Eligible works
The following works are eligible and apply to both the Home Improvement and Empty Home loan.
Compliance
- Safety certification - such as gas, electric, fire alarm, EPC
- Repairs or improvements to remove Category 1 or 2 hazards
- Works to meet HMO Licence conditions
Doors and Windows
- High performance external doors
- Replacement doors
- Replacement and/or secondary glazing
- Solar blinds, shutters or shading devices
Electrical
- Electric vehicle chargers
- Solar photovoltaics, battery storage or PV diverters
External
- Roof repairs or replacement
- Chimney repairs
- Driveways
- Drainage
- Fencing
- Garden levelling
- Guttering, facias, cladding or rendering
- Patio (only if relacing or repairing)
Heating
- Air, ground or water source heat pumps
- Biomass boilers or biomass room heaters (with back boilers and radiators)
- Central heating
- Cylinder thermostats
- Flue gas heat recovery device
- Gas or oil-fired condensing boilers (only as an upgrade to existing)
- High heat retention storage heaters
- Heating controls for wet central heating or warm air systems
- Radiators
- Storage heaters
- Underfloor heating
- Zoning controls
Insulation
- Cavity wall
- Duct, roof, room in roof, loft and loft hatch, rafter, pipework
- Draught proofing and sealing improvements
- Hot water cylinders
- Underfloor
Ventilation
- Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery systems
- Positive Input Ventilation systems
- Air conditioning
Water supply and heating
- Borehole
- Showers, taps, timers and other controls
- Solar water heating
- Waste water recovery devices attached to showers
- Water treatment
- Connection to mains
Other
- Ceiling repairs
- Damp proofing
- Dry/Wet rot treatment
- Flooring
- Clearance (for hoarding)
- Lighting systems, fitting and controls
- Painting and decorating
- Plastering
- Plumbing
- Professional fees (Legal, Probate, Surveys, Planning) if other works are being carried out
- Repairs to porches, conservatories, kitchens and bathrooms
- Septic tanks
- Soundproofing
- Stairs
- Waste removal
Non-eligible works
Whilst we want to try and help as many people as possible, there are certain works which we would not be able to fund. The apply to both the Home Improvement and Empty Home loans.
- New conservatory or porch
- Furniture and soft furnishings
- House deposit
- Secondary heating
- Demolition and rebuilding of the whole property
- Conversion of a house in to flats
- Disability adaptations - homeowners must seek Disabled facility Grant (DFG) funding first before funding through the Home Improvement Loan can be considered. Our Home Solutions Service will be able to advise you.