There is a 1 year delay and the creation of a sub-1000kg and sub-2000kg categories, with different requirements. I spoke to somebody today who has just come off some EASA course. But nobody really knows what will happen by the time it's all done.
Remember that was done by someone who knows your plane!
Most maintenance companies in the UK don't do a particularly good job, squirting WD40 everywhere. IMHO, the way to do maintenance which is
good but at the minimum cost is to get very pro-active. Owners who just take the plane to some company and hope for the best will always get shafted, on quality, on cost, and usually both. And the certification regime merely enables crap work to be done legally - just like ISO9000 supports crap companies making crap products. This is what I like being on N-reg - there is a good choice of freelance maintenance engineers. The freelancers (or one man bands) will always be the best.