Housing

Home improvement grants

Advice

Our aim is to help preserve housing in Edinburgh by helping owners repair their homes.
We provide grants and advice as part of this aim. A leaflet is available which tells you all about grants. Here is some information on the type of advice we provide.

What needs to be done to my building?

Do-it-yourself

We can supply leaflets and information that will help you check over your building.

Housing Department

We can survey your building and report any problems back to you.

Other organisations

We have lists of organisations that offer surveying services.

How do I organise the work?

Do-it-yourself
We have advice leaflets about how to repair your building. We can also supply an information pack to help you arrange for a contractor (builder, roofer, plumber etc) to do any repairs your building needs.

Housing Department

We can organise and supervise the repair work for you.

Other organisations

We have lists of organisations that offer property management services.

How do I pay for it?

Do-it-yourself
We can advise on a range of ways to pay for repairs.

Housing Department

We can open and manage a project account to organise paying your contractor. BUT the Council can't contribute to the account. We also offer a range of grants for different types of works. Full details of these grants are given in the Grants information.

Other agencies

We have lists of organisations that offer property management services.

Security

Council staff and our contractors all carry identification. Don't let anyone into your home without checking that they are who they say they are.
Where can I get more advice from?
You can get more information from any of the Housing Improvement and Advice Centres.
Housing Improvement and Advice Centres