SEAI Better Energy
Home Scheme

In broad terms, if you own a property as a landlord or homeowner in Ireland that was built pre 2006, you qualify.  The grant is not means tested.

If you are using Churchfield Home services as your counter-party (fancy way of saying that we’ll represent you on the grant application), you don’t receive the money directly. The grant amount is used to lower the cost of energy efficiency measures.

For example. If you apply for the Better Energy Home Scheme and are eligible for a grant amount of €6,000, we’ll deduct that from your overall bill. If the quotation for works carried out was €12,000, this means the final price you’d pay is €6,000. (€12,000 cost of works – €6, 000 grant = €6,000).

It does. The grants are only available if your house was built before 2006.

Grants for Heat Pump Systems and Solar Thermal are available to all homeowners, including landlords, whose homes were built and occupied before 2011.

We can do most the paperwork for you – but we can’t apply on your behalf. Sorry.

You’ll need to submit the actual grant application. Which we can guide you through. Once that’s done, we’ll take care of everything else.

Should you wish, you also have the option to apply for the scheme entirely on your own. This would involve managing all the paperwork and liaising with the various contractors and technicians. In this instance, grant money is paid out after the works have been completed. A BER assessment of the premises must be submitted to the SEAI after works have been carried out, to enable you to draw down the grant.

Great question. It depends on how you’ve gone about securing the grant. If you’ve done it through us, we’ll have handled most of the paperwork and deducted it from your final bill.

If you manage the end to end process yourself you’ll be able to draw down the grant amount once works have been completed and the property has undertaken a post upgrades BER audit.

The grant offer, once accepted, remains valid for six (6) months from the date of issue.

Yes, you will need to sign a contract. If the works are carried out through Churchfield Home Services, your contract will be between you and Churchfield Home Services. If it’s not with us your contract will be with the contractor or contractors working on your behalf.

Why the contract? To directly quote the SEAI, “this is an explicit requirement for Contractors. It is there for the purpose of consumer protection and may help avoid disputes which might otherwise arise”.

We do. Through our finance partners Flexi-Fi.

Flexi-Fi is a retail instalment payment plan facility, an easy alternative to paying with cash or credit card for your energy efficiency upgrades. Customers complete a simple, quick, online application form on any device and receive a credit decision in minutes.

Find our more about our finance options our our Flexi-Fi Finace Options page.