
    4. ApprovalPending
    Decision threshold
    Make safe if repairs < £16k
    Confidence
    High · contractor quote

From survey data to a funded capital plan.

Propility turns the data you already hold into a priced backlog, a ten-year comparison of every option and a funded plan for committee.

  1. Your data, in one place.

    Surveys, asset records, maintenance history and quotations are brought together, so every deferred item starts from the evidence you already hold.

    • One record per asset
    • Statutory records checked
    • Confidence shown on every figure
    • No new data collection to get started
  2. The cost of waiting.

    Each deferred item is priced: the rising cost of repairs while it stays in service, plus the expected cost if it fails.

    • 12, 24 and 60-month horizons
    • Unrecoverable costs shown
    • A decide-by date on every case
    • Totals by asset, site and portfolio
  3. Every option compared.

    Repair, make safe, replace or upgrade are compared on ten-year net present cost, with a recommended option for every case.

    • A recommended option per case
    • No safety defect left open
    • What would change the recommendation
  4. A funded plan.

    Your budget is allocated in a fixed order: compliance first, then commitments, then the cases that protect the most value.

    • Scenarios compared
    • A case paper for committee
    • An audit trail to source
    • Unfunded work listed with its cost

Fund the backlog within your budget.

Set the capital available for the next two financial years. Propility allocates it in a fixed order, shows what remains unfunded and why, and separates capital from revenue spend.

  1. Compliance first.Safety-critical and statutory work is funded before anything else.
  2. Commitments protected.Work you have already committed to is held, and the rest of the budget is planned around it.
  3. Funded on your priorities.Choose the objective, such as the cost of waiting, operational risk or carbon, and the remaining cases are ranked to match.
  4. Ready for committee.Compare scenarios, then export a case paper with the options, cost build-up, method and assumptions.

What changes with Propility.

The same FY27 backlog: as most estates hold it today, and written up as a priced Propility report.

A typical backlog list.

Before Propility

Ten FY27 backlog items listed alphabetically by site with a condition grade and an estimated cost, totalling 3,061,250, with no cost of waiting and no order.

  • Condition grade only
  • No cost of deferral
  • No basis for prioritising

Priced in Propility.

With Propility

A deferral report: waiting 24 months on the ten items would cost £909k, with the five most costly listed in recommended order and two items cheaper to make safe now.

  • Cost of waiting on every item
  • Priority set by cost and evidence
  • A recommended option for each case
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Frequently asked questions.

Any repair or replacement you've put off, whether by choice or because of budget. Each becomes a case with a cost, a risk and a decide-by date.

From the rising cost of repairs while the asset stays in service, plus the expected cost of failure. Each figure opens a ‘How we got this’ breakdown.

Act now, Programme next, Plan the money and Monitor group cases by urgency and cost, so you can decide what to fund in sensible batches.

No. Propility works from the surveys, maintenance records and asset data you already hold, and shows where gaps affect the figures.

Yes. Your quotations and rates are used where you have them, and every assumption is shown.

No. It prices the options and recommends one. Decisions rest with you and your advisers.

Yes. Your planned maintenance carries on in your CAFM system. Propility uses that history to price the repairs and replacements that fall outside it, and to show what to fund first.

A lifecycle plan says when assets are due. Propility prices what it costs if they can't be done on time, compares the options over ten years and recommends what to fund first within your budget. It keeps the plan live as costs and data change.

Estates, asset and finance teams. Estates use it to build the case, finance uses it to test and approve it, and the board sees every figure explained.