Work out which SEAI home energy grants your home may qualify for, gather exactly what the application needs, and know what comes after the works without missing anything on the forms.
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The application: gather, apply, accept
Four quick answers show which grants may suit your home. You can then check each grant and gather what the application needs. The online form on SEAI's portal takes about 15 minutes; standard applications usually receive an immediate online offer, while heat pump applications include a technical assessment upload and can take longer to approve.
Once these are answered, the grants your home may qualify for, along with everything the application needs, appear here.
For a standard application, you can usually receive and accept the offer during the same online session. After accepting: your paper claim pack arrives by post, your 8-month clock is already running, and no work may start before acceptance.
The works: verify before anyone signs
The checks an SEAI inspector can score on site, taken from SEAI's own inspection checklists. Go through them with your builder after the works finish, before final payment and before any Declaration of Works (DOW) is signed.
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Incomplete or non-compliant work must never be signed off, and a promise to return after the Declaration of Works is submitted is not acceptable. Ticking a box isn't a technical certification; it means you looked, or asked your builder to show you.
SEV 1 to SEV 3 are SEAI's inspection failure grades; SEV 1 is the most serious.
Check only from a safe, boarded position; if you can't see something safely, ask the contractor to show you. Don't touch pipework.
After the works: the claim
Months later, you will gather the Request for Payment, the BER Declaration of Works and one Declaration of Works for each grant. You, the contractor's nominated person and the BER assessor sign the relevant forms, and you submit everything together.