Home Improvements Compensation
When you leave your home, you may be eligible for compensation if you have made home improvements and intend to leave these improvements in your home.
Qualifying Home Improvements
You can only claim for the following home improvements.
- Bath or shower
- Handbasin
- Toilet
- Kitchen sink
- Storage cupboards
- Kitchen work surfaces
- Central heating or water heating
- Thermostatic radiator valves
- Insulation of pipes, water tank or cylinder
- Loft insulation
- Cavity wall insulation
- Draught proofing of external doors and windows
- Double glazing, secondary glazing or other window replacement
- Rewiring of electrical fittings
- Any work that improves the security of the home - except burglar alarms
The value of the improvement must be greater than £50
How to make a claim
You must make a claim in writing within the period of 28 days before and 14 days after your tenancy ended. To claim you must provide your housing office with the following information in writing.
- Name, daytime phone number
- Address where the improvements were carried out
- Details of improvements being claimed for
- Receipts or other information that confirms of the cost of the work
- Dates when the work was carried out
- Address where you will be moving to or have moved to
What we will do
- Check that the improvement is a qualifying repair
- Check you had permission to carry out the improvement, or if you had applied for permission retrospectively, it would have been granted i.e. the improvement is not dangerous and the quality of the work is up to standard.
- Visit to assess the condition of the improvement
- Assess the value of the improvement and deduct an amount for depreciation
- Inform you in writing of the amount of compensation you may be eligible for (maximum payment is £3000)
Communities and Local Government Information
Click here to visit the Home Improvements Compensation section of the website.
Contact Details
For more information please contact your local housing office.