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Wheatley Homes East Limited

7,055 homes across 8 council areas, mostly in City of Edinburgh, West Lothian and East Lothian. Registered social landlord no. 116 in Scotland. On this page: what their tenants say, how quickly they do repairs, how many homes they own and where, typical rents and how to swap your home.

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Size, areas and typical rents

Wheatley Homes East Limited owns about 7,055 social homes across 8 council areas (2025/26).

Rents, Repairs And Tenant Satisfaction

From the Scottish Housing Regulator's 2025/26 report on Wheatley Homes East: it owned 7,055 homes at 31 March 2026 and raised its rents by 6.9% on average that year.

Average Weekly Rents

SizeHomesWheatley Homes EastScottish average
Bedsit (1 apartment)31£116.16£91.60
1 bedroom (2 apartment)3,295£121.36£98.60
2 bedrooms (3 apartment)2,610£132.95£101.42
3 bedrooms (4 apartment)968£126.27£110.33
4+ bedrooms (5 apartment)151£122.96£121.71

Scottish homes are sized in apartments: every room except the kitchen and bathroom counts, so a 3-apartment home is usually 2 bedrooms and a living room.

Tenant satisfaction

95.6%Overall servicebetter than the Scottish average of 87.6%
98.1%Keeping tenants informedbetter than the Scottish average of 91.4%
99.5%Opportunities to participatebetter than the Scottish average of 88.1%

Quality and maintenance of homes

99.6%Scottish Housing Quality Standardbetter than the Scottish average of 89.5%
2.8 hoursEmergency repairsbetter than the Scottish average of 3.5 hours
9.0 daysNon-emergency repairsabout the Scottish average (8.8 days)
98.9%Reactive repairs 'right first time'better than the Scottish average of 95.3%
96.8%Repair or maintenance satisfactionbetter than the Scottish average of 88.1%

Neighbourhoods

100.0%Percentage of anti-social behaviour cases resolvedbetter than the Scottish average of 93.1%

Value for money

15.4 daysRe-let homesbetter than the Scottish average of 51.7 days

Satisfaction figures come from the landlord's own most recent tenant survey, reported to the regulator. The full report is on the Scottish Housing Regulator's website.

Homes to swap from Wheatley Homes East Limited tenants

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Complaints And The Ombudsman

If a complaint to Wheatley Homes East isn't put right through its own complaints process, tenants can take it to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO). It's free and independent, and it publishes its decisions.

The Scottish Housing Regulator publishes a yearly report on every Scottish social landlord, including Wheatley Homes East: tenant satisfaction, repair times, rents and how many homes it owns. The main figures are on this page. Find it in the regulator's landlord reports.

Swapping with a tenant of Wheatley Homes East?

Under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, a Scottish secure tenant needs the landlord's written consent to exchange. The landlord can only refuse on reasonable grounds and must reply within one month, or consent is treated as given. Swapping with someone in another part of the UK? Each landlord follows its own nation's rules. Get the application in early, keep your rent account clear, and ask for the decision in writing. Wheatley Homes East's website has their application form and rules.

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